Portable devices like smartphones and tablets used in health care.

• A. HIPAA
• B. Mobile Technology
• C. PACS
• D. Electronic Materials Management

Answer: (B)

Portable devices like smartphones and tablets used in health care fall under mobile technology. This term describes how clinicians and patients use small, portable devices at the point of care to access electronic health records, communicate with the care team, run decision-support apps, and enable telemedicine and remote monitoring. HIPAA governs privacy and security of health information, but not the technology itself. PACS is the imaging archive system for storing and retrieving radiology images, not the general use of mobile devices. Electronic Materials Management deals with inventory and supply chain, not patient-facing or clinician mobile tools. Therefore, mobile technology is the best description for portable devices used in health care.