MOBILE DEVICE DEPLOYMENT
(IPADS) AND BYOD POLICY
Presented by Tyler Wallace
OBJECTIVES
 Understand
various methods of
mobile device deployment
 Understand
best practices of iPad
utilization within healthcare
 Essentials
of a BYOD policy
IPAD
 St.
PROJECT
Mary’s / UGA / GHSU
 110+
iPads to med students and
employed physician preceptors
 Included
deployment, training,
policies, and support
DOWNLOAD APPLICATIONS
 Draw
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MD Cardiology
iPad
 MicroMedex
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iPad, iPhone, Android
 Visual
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Drug Information
DX
iPad, iPhone, Android, Web-Based
DEVICE UTILIZATION
 EMR
remote access
 Medical applications
 Productivity applications
 E-mail
 Research
 Cloud Storage
 YouTube
DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS
1.
Nothing
Physician / Staff Owned Device
 EMR Access only through Citrix Receiver
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2.
Apple Configurator
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3.
Hospital Owned Device
Mobile Device Manager
(MDM)
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Hospital Owned Device
APPLE CONFIGURATOR
 Free
to download on OS X 10.7
 Hardwire the Mac to iPads
 Uses “profiles” to manage device
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Mandate Password
Remove YouTube
Various others
 Profiles
can be removed by end
user
 iPads must be manually audited
MOBILE DEVICE MANAGER
 ASP
Solution accessed via internet
 Wireless Management of iPads
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Ability to push out apps
Admin notified if “profiles” are
removed
Tracks iPads
 UI
requires no IT experience
 Cost is $3 per month per device
 Typically 25 device minimum
MDM VENDORS
 Mobile
Iron, Good, Air Watch
 Demo all of them
 Ask about purchasing agreements
 Don’t use a cheap vendor or existing
vendor “just because”
 Personal
choice - Air Watch
DEMO APPLICATIONS
 Productivity
 Clinical
 Enroll
Apps
Apps
in MDM
LESSONS LEARNED
 Adequate
wireless network
 Don’t assume people know iOS
 End user can remove any
security that you put on iOS
 Not every vendor “works with
iPads”
 Once one department gets an
iPad they all want one
BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE
 Primarily
EMR and E-mail
 Make sure end user has
password set on device
 EMR access
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Accessed via Citrix Receiver app
Must use AD account for entry
Must use EMR password
Timeout after 30 minutes
 Three
levels of security
BOYD – E-MAIL
 Password
is mandated
 User must sign waiver and
initial each time for below items
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User responsible for backups
No hardware or software support
Notify immediately if device is
lost
Will wipe all data if deemed
necessary
COMMON QUESTIONS
 What
about Android/Windows 8?
 What about Dropbox?
 How much effort is there to
support iPads from IT?
 How secure are iPads?
 What happens when end user
loses the iPad?
 How much hard drive space do
we need and do we need 4G?
CONTACTS
 Tyler
Wallace
St. Mary’s Health Care System
 twallace@stmarysathens.org
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 Rudy
Diedreck
Visual DX Sales
 rdiedreck@logicalimages.com
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 Jennifer
Oates
Air Watch Sales
 jenniferoates@air-watch.com
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