NEW ORLEANS—A two-year Lean implementation has transformed a 465-bed hospital from an inconsistent performer to a consistent achiever that realized in $1.8 million in net savings in 2012, according to a March 5 presentation at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference.

NEW ORLEANS—The proliferation of mobile devices and the dawn of genomic sequencing will allow digital medicine to migrate into democratized medicine, or what Eric J. Topol, MD, called a Medical Gutenberg era, during his March 5 keynote lecture at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference.

NEW ORLEANS—IT project management is an art and science, and careful attention to proven strategies can lay a solid foundation for success, according to an e-session at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference.

NEW ORLEANS—The point of Meaningful Use is to learn, said Seth Foldy, MD, MPH, senior advisor for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, speaking during the Physicians’ IT Symposium during the Health Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) annual convention. The symposium is co-hosted by the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS).