KLAS: Providers Turning To Virtualization To Secure Mobile Devices

With Increased Device Use Comes Increased Security Concerns

With a large majority (70 percent) of provider organizations now using mobile devices to access electronic records, security has become a top priority for CIOs, according to a new KLAS report — Mobile Applications: Can Enterprise Vendors Keep Up, which found that virtualization is the method most often used to address security concerns. “Providers are [...]

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Phyllis Teater, Associate VP/CIO, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Chapter 4

Phyllis Teater, CIO, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University

The Center for IT Innovations in Healthcare
Empowering mobility & BYOD
Leadership and staff management
Raising a family while maintaining a career

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Bill Byers, VP/CIO, Western Maryland Health System, Chapter 2

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Budgeting and project prioritization
The importance of 100 percent wireless coverage
Empowering clinicians through BYOD

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For Now, It’s iPhone Over Android

I currently carry a Samsung Infuse  Android phone. It is an AT&T phone that I have had for about a year. I am ready to replace it and I have been wrestling between the new Samsung Galaxy SIII and an iPhone. The reviews of the SIII are tempting. The specs are impressive (quad core graphics, [...]

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Bobbie Byrne, MD, CIO, Edward Hospital & Health Services, Chapter 4

Bobbie Byrne, MD, VP/CIO, Edward Hospital & Health Services

Competing for talent in the Chicago area
Encouraging staff to get Epic-certified
Keeping morale high — “It’s our job to keep them wanting to work here”
Finding the right mobile device management strategy
“You are the sum of your experiences”
Dealing with multiple vendors
“I love my job. This is the best gig.”

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Putting Policies And Procedures In Their Place

Todd Richardson, CIO, Deaconess Health System

As healthcare CIOs, we all have a lot in common with regard to the work that we get involved with. And while we are all saddled with the loathsome burden of ensuring that our hospital and departmental Policies and Procedures are intact, it seems that every organization approaches these documents in a different manner.

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Silencing Mobile Device Distractions

Kate Huvane Gamble, Managing Editor, hsCIO.com

It’s funny how things change. Not too long ago, when I saw a car swerving on the road, I’d immediately assume the driver might be intoxicated or possibly falling asleep, and I’d make every effort to avoid that car. Now, if I see a vehicle veering into multiple lanes or sidling up to the median, [...]

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Chuck McDevitt, CIO, Self Regional Healthcare, Chapter 3

Chuck McDevitt, CIO, Self Regional Healthcare

Allscripts in the owned physician practices
Working with the independents
Integrating the hospital & physician practice worlds (using RelayHealth)
BYOD — iPad strategies for the workplace

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