Almost half (43 percent) of hospitals plan to provide clinicians and staff with additional mobile tools in the next year, according to a survey from HIMSS Analytics.
Mobile devices that will be adopted include:
- Healthcare-specific tablets: 63 percent
- Smartphones: 30 percent
- Pagers: 8 percent
Survey results were based on responses from 170 health IT professionals.
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