Use of Mobile Devices Increasing in Health Care

A recent article on Bloomberg.com highlights the increasing use of wireless devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs in the delivery and receipt of health care. The article emphasizes not only the popularity of such devices, but the real and potential health benefits they afford or promise, such as increased collaboration between patients and physicians.

The Information Technology group within CCHS is actively exploring ways to leverage this technology for our patients and providers. As usual, things are moving at "County speed", but we hope to include better affordance for mobile devices as part of the iSITE (intranet) redesign project. Beyond that, we want to develop a strategic approach to supporting mobile computing for CCHS. If you have ideas that you would like us to consider, I encourage you to publish them as comments to this post, so that we can begin a conversation about needs, expectations, and visions.

Is there any interest in forming an informal advisory board to offer suggestions and guidance to IT on this topic? Contact me if you'd like to participate.