One Voice, One Vision:
Entering the 6th Year of Transforming Health and Care
http://www.healthitweek.org/
National Health IT Week 2011, September 12-16, 2011
For the sixth consecutive year, National Health IT Week 2011 will offer diverse healthcare stakeholders an opportunity to unite under one umbrella to raise awareness of the benefits that health information technology (IT) can bring to healthcare in the U.S.
National Health IT Week 2010: Record Support by 189 Partners
National Health IT Week 2010 brought together a record 189 Partner organizations to contribute to the adoption of health IT for the transformation of healthcare in the nation. Initiated in 2006 by the Healthcare Information Management and System Society (HIMSS), and moving into its sixth year, National Health IT Week has emerged as a premier occasion for bringing together national healthcare stakeholders in a unifying call to action for the advancement of health IT with “One Voice, One Vision.”
The fifth annual National Health IT Week was held from June 14th – 18th in Washington, D.C., with the collaborative support of 189 Partners including vendors, provider organizations, payers, pharmaceutical/biotech companies, government agencies, industry/professional associations, research foundations, and consumer protection groups.
National Health IT Week 2010 Partner-driven activities sent our nation’s leaders a powerful message on the importance of fostering the widespread use of health IT to improve patient safety and healthcare quality. Several Partner initiatives during the week connected participants with key healthcare industry stakeholders, policy makers and congressional leaders. Events were hosted by multiple Partners – and many were specially arranged for National Health IT Week:
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College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)
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eHealth Initiative
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Government Health IT Conference
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Health IT Now Coalition
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HIMSS 9th Annual Policy Summit
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Institute for eHealth Policy
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National eHealth Collaborative Stakeholder Forum
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National Health IT Week Press Conference
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Women in Government
Working together, National Health IT Week 2010 Partners demonstrated their ongoing commitment to transforming healthcare for all.
We value and invite your participation—please visit again as more information becomes available on how to be involved in National Health IT Week 2011 —contact us at http://www.healthitweek.org/ with any questions.
Advocacy: Notes and Comments from Dan Blum, our Advocacy Chair The challenge is to stay informed during this time of great opportunity and impending action. If you want the HIMSS summary of the economic Stimulus package, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and the implications for HIT go to: www.himss.org.
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