Michael Lustig, CEO of Movero, INC has come up with a new set of 7 Best Practices for ensuring that a given mHealth program is as, ehem, healthy as possible.  The guide is great, but reinforces the consistent problems faced by organizations that take a hardware centric view of their mHealth strategy.  Check out our recent blog, Too Much Hardware, Not Enough Software.

Here are the best practices.  Read Michael’s full article here.

Best Practices for Healthy mHealth

1. Identify all mobile devices and maintain inventory management utilizing MDM (mobile device management) software ensuring that no unauthorized devices obtain connection to the network and that all devices can be fully tracked;
2. Add on-device password and over-the-air data encryption to enforce authentication when the device is cycled-on and to ensure that data exchange is fully protected;
3. Enable remote device kill and data deletion, allowing administrators to clear all data and settings on lost or stolen devices;
4. Separate personal and healthcare organization information, enabling IT to secure, control and erase enterprise data and applications without adversely impacting personal photos, music, Apps or email;
5. Provide updated and automatic antivirus, firewall protection and remote delivery of security patch updates;
6. Establish either a BYOD (bring your own device) or healthcare industry-owned device policy for consistency across the organization. Include guidelines and education regarding potential missteps, keeping mobile devices in compliance and limiting introduction of malware through spam and unauthorized Apps; and
7. Allow IT to control exactly what data users can access with their mobile devices, including back-office systems, formalized user groups and blocked access to devices that don’t have a MDM software installed.