Join the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for the 2009 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago on April 4-8, 2009 at McCormick Place.
More Education, Increased Knowledge: Throughout the entire HIMSS09 conference, you will find usable knowledge on leading-edge topics in healthcare IT and management systems through the more than 200 education sessions available for you to attend. Session topic categories include- Ambulatory Information Systems
- Clinical Decision Support
- Leadership and Strategic Planning
- Electronic Health Record (EHR)
- Enterprise Information Systems
- Community Health Initiatives
- Privacy and Security
- Public and Population Health
- Quality
- Patient Safety and Risk Management
- Emerging and Enabling Technologies
- IT Infrastructure and Architecture
- Interoperability, Standards and Health Information Exchange
- Process Improvement
- Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO)/Health Information Exchange (HIE)/National Health Information Network (NHIN)
- Healthcare Consumerism
- Business and Financial Management Systems
- Public Policy Initiatives
New to HIMSS09 is an education offering designed for specific professions, not topic-based. Five synergy programs featuring interactive learning, discussion and best practice sharing will be offered on Sunday morning, April 5, before the opening keynote address. The synergy programs run concurrently with other education sessions and are offered to conference attendees at no additional charge.
These programs focus on:- Federal Health Sector Professionals
- Management Engineers – Process Improvement Professionals
- Nurse Informaticists
- Physicians/Chief Medical Information Officers (CMIOs)
- eHealth Executives