BYOD Trend Influences Future of Health Care Technology

More and more nurses today are bringing their own smart phones and tablets to work and using them in their day-to-day work routine, according to a recent survey by Fierce Mobile Healthcare.

The study found that 61 percent of hospitals and health systems respondents said that half their employees use personal mobile devices for work. Fifty percent said the devices are used for just email and calendar applications, while 36 percent said the devices are used to retrieve patient data.

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