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www.HealthcareITNews.com March 2008 s Healthcare IT News 23 A P U B L I C AT I O N O F T H E H E A LT H C A R E I N F O R M AT I O N A N D M A N A G E M E N T S Y S T E M S S O C I E T Y s VOLUME 3 s NUMBER 4 H IMSS08, HELD LAST MONTH in Orlando, was a record-breaking event, with more than 28,400 attendees and 900 exhibiting companies. Previously, HIMSS' most successful conference was in San Diego in 2006, where 24,870 healthcare IT professionals attended and 859 companies exhibited. “This accomplishment was no small feat,” said H. Stephen Lieber, HIMSS President/CEO. “We would like to thank the general attendees, who support the urgent need for an electronic healthcare system. Thanks also go to the companies that brought their newest innovations to our exhibition. The compelling keynote speakers at this year's conference proved to be a draw. The Orange County Convention Center was a most gracious host, and the city of Orlando welcomed us with open arms. And I must thank the HIMSS staff and volunteers, who worked to make this a successful and enjoyable event.” “Healthcare IT is a major issue worldwide, and we believe our conference has furthered the cause,” said Lieber. “With recent presidential calls to action on the topic, consumers and healthcare professionals are aware of the value of an electronic healthcare system: reduced medical errors and lower healthcare costs. Our conference brings healthcare professionals together with the companies leading the industry to facilitate change and innovation.” HIMSS08 a Smashing Success! Looking Ahead to Chicago: HIMSS09 Call for Proposals and Reviewers I t’s not too early to start thinking about the 2009 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, April 4-8 in Chicago. The call for proposals and call for reviewers kick off next month and run through the end of May. The online proposal form and reviewer application will be available at www.himss.org starting on April 7. Individuals interested in submitting proposals should spend time researching intended audiences and the various topic categories, which can be found at www.himss.org. Evaluation criteria are also available online; for example, proposals should be void of commercial or proprietary content. Submitters should also be aware of the limit of two sessions per individual or organization, as multiple submissions may impact the decision-making process. Reviewers are asked to review and score education proposals and be part of the education proposal process. When submitting an application, reviewers should be sure to indicate which audience(s) they would be interested in representing as a reviewer, as HIMSS is looking for reviewers for some of the new audiences it is developing education for. Individuals with questions regarding submitting a proposal, including how to categorize a proposal, or becoming a reviewer can contact HIMSS Manager of Education Adam Bazer at abazer@himss.org or 312-915-9257. s Bill Frist gives the opening keynote address at HIMSS08. Keynote Speakers HIMSS08 keynote addresses kicked off with Bill Frist, MD, former majority leader of the U.S. Senate, who declared that healthcare IT professionals are the key to solving the problems of the “healthcare mess” in the United States. “A great responsibility lies with you in this room,” Frist told the audience. “Health IT will play the primary role in medical science and technology in the future.” The dynamic slate of HIMSS08 keynote speakers also featured Michael O. Leavitt, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Robert Kolodner MD, national coordinator for health information technology for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Eric Schmidt, PhD, chairman and CEO of Google Inc.; Steve Case, the chairman and CEO of Revolution Health Group and the co-founder of America Online (AOL); and Steven D. Levitt, author of the NY Times best-seller Freakonomics - A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. Education During more than 250 education sessions, keynotes, workshops, Views from the Top sessions, e-sessions, roundtable discussions, pre-conference workshops and symposia, HIMSS08 attendees explored solutions for running businesses more efficiently and improving the delivery of safe patient care through the use of healthcare IT. HIMSS08 education combined formal learning, interactive discussion and networking on ambulatory information systems, clinical informatics, community health initiatives, electronic health records, emergHIMSS08 [continued on page 27] HIMSS Summit08: IMSS Summit08, the premier senior IT leadership event in North America, returns to Washington, DC, on June 9-10, with the theme of Advancing Healthcare Leadership through IT. Leveraging location and opportunity during this election year, high-level policy issues and their practical implications, as well as C-Suite strategic educational topics will be discussed through highly interactive sessions. Influential keynote speakers Dr. James Canton and Charlie Cook highlight this one-of-akind, executive leadership forum. Dr. Canton, the chairman and CEO of the Institute for Global Futures, is a renowned global futurist, social scientist, author and sought-after business advisor who presents on the future of healthcare, life sciences, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Widely regarded as one of the nation's keenest litmus testers on US elections and political trends, Mr. Cook is the publisher of The Cook Political Report and a political analyst for the National Journal Group, where he writes weekly for National Journal magazine and CongressDailyAM. Additionally, the yet-to-be-named recipients of the CEO-IT Leadership Award, sponsored by HIMSS and Modern Healthcare, will present during this year's opening keynote session. As the premier senior IT leadership program in North America and a cornerstone event of National Health IT Week, the Summit is modeled as a niche program for the field, with emphasis on the key strategic relationships between the C-Suite, providers, and the Advancing Healthcare Leadership through IT H Survey identifies quality of care, Medicare cutbacks as top business drivers that will impact healthcare IT decisions H I mproving quality of care, Medicare cutbacks/managed care fee reductions and patient (customer) satisfaction were identified by respondents to the 19th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey, sponsored by Cisco, as the key business drivers that will most impact healthcare in the next two years. The impact of Medicare cutbacks/managed SUMMIT08 [continued on page 24] care fee reductions, for instance, has a direct effect on IT budgets. Among the respondents who projected a budget decrease, deteriorating financial conditions related to cutbacks in Medicare/Medicaid was most likely to be identified as the reason for a decrease in IT budgets. The full survey results, which also include information on RHIOs, technology adoption, IT budgets, IT staffing and governance can be found at www.himss.org. The business issues noted in the survey results drive the IT priorities organizations focus on. Respondents identified replacing/upgrading/implementing clinical information systems, implementing technology to reduce medical errors and implementing an electronic medical record (EMR) as top IT priorities their organizations are focusing on at SURVEY [continued on page 24] http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.himss.org http://www.himss.org http://www.himss.org

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