These days most employees downgrade in terms of technology as
soon as they arrive at work. At home, at the gym and in their cars
it is now the norm for workers to use a variety of up-to-the-minute
devices including smartphones, tablet devices, netbooks, Kindles
and iPods. The benefits of such widespread use of modern
technologies include convenience of access to files such as
music, films and books, and enhanced, on-the-go access
to information, communication platforms and
applications. 
Yet at work most still work on desktop PCs and old-fashioned
analogue telecoms systems. Employees simply want to be able to use
the technologies they are used to in their personal lives when at
work.
In the case of healthcare it is easy to see how such devices
could be very useful, for example when used in a hospital by
doctors undertaking ward rounds and collecting patient information
on an iPad, being able to immediately access medical journals,
websites and information to inform diagnosis and providing more
flexible access to an organisation's business and clinical
applications so that data can be entered and retrieved
anywhere.
In the first of a series of Channel 3 Consulting White Papers,
Channel 3 Consulting CTO Andy
Brett discusses the many angles that should be considered
by any NHS organisation facing pressure from executives, support
and clinical staff to buy tablet-type devices (such as iPad,
Samsung Galaxy or others) for use on the organisation's
network.
"Whilst most agree that the deployment of tablet devices, such
as Apple iPads, Android devices or Microsoft Slates, into the
healthcare working environment could offer considerably improved
ways of working and patient care, few recognise the impact it will
have on IT departmental services set up and resourcing." says
Andy. Here are some of the key considerations to inform the
decision-making process.
Read the full White Paper…