The recently passed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is an unprecedented step in advancing health information technology. Now more than ever, health care leaders are grappling with how new emerging policies will impact their organization. The 5th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress (WHIT v.5.0) is the premier industry event for senior executives tasked with making these multi-million dollar IT decisions.

WHIT v.5.0 presents the latest innovations and initiatives in accelerating the adoption and implementation of information technology in the health care setting. Through thought-provoking case studies, in-depth presentations and at times controversial debates, healthcare executives along with private and public sector leaders will offer insights into improving health and healthcare through IT. Gain a comprehensive understanding of both applications and technologies required to be an innovative leader in a time of resource constraints in a setting that cultivates real dialogue and discussion about how your organization can evolve in this ever-changing informational age.

WHIT v.5.0 delivers:

• Most critical and timely program agenda addressing the MUST KNOW information pertaining to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
• Unparalleled speaker faculty featuring visionary leaders in HIT
• Dynamic and interactive setting that showcases the practical tools your organization needs to implement information technology in this rapidly changing environment
• One-on-one solution meetings with leading technology providers so you can drive change
• Networking opportunities with leaders from all sectors including Health Plans, Providers, Employers, Government, and Academia

Distinguished Speaking Faculty Members Include
Laura Adams President and Chief Executive Officer Rhode Island Quality Institute	W. Holt Anderson Executive Director North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance (NCHICA)
Lori Beer Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer WellPoint, Inc.	Bill Beighe Chief Information Officer Physicians Medical Group of Santa Cruz
Adam Bosworth Chief Executive Officer, Keas, Inc.; Former Vice President, Google, Inc.	Ray Campbell Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Massachusetts Health Data Consortium
Molly Joel Coye, MD, PhD Founder and Chief Executive Officer Health Technology Center	Bill Crounse, MD Senior Director, Worldwide Health Microsoft Corporation
Theresa Cullen, MD, MS RADM U.S. Public Health Service Chief Information Officer Indian Health Service	Jay Eisenstick Manager, Provider eSolutions Atena, Inc.
Anthony Fiorillo, MD Medical Director, Ambulatory eRecord UPMC	Reed Gelzer, MD, MPH, CCHC Participant, HL7 RM-ES Standards Workgroup, CCHIT Privacy and Compliance Workgroup Co-Founder, Advocates for Documentation Integrity and Compliance
Julian M. Goldman, MD Medical Director, Partners HealthCare Biomedical Engineering Founding Director, CIMIT Program on Medical Device Interoperability; Assistant in Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital	Jim Goodnight, Ph.D Chief Executive Officer SAS
Maggie Gunter, PhD President and Executive Director Lovelace Clinic Foundation	Peter Haigh Principal Tele-mobile Healthcare
Stan Kachnowski Chair, Health Information Policy & Management, HIT Lab Columbia University Visiting Professor India Institute of Technology Fellow Royal Society of Medicine, London	David Kibbe, MD, MBA Senior Advisor, American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP); Chair, ASTM International E31Technical Committee on Healthcare Informatics; Principal, The Kibbe Group LLC
Gwendolyn Lohse Managing Director, CORE Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH)	John Lowery, BSN, MHA Senior Director, JHM Access Services and Revenue Recovery Operations Johns Hopkins Medicine
Janet Marchibroda Chief Healthcare Officer IBM	Deven McGraw Director, Health Privacy Project Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
Barbara McLaughlin Vice President/Principal Smart Source-IPC	Mick McManus President and CEO MAYA Design
Thomas G. Morrison Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer NaviNet	Mohan Nair Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Executive, The Regence Group; Chairman of the Board, Regence Life and Health
Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, FACP, FACMI President, Clinical Services and Chief Medical Officer HCA, Inc.	Jody Pettit, MD Strategic Leader, PHR Work Group, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT); Former Health IT Coordinator, Office for Oregon Health Policy & Research; Former Project Director, Oregon Health Information Security & Privacy Collaboration (HISPC)
Marc Probst Chief Information Officer Intermountain Healthcare	Lygeia Ricciardi Principal, Clear Voice Consulting, LLC; Former Director of the Health Program, Markle Foundation
Donald W. Simborg, MD Co-founder and Board Member, Health Level 7 (HL7); Founding Member, American College of Medical Informatics; Chairman, Executive Team, Anti-Fraud Project, ONC; Board Member, Foundation on Research and Education, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)	Ryan Smith Assistant Vice President, eBusiness & Data Warehousing Intermountain Healthcare
Wayne Smith, BSHS, MS (MIS), PMP Senior Director, Information Services Johns Hopkins University	Bill Spooner Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Sharp HealthCare
Jay Srini, MS, MBA, FHIMSS Chief Innovation Officer, Insurance Services Division University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	Paul C. Tang, MD, MS Chief Medical Information Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Randy Vanderhoof Executive Director Smart Card Alliance Health Care Council	Bradley J. Waugh President and Chief Executive Officer NaviNet
Marc Wine Co-Author, Medical Informatics 20/20: Quality and Electronic Health Records through Collaboration, Open Solutions, and Innovation Charter Member, OpenHRE™ Community

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