Health Populi has a post today reviewing Motorola's Mobility Barometer report that the company shared at the HIMSS event last week. One of the key takeaways from the report: Hospital worker productivity increases after certain mobile applications are adopted. Workers get back about 39 minutes per day on average.
According to Motorola, the key benefits of adopting mobile applications in the hospital are reduced manual errors, increased order fulfillment accuracy, increased productivity, increased accuracy in compliance, quality reporting and regulatory requirements. Key challenges include the cost of hardware, software, integration an support; difficulties integrating mobile apps into existing infrastructure; and interference and performance problems.
Health Populi suggests that challenges need to be overcome through innovative pricing, SaaS, and milestone-reaching arrangements. The publication also reminded readers that security and integration are the deal breakers and makers for health organizations.
During a presentation at HIMSS Motorola's Vivian Funkhouser shared some of the findings of the Mobility Barometer report: While research shows that healthcare IT adoption has plodded along for years when it comes to mobile communications adoption, the report also demonstrated that the infrastructure and communications group of wireless health services -- like using mobile devices to improve efficiencies in care at clinics -- has finally reached a tipping point.
"Deploy for today," Funkhouser advised the audience at HIMSS, "but plan for tomorrow. Ensure that the technology you implement is able to support what is on your list for the next 18 months, but also make sure it can support what is in the plans for the next three to five years."
Gartner suggests that Microsoft Windows Mobile is the mobile operating system that is most robust and will have the most life for ruggedized handheld devices. "Use Windows Mobile to reduce risk," Funkhouser said.
For more, read the entire Health Populi post here.
Also, check out these series of videos Motorola produced that feature Funkhouser reviewing the Mobility Barometer Report's results.
