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Mobile Device Management For Healthcare
Mobile Device Management For Healthcare
Mobile Device Management For Healthcare
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Mobile Device Management
(MDM) in Healthcare
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The number of mobile devices in healthcare facilities is increasing rapidly, as is the diversity
The FCC is of mobile platforms, operating systems (OSes) and communication methods that need to be
pursuing a health supported by these organizations. In fact, in remarks made at George Washington University
Hospital in Washington D.C., FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said that healthcare is being
strategy fostering
“transformed” by broadband, and called out wireless and mobile in particular.
fast-paced innovation
of wireless networks, For its part in this transformation, Genachowski said, “The FCC is pursuing a health strategy with
medical devices, and three key components: promoting connectivity; fostering fast-paced innovation of wireless networks,
mobile apps medical devices and mobile apps; encouraging greater adoption of life-saving health technology; and
ensuring that spectrum is optimally allocated and managed.” So on the outside, infrastructure and
promotion is progressing, but what does mobility in healthcare look like from the inside?
A recent poll of managed Healthcare providers by the Aberdeen Group found three clear
expectations for mobile healthcare technology: stem the rising costs of healthcare processes,
improve staff productivity, and decrease the entry erroneous data.
To understand where mobility is headed though, it would first help to remember the mistakes
of the past.
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HITECH, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, focuses on patient
care and safety and clinical efficacy. According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
MDM is software that
(HHS) most breaches reported to HHS so far under the HITECH Act have been theft or loss of mobile
secures, monitors,
computing devices, resulting in the exposure of millions of patients’ protected health information.
manages and supports
mobile devices that
are deployed across Categories of Mobility Management
mobile operators, Security across platforms adds another level of complexity as does the mix of user-owned with
service providers and facility/corporate owned devices. BYOD leads to the expectation of support, but many businesses
enterprises. have only one standard corporate platform.
This is not uncommon, but is just one of four models that the Healthcare Information and
Management Systems Society (HIMSS) sees in its observation of the industry. (HIMSS, a not-for-
profit organization, is focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information
technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare.)
1. Ad-hoc: Workers bring their own devices unbeknownst to the healthcare organization which
has no official policy.
2. Uncontrolled: A mix of formal and undocumented policies and a combination of ownership.
Support is also fairly undefined and provided by the user/owner, the providers’ IT department,
the carriers and the manufacturers.
3. Controlled: Policies are defined and enforced. Ownership is also defined but is both BYOD
and corporate liable. Apps are usually managed by the enterprise.
4. Owned by the enterprise: The business issues, manages and supports the devices and apps.
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According to a recent Gartner report (“Magic Quadrant for Mobile Device Management Software”),
In healthcare facilities, a fully-managed mobility solution cuts across standard MDM and telecom expense management
you often have a lot and includes:
of employees who • Software distribution: The ability to manage and support mobile application, including
are transitional. deploy, install, update, delete or block
• Policy management: The development, control and operations of enterprise mobile policy
• Inventory management: Beyond basic inventory management, including provisioning
and support
• Service management: Rating telecom services
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MDM in Action
Once it became As part of Australia’s largest not-for-profit healthcare
known that provider, St. Vincent’s Hospital in Australia offers best-
these apps were in-class services, facilities and expertise, along with
available for handheld educational opportunities, to residents of Sydney and
devices, we saw an New South Wales.
avalanche of The hospital wanted to automate many of its clinical
them being brought systems and begin porting them to the smartphones
in, particularly and tablet devices on which many of their staff had
iPhones and iPads begun to rely. This development included apps that
presented test results and correlated them to patient
histories, and one that provided instant access to
radiological and other scans.
“Once it became known that these apps were now available for handheld devices, we saw an
avalanche of them being brought in, particularly iPhones and iPads,” said Peter Param, manager
of IT security. “We had quite a mix of devices in use at the hospital, from those distributed by us
to personal ones brought in by the clinical and administrative staff. We needed to act quickly to
be able to manage their use securely.”
Param and his team selected Fiberlink’s MaaS360 for its cloud deployment model and resulting
efficiency in deployment management. With MaaS360, there were no servers to install, no
configurations or infrastructure changes, and no investment in expensive business software.
The hospital also found the security features of MaaS360 to be particularly appealing—its ability
to know and control information security safeguards on employees’ mobile devices and react
rapidly to lost or stolen devices through remote wiping features.
The hospital’s IT security staff can discover, enroll, manage and report on all mobile device
status quickly and easily, and with the click of a mouse.
“Apps and updates are pushed very easily to users, who are already quite familiar with that
native experience on their smartphones,” said Param. “The transition has been seamless.”
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