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Hospital administrators sets their sights on regulating smartphone, tablet use CAMBRIDGE, MA - The proliferation of mobile devices in healthcare has given administrators a vexing problem with no easy answer: Should a health system dictate what smartphones and tablets its employees use or allow them to use their own personal devices

FDA draft document offers guidelines - and raises questionsThe questions and comments are pouring in over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's draft guidance on mobile medical apps, making it obvious that the government's first attempt to clarify its regulatory authority over this fast-growing field won't be the last.

Seventy-five percent of individuals working at U.S. healthcare provider institutions use social media for professional purposes, according to a new survey.The Web-based survey was conducted between April and May of 2011 by Frost & Sullivan in conjunction with the Institute for Health Technology Transformation (iHT2). Key findings of the survey include: