2012 will be a transformational year for smartphones in healthcare. It will mark the beginning of an era in which hospitals really figure out how to take these devices beyond their use as individual reference tools and turn them into technology that is truly interconnected throughout the enterprise.
Given this changing environment and the new possibilities of smartphones, we assembled a roundtable of industry and technology experts to compile this list of what 2012 will mean for smartphone use in hospitals.
A sneak peak at some of the 10 predictions:
- An incident involving compromised patient information will cause headlines and fines
- Message traceability will become a requirement, not a luxury
- IT and BioMed will join forces in the name of improved workflows
