While tighter HIPAA security regulations going into effect this year may intimidate some healthcare organizations in implementing wide-scale bring your own device (BYOD) programs, the NCH Healthcare System in Naples, Fla. has embraced it with open arms. In fact, BYOD practices are being encouraged to help the hospital make a total break from its paper-dependent past.
"As of July 15, 2013, all of our processes will be electronic," said NCH CIO Helen Thompson. "It is part of our journey to the digital hospital. There will be no more paper."
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