HIT Summit
October 20-23, 2004
Washington, DC
PRESS RELEASE: Presentation on ePrescribing by CMS Administrator Mark McClellan, MD, Ph.D. Now Available on CD-ROM; Health Information Technology Summit, October 20 - 23, 2004 Scheduled
  • CD-ROM of Presentations by Dr. McClellan and Other Experts Provides Roadmap to Future Role of ePrescribing
  • HIT Summit is the Leading Forum on the Electronic Health Records and Rapidly Emerging Health Information Technology Policy...both Globally and Nationally
  • October 20 - 23, 2004
  • Washington, DC
  • www.HITSummit.com
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Paul Tunnecliff
Phone: 800-684-4549
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.HITSummit.com

WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE (TM) -- SEPTEMBER 1, 2004: The Health Information Technology Summit, October 20 - 23, 2004, in Washington, DC, sponsored by the eHealth Initiative, www.eHealthInitiative.org, announced its Keynote Faculty today. Register online at www.HITSummit.com, call 800-684-4549, or email registration@hcconferences.com. Also available is a CD-ROM of the National Electronic Prescribing Conference.

AUDIO/VIDEO CD-ROM OF NATIONAL ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING CONFERENCE:

A CD-ROM which includes video of all session speakers plus synced PowerPoint presentations and audio of all conference proceedings at the recent National Electronic Prescribing Conference is now available. The CD-ROM costs only $295 for single purchases, $225 for purchases of three or more in a single order and $195 for purchases of 10 or more.

The CD-ROM includes the presentations by an extraordinary group of national experts, including:

  • Mark B. McClellan, MD, Ph.D., Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • Karen Trudel, Acting Director, Office of HIPAA Standards, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • Janet Marchibroda, Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative
  • Jonathan Teich, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard University, physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, HealthVision
  • Bob Elson, MD, Vice President, RxHub; Co-chair of the Design and Implementation Working Group
  • Mark Frisse, MD, Vice President, Health Delivery of First Consulting Group and Co-Chair of the Incentives Working Group
  • Patricia Hale, MD, Ph.D., FACP, Chair of Medical Informatics, American College of Physicians, Chief Medical Information Officer, Glen Falls Hospital and Co-chair of the Design and Implementation Working Group
To order a copy of the Electronic Prescribing CD-ROM, go to www.ehcca.com/eHI/cdinfo.html.

HIT SUMMIT KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

The HIT Summit, October 20 -23, 2004 will feature the following keynote faculty:
David Brailer, MD, Ph.D.
National HIT Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services
Carolyn Clancy, MD
Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH
Founder and President, Health Technology Center, Former Director, California Department of Health Services and Former New Jersey Commissioner of Health
Carol Diamond, MD, MPH
Managing Director of the Health Program, The Markle Foundation and Chair, Connecting for Health
John Glaser, Ph.D.
Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Partners Healthcare System
Alan S. Goldberg, JD, LLM
Partner, Goulston & Storrs, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law, and Suffolk University Law School, and Past President, American Health Lawyers Association
Jeff Goldsmith, Ph.D.
President of Health Futures, Inc. and Author, Digital Medicine: Implications for Healthcare Leaders
Richard Granger
Director General, Information Technology, National Health Service, United Kingdom
Hon. Jonathan C. Javitt, MD, MPH
Chair, Health Subcommittee, President's Information Technology Advisory Committee, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
The Honorable Patrick Kennedy (D/RI) (Invited)
United States House of Representatives
John Lumpkin, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Chair, National Committee for Vital and Health Statistics
Janet Marchibroda
Chief Executive Officer eHealth Initiative, and Executive Director Foundation for eHealth Initiative and Connecting for Health
Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Formed Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
Peggy O'Kane
President, National Committee for Quality Assurance
Herbert Pardes, MD
Chief Executive Officer, New York Presbyterian Hospitals and Chairman, eHealth Initiative
John Tooker, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

For information about the HIT Summit and/or the Electronic Prescribing Audio/Visual CD-ROM, call 800-684-4549, email registration@hcconferences.com or write:

    HIT and ePrescribing CD-ROM
    7790 Barberry Ave.
    Yucca Valley, CA USA 92284
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