Upcoming Health IT Conferences

There are plenty of health IT conferences, conventions, symposiums and forums coming up this summer. You can check out our Health IT Events Calendar for the latest information. Here are some highlighted events, in the month of July, that may be destinations of interest.

NACCHO Annual 2013
Date: July 10-11, Dallas TX

The National Association of County and City Health Officials(NACCHO) will host its annual conference in Dallas this year under the theme “Public Health by the Numbers. Our Story. Our Time. Our Future.” This years conference will provide a venue for health officials and their public health partners to examine strategies, share ideas, and plan actions that can sustain or reinvent their organizations. Some of the sessions that may draw a lot of attention are the Putting the Practice in Practice-Based Participatory Research with Academic-Practice Partnerships, What Policymakers Need to Hear from Preparedness Practitioners about Community Engagement and Using Data to Paint the Budget Picture of Local Health Departments to Policymakers. If you are looking for a conference geared to address the needs and concerns of local health officials this event may be of great value.

The World Congress 3rd Annual Leadership Summit on Medicaid
Date: July 15-17, Arlington VA

Medicaid is expanding year after year and this conference will seek to discuss the challenges and solutions for this development. Some of the Keynote speakers for this event include Thomas Betlach (Director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System), Julie Hamos (Director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services), and Robb Cohen(Chief Government Affairs Officer for XL Health). The conference is a great experience for professionals in a wide range of fields including Medicaid Managed Care Plans and Health Plans, Government directors, and from Health Systems, Integrated Delivery Systems, Hospitals, and Home Health Agencies. This conference looks to draw a very deep and high profile list of attendees.

50th ASHE Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition
Date: July 21-24, Atlanta, GA

The American Society for Healthcare Engineering has been contributing to the improvement of health care management professionals for the last 5 decades. Some helpful sessions may include the Reducing Operational Costs by Implementing a Low-Cost Energy Program, Using Risk Assessment to Support a Maintenance Program, and Fundamentals of Health Care Energy Efficiency. These, among other sessions within the 3 day conference, will be full of information that may be valuable for a number of attendees. Facility engineers, consultants, plant operation managers and vice presidents of support specialists are all members that are encouraged to go to the conference. Learn more about this event.

mHealth + Telehealth World 2013
Date:  July 24-26, Hyatt Regency, Boston MA

mHealth + Telehealth World 2013 is the must attend event for health care executives interested in hearing proven strategies for taking mHealth and Telehealth models from innovation to value. As the nation’s healthcare landscape shifts to more consumer driven and accountable care models, mobile platforms, telehealth and other technology solutions are becoming a means to connect to the patient outside the traditional clinical setting.