Carts in a time of transition. As multiple trends shape how clinicians do their work, CIOs ponder the future of mobile carts.

CIOs are actively trying to figure out how to plan for the mobile computing needs of their clinicians in the next several years. Though a broad range of viewpoints prevails across the healthcare system, most CIOs believe they will continue to rely heavily on mobile computing carts to meet clinicians' computing needs within their facilities, even in the face of the emergence of newer, tablet-sized computing devices. Clinician needs and preferences remain paramount considerations as CIOs move to replace sometimes-aging current fleets of computing carts.