Here are five BYOD trends to know.
1. The use of mobile devices in healthcare ranges widely. Here are the devices survey respondents indicated using in their organizations:
• Smartphones: 75 percent
• In-house pagers: 67 percent
• Tablets: 65 percent
• Wide-area pagers: 57 percent
• Wi-Fi phones: 45 percent
• Other: 9 percent
• Wearables: 4 percent
2. Of the smartphones and tablets used in healthcare, 48 percent of personal devices and 52 percent are hospital-issued.
3. Survey respondents reported using various types of smartphones including:
• iPhone: 92 percent (up 10 percent from 2014)
• Android: 67 percent (up 15 percent from 2014)
• Windows: 18 percent (up 6 percent from 2014)
• BlackBerry: 5 percent (down 20 percent from 2014)
4. Physicians are the most common group allowed to participate in BYOD programs, but many other staff groups are also doing so.
• Physicians: 91 percent
• Administrators: 79 percent
• IT staff: 66 percent
• Nurses: 51 percent
• Lab technicians: 23 percent
• Transport: 16 percent
• Housekeeping: 14 percent
• Other: 13 percent
5. BYOD programs, while popular, are not without challenges. The survey respondents reported data security (62 percent), Wi-Fi infrastructure (55 percent) and IT support for uses (42 percent) as the top challenges. The top reasons cited by organizations that do not offer BYOD programs include:
• Data security concerns: 81 percent
• IT support: 38 percent
• Cost: 26 percent
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