Got Smartphones? Leveraging Physicians' Smartphone Usage in HIT: Feb 21, 9:45-10:45am

United Health Services (UHS) Hospitals designed and implemented a handheld solution for clinician use. Installing this system on clinician-owned mobile devices has increased physician acceptance of EHR while minimizing computer requirements.

Time:
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 9:45am-10:45am

Speaker Information:
Rebecca T. Kennis, clinical systems analyst, UHS
Afzal ur Rehman, MD, PhD, CMIO, UHS

Objectives:

• Recognize the value of utilizing mobile devices by physicians in healthcare
• Analyze the benefits vs effort of developing mobile healthcare applications at your hospital
• Identify the security challenges involved with mobile device implementation and plan how to mitigate them