Smartphones, laptops and tablets put valuable patient data, medical records and important clinical information at the fingertips of healthcare professionals. But a growing number of experts
worry that more and more providers are using mobile devices to check social media outlets, conduct personal business or text friends and family when their full attention should be focused on the patient.
An
Outpatient Surgery Magazine reader poll found that 40% of facility managers forbid surgeons and staff from using mobile devices in the OR.
Daniel Cook
