HIMSS -- Healthcare Information and Management System
Chicago, IL
April 4th-8th, 2009
• Participate in the 300+ educational sessions; learn about the latest developments in electronic health records; find out how the latest technology transforms patient care; and get first-hand knowledge of the OR of the future
• Experience cutting-edge healthcare IT products that transform health information exchange at the Interoperability Showcase
• Network with thousands of physicians, nurses, HIT executives, payors, clinical engineers, public health professionals, pharmacists, and others in a newly revitalized city
• Tools that enable you to customize the Conference with tools that enable you to focus on your interests and fulfill your needs
• Register for one of the many targeted symposia like Nursing Informatics, Physicians IT, Clinical Engineering and IT Leadership, Payors, Pharmacy IT, Supply Chain Technology, RHIO and Quality for focused, relevant sessions on the healthcare IT solutions and issues most important to you.
Keynote Speakers:
• Bill Frist, 23rd US Senate Majority Leader US Senator from Tennessee (1995-2007)
• Michael O. Leavitt, (Invited)SecretaryUS Department of Healthand Human Service
• Robert Koloder, MD, (Invited)National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Department of Health and Human Service
• Steve Case, Chairman and CEO Revolution Co-founder and Former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of America Online (AOL)
•Dr. Eric Schmidt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Google Inc.
•Steven D. Levitt, Bestselling Author, FREAKONOMICS, Alvin Baum Professor of Economics, Director of the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
Registration Information:
Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition
Orange County Convention Center - West Building
February 24th – 28th, 2008
Registration (non-member): $895 through the 17th of December and $995 until January 28th
Day Registration: $425
To register, visit the HIMSS website: http://www.himssconference.org/
For more information, contact:
September Secrist
International Trade Specialist
U.S. Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce,
Seattle U.S. Export Assistance Center
PH: (206) 553-5615 x229
E-mail: tembi.secrist@mail.doc.gov