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As the health IT industry prepares for the year’s biggest conference, PR companies and marketing staff are scrambling for that last bit of HIMSS14 limelight before the event kicks off this weekend.
With more than 40,000 healthcare professionals preparing to kick off the world’s largest healthcare technology exhibition in Orlando, FL next week, Extreme Networks (Nasdaq: EXTR) announced it has been selected as the new network provider for the HIMSS Intelligent Hospital Pavilion, the technology centerpiece of the event. With this esteemed designation as the “network provider for the Pavilion,” Extreme Networks will reliably connect and support leading healthcare applications, mobile technologies and devices from more than 75 different vendors by providing its high performance wireless switching, wired switching and networks analytics solution as the foundation for analyzing connectivity at
the Pavilion.
Ed Park, athenahealth’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, will deliver an address at the 2014 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition (HIMSS14), taking place February 23-27 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition is the industry’s largest health IT educational program and exhibition center. In his presentation, entitled “What Health Care Can Learn from Amazon,” Park will tease out how the open system architecture and customer-centric mentality that has helped to make Amazon a marvel of consumer engineering can also help to usher in an unrivalled service experience in health care.
CCHIT is launching its first Summit, “The Decade of Health IT”, on February 26, 2014 at the HIMSS14 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Fla. This discussion with newly appointed National Coordinator, Dr. Karen DeSalvo, and past National Coordinators Dr. David Brailer, Dr. Robert Kolodner, and Dr. Farzad Mostashari, will offer a critical look back at the last decade of health IT progress, with an opportunity for Summit participants to provide input on the desired role of health IT in the decade to come. The Summit will be moderated by Christopher Weaver, covering the business of health care for The Wall Street Journal. “Last month CCHIT announced its plan to return to our independent work, convening stakeholders to engage in dialogue that will provide guidance to the healthcare community,” said Alisa Ray, CCHIT’s executive director. “With this inaugural Summit, we are delighted to be able to offer HIMSS14 Annual Conference attendees the opportunity to engage with this exceptional panel of national health IT leaders.”
HIMSS14 attendees interested in learning best practices for healthcare identity management, privacy and security should attend the full-day educational symposium, ”Privacy and Security: Challenges and Opportunities in Healthcare Identity,” featuring leading hospital practitioners and healthcare association speakers. The symposium, hosted by the Smart Card Alliance Health and Human Services Council, will take place on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014 at the HIMSS14 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Fla. Attendees will receive continuing education credits. Separate registration is required to attend the symposium. To register, visit himssconference.org/Registration/Index.aspx?navItemNumber=22272.
Comcast Business announced it will host a customer panel during HIMSS 2014 (February 23 — 27, Orlando, Florida). Moderated by Ryan Witt, global managing director, healthcare & pharmaceutical practice at Juniper Networks, the panel will be conducted in an informal “Lunch & Learn” format on February 26, 2014 at the Orange County Convention Center. Health IT experts from Grady Health System, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) and Kaiser-Permanente will share how they are successfully managing their growing network requirements to support new technologies. Attendees will learn how to evaluate their network infrastructures for current and future user demands.
Vivify Health, Inc. has been selected to showcase their Remote Care Management Platform in the new Intelligent Medical Home™ (IM Home) within the Intelligent Hospital Pavilion™ at the HIMSS14 Conference in Orlando, FL scheduled for February 23-27. Vivify’s location at the IM Home on the HIMSS floor is “Hall E, Booth 8265, Kiosk 21.” The IM Home will demonstrate the continuum of health and wellness technology and will provide real-time visibility of the recovering patient through remote monitoring, medication management, and communication and alerts, with many clinical use cases. Pavilion visitors will gain a practical overview of how diverse technologies are seamlessly integrated to enhance patient care, optimize workflow and manage healthcare resources across a broad spectrum of healthcare settings — from the hospital itself to the patient’s home.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. announces participation in the 2014 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, February 23-27 in Orlando. Highlighting its EnvisionIT Healthcare solution portfolio, Konica Minolta will showcase new solutions designed specifically to help healthcare facilities comply with Meaningful Use Stage 2 and HIPAA. Located at booth #4029, Konica Minolta will feature its EnvisionIT Healthcare portfolio of integrated solutions to meet regulatory compliance, increase document security, capture patient information as well as improve overall workflows and operational efficiency.