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www.HealthcareITNews.com November 2008 I Healthcare IT News 31 HIMSS09 [continued from page 27] Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise's common framework for delivering interoperability across local,regional and national health information exchanges,the showcase offers clinical scenarios simulating how health information is seamlessly passed among caregivers. Attendees can create and manage their own EHRs across multiple healthcare settings through interactive demonstrations ofcutting-edge technology and standards.The showcase also features multiple theaters for delivering education,success stories and information on national interoperability initiatives. Networking HIMSS Journal Seeks Peer Reviewers The Journal ofHealthcare Information Management (JHIM),the quarterly peer-reviewed publication ofHIMSS, is seeking peer reviewers.Every article in JHIM is evaluated by peer reviewers who are selected based on their knowledge and experience within a particular topic in healthcare information technology.Such peer review enhances the status of JHIM,further improves the editorial quality,and ensures that JHIM is an authoritative source to HIMSS members,the public and the media.HIMSS encourages PHOTO COURTESY OF CHICAGO CONVENTION & TOURISM BUREAU healthcare IT professionals to apply to become a peer reviewer for the journal.Those with questions about the journal’s peer review process can contact Matt Schlossberg,senior editor at 312-915-9282 or mschlossberg@himss.org. I Wrigley Building and Magnificent Mile, Chicago HIMSS09 is the place for meeting the right people for knowledge sharing,best practices,career connections-and socializing.From special interest group meetings,Chapter receptions and the 5K Fun Run/1mile walk to the communities open house and the awards and recognition banquet,networking events at HIMSS09 offer exciting opportunities for connecting with the industry's top leaders and professionals from across the country and around the world. Kicking offHIMSS09,the Opening Reception,Sunday,April 5, at McCormick Place,is free to all registered conference attendees. Attendees can network their way through an evening offine food, cocktails,live music and friendly conversation.The Tuesday Night Special Event,a Musical Salute-Live on Stage,will be held at Navy Pier, Chicago's historic lakefront attraction,which draws more than 8.6-million visitors a year.The event celebrates Chicago's vibrant music scene, with two oftoday's most exciting acts:legendary Las Vegas showman André-Philippe Gagnon,the Man of a Thousand Voices,and 1964,whom Rolling Stone magazine hails as the "number one Beatles show on Earth." Tickets are $45 per person. Registration and Travel Registration is now open at www.himssconference.org for HIMSS09.Early-bird registration rates are available through Jan.27. Also featured on the HIMSS09 Web site is air travel and hotel information.Hotels are expected to fill up quickly,so attendees are encouraged to make hotel reservations early through Ambassadors,HIMSS' official housing and travel bureau.In addition to making reservations online,attendees can contact Ambassadors at 877-517-3038. Watch for additional details about HIMSS09 in upcoming issues of the HIMSS Insider. I G e Connect: TSYSTEM 1108 http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.himssconference.org http://www.tsystem.com http://www.tsystem.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/eConnect.cms?id=10345

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