Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
Mobile technology has begun to change the landscape of the medical profession with more than two-thirds of physicians regularly using smart phones. Smartphones have allowed healthcare professionals and the general public to communicate more efficiently, collect data and facilitate the clinical decision making. The methodology for this study was a qualitative literature review following a systematic approach of the smartphone usage among physicians in hospitals. Fifty-one articles were selected for this study based on inclusion criteria. The findings were classified and described into seven categories: use of smartphone in obstetrics, pediatrics, surgery, internal medicine, radiology, and dermatology which were chosen based on the documented use of smartphone application in different healthcare practices. A last section of patient safety and issues with confidentiality is also described. This study suggest that smartphones have been playing an increasingly important role in healthcare. Medical professionals have become more dependent upon medical smartphone applications. However, concerns of patient safety and confidentiality will likely lead to increased oversight of mobile device use by regulatory agencies and accrediting bodies.
Recommended Citation
Thomairy, N. A., Mummaneni, M., Alsalamah, S., Moussa, N., & Coustasse, A. (2015). Use of Smartphones in Hospitals. The Health Care Manager, 34(4), 297-307.
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Comments
This is the authors’ peer-reviewed manuscript. The version of record is available from the publisher at http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HCM.0000000000000080. Copyright © 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.