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www.HealthcareITNews.com June 2008 I Healthcare IT News 25 I Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc, Newsmakers FACP, FACMI, FHIMSS, was recently named to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, which advises the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on health information technology, standards and related matters. Dr. Middleton is Corporate Director of Clinical Informatics Research & Development, and Chairman of the Center for Information Technology Leadership (CITL) at Partners Healthcare System in Wellesley, Mass. In addition, Dr. Middleton, a former chair of the HIMSS Board of Directors, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Blackford Middleton The Newsmakers column features news about HIMSS members, highlighting significant professional 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. How Will the Economy Impact Healthcare IT Spending & Adoption? Understanding the healthcare information technology marketplace requires timely and targeted analysis supported by accurate industry data. The third edition of the HIMSS AnalyticsTM Essentials of the US Hospital IT Market provides useful insights into hospital IT market spending and IT application, technology adoption and growth to assist healthcare professionals with their market assessments. Updated annually, the extensive report is based on an analysis of data taken from the HIMSS Analytics Database (derived from the Dorenfest IHDS+ Database™) with detailed IT information on more than 5,000 hospitals and 28,000 medical facilities in the United States. Highlights of the report include: • Five-year compounded annual growth rate market forecast for operating, capital, and total spending, including spending forecasts on the key financial and clinical application solutions. • Key insights into the drivers and challenges for the overall market and key application environments. • Sixteen application environment overviews, such as cardiology and radiology PACS, patient safety, bar coding, document management and revenue cycle management. The online PDF report can be purchased in full, by financial or clinical volumes or by selected chapters at www.himssanalytics.org. HIMSS Analytics also offers two free downloads of portions of the report: the Introduction and the Industry Sign Posts Chapter. I CONTRIBUTING TO THE The following individuals generously contributed to the HIMSS Foundation in April. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. Regular THANK YOU FOR G e Connect: JOHNMUIR 0608 Margret K. Amatayakul, RHIA, CHPS, FHIMSS Dean J. Athanassiades, MBA, CPHIMS, FHIMSS John H. Daniels, CPHIMS, FACHE, FHIMSS Lyman C. Dennis II, PhD, CPHIMS, FHIMSS Lawrence E. Dux, CPHIMS, FHIMSS Bruce P Eckert, CPHIMS . David Finn Wendell Forde Matthew A. Grob, CPHIMS Jeffrey Mark Harvey, MS, CPHIMS Liz Johnson, FHIMSS Deborah L. Krau, FHIMSS Gary L. Kurtz, CHPS, FHIMSS Holly Miller, FHIMSS Richard C. Reynolds, FHIMSS John P Schreier, CPHIMS, FHIMSS . David H. Snyder, CPHIMS, FHIMSS Cynthia Spurr, MBA, RNC, FHIMSS Emily Stumpf Raymond P Zambuto, CCE, FASH, FACCE, FHIMSS . HIMSS Central and North Florida Chapter HIMSS Wisconsin Dairyland Chapter For more information or to make a contribution, please contact Erica Pantuso, VP Member Services, HIMSS, at epantuso@himss.org or 312-915-9277. G e Connect: LANGUAGEANDCOMPUTING 0608 www.HealthcareITNews.com www.himssanalytics.org

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