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Time to update your facility’s wireless device policy?

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, May 18, 2007

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If the last time your hospital revisited its cell phone policy was back during the Clinton administration, new studies suggest that it might be time to update your approach for 2007. When updating a wireless device policy, be sure the policy doesn't bring your facility to a halt in the event of a communications disruption that necessitates that staffers use their cell phones to continue delivering care. Craft a policy for managing wireless technology that covers the following:

• Bluetooth devices
• Personal digital assistants
• Blackberrys
• Camera phones
• Two-way radios
• Direct-connect, walkie-talkie type phones
• Computers on wheels used by clinical staff

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