SkieCan hospitals and clinics use Skie for ward tablets?
Yes. A hospital or clinic can limit ward tablets to clinical and communication apps, keep a web filter on, and see where each tablet is. If one leaves the ward, a geofence raises an alert. Skie manages Android devices only and does not read messages, so clinical data policy remains with the hospital.
Tablets on a ward are shared between shifts and carry access to patient information. The risks are ordinary ones: an unrelated app on a clinical device, a tablet that goes missing, and nobody being sure who had it last.
In Skie, make a group per ward, with an app list of the clinical app, the hospital messaging app, the dialer and anything else the ward needs. Hide the Play Store, keep the browser restricted or off, and the filtered DNS stays on whichever network the tablet joins. A geofence around the ward or building warns you when a device crosses the boundary.
Assign and reassign handle the sharing question. A device keeps a lifecycle history, so you can see who was given which tablet and when. Lost mode locks a missing tablet, shows a contact message and starts tracking, with an evidence file for a report.
Be clear about limits. Skie controls the device, not the clinical app or the patient record. It does not make a hospital compliant with any health data law, and it does not read content on the device. Remote screen support and single sign-on are not available yet, so if staff sign in through the hospital identity system, that stays with the app.
Hospital Wi-Fi sometimes blocks the encrypted DNS port. In that case the device uses the network's DNS and the dashboard flags it, so use the network check wizard during your pilot.