Revitalizing Healthcare Delivery Making the Case for BlackBerry Adoption

Revitalizing Healthcare Delivery
with Mobile Communications
PART FOUR:
Making the Case for BlackBerry Adoption

Unlike industries that adopted the BlackBerry smartphone and other mobile computing devices primarily for email access during travel, the healthcare industry took a different tack. Doctors and nurses embraced these computing devices and used their PDA features for convenient access to medical and drug references, such as ePocretes®. Download Full PDF File

However, they still retained their pagers for three main reasons: coverage, cost and comfort. To many healthcare professionals, email was unnecessary one more communication tool to worry about. Receiving email required one more device to carry, in addition to the pagers, phones and other devices carried about during their rounds. Download Full PDF File

Today, a single device the BlackBerry smartphone has capabilities that previously required several devices. This converged functionality and connectivity (through cellular and Wi-Fi) make it possible to communicate both inside and outside of facilities and while traveling. With the growing popularity of BlackBerry smartphones within healthcare organizations, many leading application providers have taken advantage of the push data technology to deliver clinical information when and where it is needed. This, in turn, has strengthened the performance of clinical teams and given professionals the necessary tools to improve the quality of care. BlackBerry also provides an ideal means to prioritize workloads and organize tasks through a single inbox, fulfilling the promise of unified communications. Download Full PDF File

Many of the characteristics of the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution, which universally includes features that enhance secure communication, data access and business processes, are exceptionally well suited to the healthcare industry. The benefits within healthcare environments, as they apply individually to doctors, nurses, and support staff, are outlined in the following sections. Download Full PDF File

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