“To develop appropriate policies, hospital leaders will need to determine how mobile devices will be used and what protections will be necessary. If hospitals allow employee-owned mobile devices, one concern is the possible transfer of hospital data to the employee’s home. If an employee plugs an iPod or iPad with hospital data into a personal computer, the system will synch and backup the data on the home computer, Mr. Williams says. One way to prevent sensitive information leaving the organization is to establish automatic controls over access to data. Mr. Williams says hospitals can set up software that can automatically lock employees and physicians out of the hospital’s electronic system at the end of the day at 5 p.m., for instance. Another concern is that because mobile devices are designed for individual use, employees can remove management tools that place constraints on data access. However, the hospital can set up automatic controls that wipe the device if the management tools are removed, according to Mr. Williams.”
Article
Cameron Peebles, Digital Marketing Blog, 12 December 2011
