NEW ORLEANS—To best prepare for Meaningful Use, attack the biggest and most complicated problems first, said Bruce Eckert, MBA, principal at consulting firm Beacon Partners, speaking during an educational session at the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual convention.

NEW ORLEANS—The proliferation of mobile medical devices and apps haven’t come without considerable scrutiny from various federal agencies. Scott A. Edelstein, JD, MPA, partner and Mark D. Johnson, JD, senior attorney both at Squire Sanders, discussed the legal issues in the converge of healthcare and mobile telecommunications during an educational session at the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual convention.

NEW ORLEANS—A hierarchical task analysis of EHR use looked at component usage, non-verbal communication, verbal analysis and time-at-task profiling. Alan Calvitti, PhD, data visualization expert worked with the VA’s San Diego Healthcare System, presented the results of the project during an educational session at the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual convention.

NEW ORLEANS—“Healthcare is broken not just when it comes to the cost but in so many other ways,” said National Coordinator of Health IT Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, delivering a keynote address at the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual convention. “Healthcare is broken as a system…as a lack of systems.”