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HIT Summit
September 25 - 27, 2006
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PRESS RELEASE: The Third HIT Summit Will Feature a National Assembly of State Leaders Focused on Improving Health and Healthcare through Health Information Exchange
- The Leading Conference for Health Information Technology Policy: At the Federal and State Levels
- Co-Sponsored by eHealth Initiative and Bridges to Excellence
- Collocated with the Thirteenth National HIPAA Summit
- Features National Assembly of State Leaders Focused on Improving Quality Through HIT and Health Information Exchange
- September 25 - 27, 2006, at the Washington DC Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC
- www.HITSummit.com
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PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-684-4549
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.HITSummit.com
WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE (TM) -- AUGUST 11, 2006: The Second HIT Summit, www.HITSummit.com, September 25 - 27, 2006 at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, will feature a National Assembly of State and Regional HIT Initiatives. The HIT Summit is sponsored by eHealth Initiative, www.eHealthInitiative.org, and Bridges to Excellence, www.BridgestoExcellence.org. The HIT Summit is Collocated with the Thirteenth National HIPAA Summit, www.HIPAASummit.com.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Craig R. Barrett
Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation |
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Francois de Brantes
National Coordinator, Bridges to Excellence |
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John Glaser, PhD
Chief Information Officer, Partners HealthCare System; Chair, eHealth Initiative and Foundation |
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Michael O. Leavitt (Invited)
Secretary of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
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Janet M. Marchibroda
Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative and Foundation |
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Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration |
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Bill McInturff
Partner and Co-Founder, Public Opinion Strategies |
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Mark S. Mellman
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Mellman Group |
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John Tooker, MD, MBA, FACP
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians; President, eHealth Initiative Foundation |
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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF STATE AND REGIONAL HIT INITIATIVES:
On Monday, September 25, 2006, the HIT Summit will present a unique National Assembly of State and Regional HIT Initiatives which will include presentations by the following:
Caucus of State Leaders
Focused on HIT: Eastern Region
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CT - Scott Cleary
Project Manager, eHealth Connecticut, Inc.
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DE - Gina Perez
Project Director, Delaware Health Information Network
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MA - Micky Tripathi, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
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MD - Samuel Lin, MD, PhD, MBA, MPA, MS (Invited)
Chair, Maryland Community Health Resources Commission
U.S. Rear Admiral and Assistant Surgeon General (Retired)
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Retired)
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ME - Suanne Singer
Project Director, Maine Health Information Network Technology
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NH - Robert J. McGrath, PhD
Executive Director, New Hampshire Health Information Center
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NJ - Martin P. Margolies
Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Quality Strategies, Inc.
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NY - C. William Schroth
Chair, Working Group for Health Information Technology
New York State Department of Health
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PA - Martin Ciccocioppo
Chairman, The Pennsylvania eHealth Initiative
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RI - Amy Zimmerman, MPH
Director, Rhode Island Health Information Exchange Project
Rhode Island Department of Health
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VT - Gregory Farnum
President, Vermont Information Technology Leaders
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VA - Michael Matthews
Chief Executive Officer, MedVirginia
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WV - John Wiesendanger, MHA
Chief Executive Officer, The West Virginia Medical Institute
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Caucus of State Leaders
Focused on HIT: Central Region
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IA - Tom Newton
Director of Environmental Health
Iowa Department of Public Health
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IL - TBA
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IN - J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, FACP, FACMI
President and Chief Executive Officer
Indiana Health Information Exchange
Associate Professor of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Senior Investigator, Regenstrief Institute
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KY - Trudi Matthews
Chief Policy Advisor
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family
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MI - George Boersma
Technology Partnerships Director
Department of Information Technology
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MI - Beth Nagle
Assistant to the Director
Department of Information Technology
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MN - Martin LaVenture, MPH, PhD
Director, Center for Health Informatics
Minnesota Department of Health
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MO - Julie Eckstein
Director, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Missouri Healthcare Information Technology Task Force
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ND - Darrell Vanyo
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Blue Cross Blue Shield North Dakota
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NE - Steve Grandfield (Invited)
Nebraska Health Information Initiative
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OH - Brian Keaton, MD
Emergency Medicine Informatics Director, Summa Health System
President-Elect, American College of Emergency Physicians
Project Chair, Northeastern Ohio RHIO
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OK - Mark Jones
Mark Jones, MS, MBA Principal Investigator, AHRQ HIT grant, Tahlequah City Hospital
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SD - Arlyn Broekhuis (Invited)
Vice President and CIO, Sioux Valley Hospital USD Medical Center
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WI - Helene Nelson
Secretary, State of Wisconsin
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Caucus of State Leaders
Focused on HIT: Southern Region
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AL - Don Williamson, MD (Invited)
State Health Officer, Alabama Department of Public Health
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AR - Amy L. Rossi, LCSW (Invited)
Associate Director for Community Relations, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
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FL - W. Michael Heekin, JD, MBA
Chair, Florida Governor's Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Board
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GA - Dennis White
Chief Executive Officer, Georgia Medical Care Foundation
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LA - Roxane A. Townsend, MD
Medicaid Medical Director, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
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MS - James S. McIlwain, Jr., MD
President, Information & Quality Healthcare
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NC - W. Holt Anderson
Executive Director, North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc.
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SC - David Boucher
Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina
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TN - Antoine Agassi (Invited)
Chairman, Governor's eHealth Advisory Council, State of Tennessee
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Caucus of State Leaders
Focused on HIT: Southwest Region
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AZ - Chris Muir
Strategic Projects, Government Information Technology Agency
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CO - Pamela Hanes, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Health Institute
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KS - Karen Braeman, MS
Director, Quality and Innovation, Division of Health Policy and Finance
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NM - Michelle Lujan Grisham (Invited)
Secretary, Department of Health, State of New Mexico
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OK - Mark Jones (Invited)
Principal Investigator, Tahlequah City Hospital
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TX - Stephen Palmer
Policy Analyst, Office of Governor Rick Perry
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UT - David Sundwall, MD (Invited)
Executive Director Utah Department of Health
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Caucus of State Leaders
Focused on HIT: Western Region
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AK - Tom Nighswander
Facilitator, The Alaska Telehealth Advisory Council
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CA - Donald Holmquest, MD, PhD, JD
Chief Executive Officer, California Regional Health Information Organization
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HI - Gary Allen (Invited)
Executive Director, Hawaii Business Health Council
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ID - Michael Cannon
Vice President, Information Services, Blue Cross of Idaho Health Service, Inc.
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MT - Raymond Rogers
Chief Development Officer, National Center for Health Care Informatics
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NV - Ross Newman (Invited)
Chief Executive Officer, Innovative Health Research
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OR - Jody Pettit, MD
Director, Oregon Health Information Infrastructure Project
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WA - Juan Alaniz (Invited)
Project Manager, Washington State Health Care Authority, WA
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WY - Geoffrey Smith (Invited)
Chairman, Wyoming Health Information Organization
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EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION:
For sponsorship and exhibit information contact Joni Lipson, Exhibit Manager, 215-599-6626 phone, 215-545-8107 fax, joni.lipson@rmpinc.com.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Register for the HIT Summit online at www.hitsummit.com/registration.html.
For further registration information, call 800-684-4549, email registration@hcconferences.com or write:
HIT Summit Office
7790 Barberry Ave.
Yucca Valley, CA USA 92284
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