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Zombie devices are smartphones, laptops, tablets and PCs that are sitting idle, outdated, or lost and eating away at companies' bottom lines by the billions.

A comprehensive study of mobile health apps in the consumer marketplace finds that many have limited uses, aren't being downloaded, aren't addressing healthcare's most pressing needs and aren't being recommended by physicians.

Speaking at the AHIMA convention in Atlanta, a doctor shares a glimpse inside his mobile toolkit, and offers advice about working the devices into your practice.

"It's a new world out there. We're moving from mobile being alternative and optional to it being mainstream and mandatory." That's how Kenneth Kleinberg, managing director of The Advisory Board Company, recently assessed the mHealth landscape. "We need a continuum of approaches that take people from their desktop to a broad range of devices," he concluded.