If you have yet to consider an employee-owned or "Bring Your Own" (BYO) Device Management Program – we suggest giving it some thought. With a program in place you'll be ready for any computer, smartphone, iPad or future device that comes along and employees will be more productive on the latest technology of their choice. Plus, IT's offload of device management frees up time for more strategic initiatives.
More and more healthcare organizations are turning to virtual desktops to address their challenges with the management, security and cost of their organizations end-point devices, namely workstations and laptops. This has long been a complicated subject for healthcare executives due to the complexities within in the healthcare environment. The fact is, end-point devices are the one piece of the technology chain not physically placed in a secured environment. Servers and switches are hosted in secured and environmentally controlled Data Centers and IDF closets, but laptops and workstations do their work in the Emergency Room, admitting office, or on one of the Nurses mobile carts. This introduces not only additional support costs and challenges but security concerns as well.
