Faced with the challenges of modernizing healthcare and keeping projects on track, the Department of Veteran Affairs will be one of the big spenders in 2010 with a budget of $2.5 billion. So join us on February 23 at the Fairview Park Marriott as we host Veterans Affairs CIO Roger Baker who will discuss the challenges and opportunities his agency faces and how your firms can serve the VA mission and objectives. Following Roger, hear from a pan...

Assess the public and political environment for health care reform and understand the agenda that rural hospitals must pursue, with or without national legislation, to achieve more effective, efficient and safer care. Gain strategies for achieving performance excellence in an environment of shrinking resources, changing hospital-physician relations, and new demands for collaboration. Learn how values-driven cultures translate into sustained co...

HEALTH IT SUMMIT FOR GOVERNMENT LEADERS OVERVIEW With the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Program and the very real possibility of national health reform this year, federal and state government leaders face a myriad of challenges associated with the use of information technology to tackle a range of complex healthcare issues. The Health IT Summit for Government Leaders is designed for federal and state government leaders who...

The national debate on reforming public healthcare continues. But what about healthcare inside the federal government? Healthcare technology has become an essential component in advancing productivity of federal healthcare delivery, policy development, research, and regulatory enforcement. Not including Medicare, the federal government will spend more than $385 billion on healthcare in GFY2010. How much of that will go to federal contracts? Wi...

Members of the healthcare community are invited to attend a one-day conference, including a luncheon and tour of the IHE Connectathon on Tuesday, January 12th. The day will include presentations by leaders in driving the adoption of electronic health records, personal health record systems and national health information networks. Attendees will also learn about IHE's support for these critical improvements in healthcare and receive an introd...

Data interoperability is critically important for Defense, Homeland Security, Healthcare, and Emergency Response. At this conference you will: Interact with Senior Government Leaders on interoperability issues. Discover emerging opportunities to provide tools and platforms for increased data interoperability Learn where Government resources are being channeled to increase data interoperability Gather important information on where you can cont...

The Department of Defense Healthcare costs have surged by more than 140% over the last eight years, a reflection of the trends that are propelling the current national discourse on Healthcare Reform. Prolonged conflicts overseas have stressed the Services' manpower capacities to their limits. At the same time, transformational advancements in Battlefield Medicine and Information Technologies are being funded, developed and implemented at a fan...

The Annual Meeting of the Army and Air Force Chapters of the American College of Physicians that is attended by nearly 500 Army and Air Force chapter internists who provide healthcare to military forces and their families around the world.

Connect with renowned health care and technology leaders in an interactive setting to discover how your organization can evolve in an ever-changing information age. The 5th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress (WHIT v.5.0) addresses precedent issues facing the industry today in regards to the future information technology to engage providers, payers and consumers in the next generation of health care delivery.