The hospital risk manager in me is at it again! It has been wonderful to think through the emerging technologies and share the risks I see along with available solutions.
My latest contribution to a HealthcareIT News article almost seems to be an unintentional follow-up to my wildly popular post on Tablets in Healthcare. If you are an iPad user, especially those of you applying it to your work in healthcare, I urge you to review these 10 simple ways to secure and optimize your iPad:
- Use the password, auto-lock, and auto-erase functions smartly
- Limit access to confidential information to that on VPNs when in a public place or on unsecured networks and disable the Blue Tooth function after use
- Permanently mark or engrave your iPad to help with identification
- Consider cases with tethered locks
- Only download apps and open files from trusted sources
- Look for apps that take advantage of the iPad's native capability
- Consider GPS tracking technologies or apps to help locate a lost or stolen iPad
- Consider a mobile device management (MDM) solution for security and convenience
- Ensure any apps downloaded are optimized for an iPad
- Carry adapters for iPad to VGA and HDMI
It is all about protecting the patient's health information and securing the data we entrust to our providers!
The "Find My iPad" app from Apple is a smart choice since it's an apple native app and works really well. http://www.apple.com/ipad/find-my-ipad.html
Posted by: B Sears | March 28, 2012 at 08:42 AM
Thanks for sharing info on this app!
Posted by: Christina | March 31, 2012 at 06:00 PM
This has been a rather popular subject. This guest blog post for ID Experts may also be of interest.
http://www2.idexpertscorp.com/blog/single/ipad-and-tablet-security/
Posted by: Christina Beach Thielst | April 10, 2012 at 08:53 PM