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38 healthcare IT News ■ July 2008 www.HealthcareITNews.com lOOKaHeaD JUly 13 -17 23rd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Chicago 15 -18 17th Annual Physician- Computer Symposium, Ojai, Calif. 16 -19 18th Annual Summer Institute for Nursing Informatics, Baltimore 22 -23 The 3rd Annual World Congress Leadership Summit, Boston 29 - 31 HL7 Educational Summit 2008, Baltimore QUOteD Bill Adams Surgeon Medical 8, 12 Wil Ankerstjerne Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 15 Justin Barnes Greenway Medical Technologies 6 Doug Bell IDC 35 Jason Bhan Ozmosis 17 Penny Black University Hospitals of Cleveland 9 David Blumenthal Massachusetts General Hospital 1 Tom Bonadio Mercy Health Systems Oklahoma 35 Ed Bosanac Integrated Behavioral Health 27 Mark Brazeau BlueThread Technologies 27 John Breaux Former U.S. Senator, D-La 3 William Bria AMDIS 17 Steve Bromer West County Health Centers 19 Cindy Buckles BCBST 1 Howard Burde Blank, Rome LLP 3 Bruce Carlson Kalorama Information 15 Gene Cartwright Omnyx 32 Steve Case Revolution Health 3 Richard Close Jeffries & Company, Inc. 32 Jason Cunningham West County Health Centers 17 Christopher Daute API Software 34 Greg Davidson Panasonic Computer Solutions 31 Catherine DesRoches Masachusetts General Hospital 19 Lorraine Tunis Doo CMS 27 Kathy Douglas Concerro 34 Karen Duncan Health Information Systems 1 Daniel Emmer Horizon BCBS of New Jersey 28 Susan Farrell HIMSS 6 Lorraine Fernandes Initiate Systems Inc. 9 Steven Fox BCBSMA 29 Todd Frantz Florida Hospital 12 Rick Friedman CMS 27 Bill Frist U.S. Senate, R-Tennessee 3 Atul Gawande Brigham and Women’s Hospital .. 8, 12 Vivek Gore CNSI 27 Linda Groah AORN 12 Trent Haywood VHA, Inc. 14 Gordon Hextall National Programme for IT 31 Bobby Jindal Louisiana Governor 17 Michael A. Jones University of Colorado Hospital 36 Michael Kelly Adirondack Medical Center 9 Mark Kennedy Centennial, Colo. physician 36 Cleve Killingsworth BCBSMA 29 Gary Klein Amer. Acad. of Disaster Medicine 18 David Krebs Venture Development Corp 33 Howard Landa AMDIS 18 Dianne Lanham The Chester County Hospital 14 Thomas M. Leary HIMSS 36 Edward Leigh British House of Commons 31 Cyndi Luciano Scottsdale Healthcare 34 Daniel Martich UPMC 18 Lou Martinage MobileAccess 15 Deven McGraw Center for Democracy and Tech. 4 Blair McKee Alverno Information Services 9 Dave McLaury CNSI 27 Kenneth Melani Highmark Inc. 28 James G. Mhyre, MD Evergreen Surgical Clinic 8 George Michalopoulos UPMC 32 Doug Miller Integrated Behavioral Health 28 Joe Moggridge BT 31 Dennis Nasto SecureCare Technologies 31 Cynthia Norling PrimeWest Health 9 Richard Norling Premier 13 Deborah Peel Patient Privacy Rights 3 Carol Petersen AORN 12 Tom Peth Thornberry Limited 32 Beth Pickard AtStaff 34 David A. Powner GAO 36 Billy Quarles Palmetto GBA 27 David Roberts HIMSS 3 Jeffrey Romoff UPMC 32 Stephanie Rose-Belcher Enclarity 28 Richard Rydell AMDIS 18 Steven Schaefer Virginia Mason Medical Center 3 Jolynn Schick Scottsdale Healthcare 34 Dennis Schmuland Microsoft 28 Marcia Ide Schultz Phoenix Orthopedic Group 36 Arnold Schwarzenegger .California Governor 3 Rajesh Shetye VNA Healthcare Partners of Ohio 35 Shamlan Siddiqi Keane Inc. 9 Edwin Simcox Clarian Health Partners 15 Doug Spence Foresight 28 Scott Strayer University of Virginia 17 Dave Syposs HealthTrio 29 Tommy Thompson Former HHS Secretary 3 Mark Tino VHA, Inc. 14 Don Trigg Cerner 32 Tanya Trombly BCBSMA 28 Gil Tuquero Sharp Healthcare 12 Richard Umbdenstock American Hospital Association 6 Jukka Valkonen Kaiser Permanente 9 Alex Veletsos Orlando Health 35 Michael Warner AtStaff 34 Deward Watts CSC 36 Alan Whitehouse Oconee Regional Medical Center 9 Sean W. Wieland Piper Jaffray & Co. 32 aUgUst 04 - 05 The 6th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Healthcare Quality, Boston 26 - 27 Microsoft HUG Tech Forum 2008, Redmond, Wash. september 07 - 10 NCHICA 14th Annual Conference &Exhibition, Greensboro, N.C. 08 - 10 Chasing Zero Summit: Hospital Acquired Infections, Wash. 15 - 16 American Telemedicine Association, Tampa, Fla. More at Healthcare IT stocks The William Blair Health Care IT Index (WBHCIT), an equal-weighted basket comprising 31 HCIT stocks, has been created to capitalize on trends in the industry that include a heightened demand for clinical information systems. The index aims to capture the aggregate stock performance of the majority of industry participants focused on healthcare IT. The chart above shows healthcare IT stocks compared with the Nasdaq Index between May 26 and June 26. For a list of the companies on the William Blair index, visit www.williamblair.com/WBHCIT. ●Connect: graphs 0708 e HealthcareITNews.com e ●Connect: lookahead 0708 ONtHemOVe Nuance Communications, provider of speech and imaging solutions, has appointed Gary Clayton to the role of chief creative officer. Clayton will report to Paul Ricci, Nuance’s chairman and CEO, and will be located in Nuance’s Sunnyvale, California offices. In conjunction with Clayton’s appointment, Victor Chen has also joined Nuance as senior director, Creative Strategy. Toshiba America Information Systems has designated Mark Simons as the company’s next president and CEO. Simons will succeed Masa Fukakushi, who will become chairman and CEO of Toshiba America. Ade Lawal has joined Aspyra Inc. as vice president of strategy and business development. Merge Healthcare medical imaging software and services company, has reorganized its business operations with a change in executive management. Merge accepted the resignations of four company officers: Kenneth Rardin (CEO), Steven Norton (CFO), Gary Bowers (president of the company’s Merge North America Mark Simons division) and Loris Sartor (president of the company’s Cedara/Merge OEM division). Merge also appointed the following four new company officers: Justin C. Dearborn, CEO; Steven M. Oreskovich, chief financial officer; Nancy J. Koenig, president of the company’s newly-renamed Merge Fusion Division; and Antonia Wells, the new president of the company’s newly-renamed Merge OEM Division. Thomas R. Andersson has joined Carestream Health as general manager, U.S. & Canada Medical Sales Region. He becomes a member of the company’s senior sales leadership team, reporting to Michael W. Jackman, president, Global Sales & Services, Medical Solutions, Carestream Health. John Kansky, vice president business development of the Indiana Health Information Exchange has been selected as a member of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s Health Information Exchange Steering Committee. VHA Inc., the national healthcare alliance, has hired Keith Griffin as vice president of supply chain analytics. Ikonisys, a provider of non-invasive, cell-based diagnostic solutions, announced that longtime financial executive Keith Griffin Louise Mawhinney has joined the company as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mawhinney will take over the CFO position from Paul White who continues as president. athenahealth, Inc. has announced that Christopher E. Nolin, has resigned as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of athenahealth, in order to spend more time with his family. Daniel H. Orenstein, the company’s current deputy general counsel, will assume the role of general counsel and secretary. Truman Medical Centers has appointed Lisa Odom to the position of executive director of information excellence. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Vice President Harry Reynolds has been appointed chairman of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. Helen Mitchell has joined Macfadden and Associates as senior program director of enterprise solutions. Think First, a healthcare solutions provider, appointed Kristen Weisenberger senior project executive, serving clients in the South and Northeastern areas. Quotable “Applying 21st Century information technology to the practice of medicine seems like a no-brainer in the Internet age, but some cling to a comfortable past with paper records in long, gray filing cabinets.” – Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), speaking about the healthcare IT bill he introduced with Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) 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