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www.HealthcareITNews.com April 2008 s Healthcare IT News 25 he third HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo kicks off next week on April 23 and the event's enhanced online, 3-D environment and new educational sessions give healthcare professionals the opportunity to grow professionally, gain product knowledge and network right from Jonathan Bush their computers, all for free. Next week's two-day educational program includes 13 live keynote speeches and educational seminars, covering electronic health record adoption, staff retention, standards harmonization, Stark and Anti-Kickback Rules, nurse healthcare IT competencies, as well as service-oriented architecture applied in healthcare. Opening keynote speaker Jonathan Bush will address the emerging consumer movement impacting physician reimbursement and recent developments of new all-payor, real-time claim adjudication platforms that leverage national networks in order to arm providers with relevant information at the time of service. Mr. Bush is chairman and CEO of athenahealth, a leading provider of physician billing, practice management and EMR services. On April 24, closing keynote speaker Matthew Holt's session, Health 2.0 is Here and Your Colleagues Know More About it Than You Do HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo-It's a Mouse-Click Away T (you can change that!), addresses the implications and challenges of Health 2.0's economic, sociopolitical, competitive imperatives and what it could mean for today's healthcare professionals. Mr. Holt Matthew Holt has worked for more than 13 years in healthcare as a researcher, generalist forecaster and strategist. Speakers host live question and answer sessions with attendees after all keynote and educational presentations. Attendees can also interact and meet with their industry colleagues via instant messenger in the Virtual Lounge where users often share professional advice. Aside from the wealth of quality educational content and networking opportunities, attendees can also explore cutting-edge product solutions through engaging video demonstrations, industry white papers and live interaction with company representatives via instant messenger, video chat or e-mail. Educational sessions, keynote speeches and the exhibit hall are all accessible on-demand to registrants for flexible viewing after conference for 30 days, free of charge. For more information, visit www.himssvirtual.org. s WELCOME DIAMOND NEW CORPORATE MEMBERS Agilex By assembling noteworthy experts in a variety of information management disciplines, Agilex has built a powerful capability that is not hindered by the traditional constraints of the IT industry. Agilex knows how to build systems that cost less and provide more value. www.agilex.com Sunquest Information Systems Inc. Sunquest Information Systems Inc. is a market leader in clinical data management installed in more than 1,000 U.S. hospitals and commercial laboratories, and over 60 customers in Canada, the United Kingdom, Western Europe and the Middle East. The company designs, develops and supports a comprehensive suite of information products for hospitals and laboratories that includes laboratory, radiology and pharmacy systems. Sunquest uses open systems that are scalable to any size hospital or healthcare network. www.sunquestinfo.com Anakam Anakam TFA™ delivers true two-factor authentication through the use of everyday devices its users already own. In so doing, Anakam has dramatically lowered the cost and greatly reduced the complexity of providing strong authentication to a large, diverse population. www.anakam.com PLATINUM Ascend Software Inc. Ascend Software Inc. provides high-quality and innovative enterprise information management (EIM) and business automation solutions. Ascend understands business, and the popularity of its EIM solutions attest to the company's experience, vision and dedication. Ascend consistently exceeds industry expectations with a one-stop solution that meets a variety of report management and document management needs. www.ascendsoftware.com BlinkMD BlinkMD is all about providing medical information to healthcare workers in their workspace, anytime, anywhere to assist in education, productivity, patient safety, quality of care and research in a way unlike ever before. www.blinkmd.com Tellurian Networks Tellurian Networks offers a vast array of medical hosting solutions, application hosting solutions, server colocation and management services, fast and reliable business and residential Internet connections, disaster contingency services, Web and e-mail hosting packages and antivirus and antispam solutions. www.tellurian.com WhatsUp Gold Cost-effective and easy to use, WhatsUp Gold provides real-time visibility into the status and performance of every network device, including routers, switches, hubs, servers, workstations, security technologies, applications, utilities, and a host of other networkconnected devices and equipment. www.whatsupgold.com T AsiaPac08: education, exhibits providing needs-based solutions May 20-23, Hong Kong OKI Data Americas OKI Data Americas provides world-class printing technology and real-world solutions designed to help manage workflow and optimize business performance. www.okidata.com GOLD Abraxas Medical Solutions Abraxas Medical Solutions provides a fully integrated suite of software including electronic medical records, practice management and scheduling software, as well as implementation services to automate the entire workflow of a medical office for a more efficient and profitable practice. www.abraxasmedical.com he HIMSS AsiaPac08 Conference and Exhibition, held in association with CHIK Services, is a unique event providing needs-based solutions for the optimal use of healthcare IT and management systems. Gathering the best minds from healthcare, government and IT, AsiaPac offers a platform for unlimited networking opportunities and intensive knowledge exchange. Three unique pre-conference programs designed for nurses, physicians and IT leadership, and healthcare professionals, as well as more than 40 educational sessions connect leading health information and communication technology experts from Asia and beyond. The vendor exhibition and interoperability demonstrations showcase innovative solutions. Dr. York Y N Chow, SBS, JP, secretary for food and health, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, will deliver the welcome address. An orthopedic surgeon by profession, Dr. Chow has served as hospital chief executive at Hong Kong's Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Queen Mary Hospital and as cluster chief executive of the Hong Kong West Cluster of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority. The AsiaPac08 opening keynote will be presented by Shane D. Solomon, chief executive of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Before moving to Hong Kong, Mr. Solomon held various senior health management positions in Australia, including under-secretary for health in the Victorian Department of Human Services and group chief executive of Mercy Health and Aged Care Services. For more information, including a full list of speakers, and to register, visit www.himssasiapac.org. s Summit Healthcare Summit Healthcare is a leading software integration company with an ever–expanding product and service line geared toward enabling application integration within the healthcare industry. www.summit-healthcare.com To learn more about the benefits of corporate membership, visit www.himss.org or contact HIMSS Senior Director of Business Development Kelly Laidler klaidler@himss.org or 312-915-9285. J ay Srini, FHIMSS, has been named to the newly created position of chief innovation officer by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Insurance Services Division. For the past four years, Ms. Srini, a member of the HIMSS Board of Directors, has served as vice president of emerging technologies for UPMC Corporate Services. In this role, she has been involved in several strategic projects leveraging technology and forging partnerships with academia and industry. Ms. Srini has more than 20 years of technology and executive experience in multiple industries including insurance, s Newsmakers HIMSS SUMMIT08 [continued from page 23] the most exciting solutions available today and the leading companies that deliver them. Vendors conduct their own sessions, so attendees have a close-up demonstration of the tools and services their organizations need the most. Early registration is available through May 5. Summit08 is held in conjunction with National Health IT Week.Visit www.himsssummit.org to register online and for more details. s banking, manufacturing and healthcare. The Newsmakers column features news about HIMSS members, highlighting significant profes- Jay Srini sional changes, industry-wide activities, and industry awards and recognition. Announcements for possible publication in Newsmakers should be submitted via e-mail to membership@himss.org. Some news may appear in the Members' Section of the HIMSS Web site. s s healthcare takes center stage in presidential politics and across the nation, more than 300 healthcare professionals are gearing up to attend the 7th Annual HIMSS Advocacy Day June 10 - 11 at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. Once again, HIMSS' Advocacy Day will be held as part of National Health IT Week (see the article below for additional details on the week's activities). During Advocacy Day, attendees will Healthcare IT advocates gear up for Advocacy Day have an opportunity to meet with their members of Congress, learn the latest advocacy techniques from Washington insiders, hear how federal policy decisions may affect their jobs and future, and mingle with key decision-makers at the Advocacy Awards Networking Reception on Capitol Hill. Visit www.himss.org/advocacy to register for Advocacy Day and all National Health IT Week events. s National Health IT Week: H A working forum to impact he http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.agilex.com http://www.sunquestinfo.com http://www.anakam.com http://www.blinkmd.com http://www.ascendsoftware.com http://www.himssvirtual.org http://www.himssvirtual.org http://www.tellurian.com http://www.whatsupgold.com http://www.okidata.com http://www.abraxasmedical.com http://www.summit-healthcare.com http://www.himss.org http://www.himssasiapac.org http://www.himss.org/advocacy http://www.himsssummit.org http://www.himsssummit.org http://www.healthITweek.org

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