The 4th Annual World Healthcare Innovation & Technology Congress is now accepting abstract submissions for 2008! Click here for details.

2008 Advisory Board Members to Date:
Joanne Andreadis Innovation Team Leader Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)	Deepak Ayyagari, PhD Principal Scientist, Personal Health Technologies Sharp Laboratories
Bill Crounse, MD Director, Worldwide Health Microsoft Corporation	Jeffrey Gruen, MD, MBA Chief Medical Officer Revolution Health
Jerilyn Hayes Director of Information Technology Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation	Vipul Kashyap, PhD Senior Medical Informatician, Clinical Knowledge Management, Clinical Informatics Research & Development Group, Partners HealthCare System
Bruce Metz, PhD Chief Information Officer Thomas Jefferson University	Brandon Savage, MD Chief Medical Officer GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions
Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH Chief Executive Officer American Well Systems	Jay Srini, MS, MBA, FHIMSS Chief Innovation Officer, Insurance Services Division University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
MaryAnn Stump, RN President, Consumer Aware; Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota	Joseph L. Ternullo, JD, CPA Associate Director Center for Connected Health, A Division of Partners HealthCare
Syed Tirmizi, MD Director, Health & Medical Informatics Veterans Health Administration	John C. Wade Vice President and former Chief Information Officer, St. Luke's Health System Executive Director, Kansas City Regional Electronic Exchange (KCREE)

WHIT Congress is the one event where Healthcare Provider, Payer, Government and Technology decision makers convene to learn and validate the next and best practices in Healthcare innovation and technology.

Each year over 400 of healthcare’s elite convene to evaluate the technologies and innovations that are revolutionizing the way care is delivered and accessed. In 2007 nearly 65% of the participants defined themselves as responsible for technology investment decisions with 72% at the executive director level or above. Additionally over 54% of the audience came from either a hospital system, health plan or government agency.

Many in healthcare discuss the tipping point but 2008 promises to be the year in which Healthcare IT is truly enabled and taken from concept to practice. Scheduled on the heels of a historic presidential election, WHIT 4.0 is positioned to be the must attend Healthcare Information Technology conference for healthcare’s C-suite in 2008. To achieve this WHIT 4.0 will segment innovation and technology into operational strategies in four distinct areas:

1. Cutting edge technologies and next practices
2. Evaluation of the technologies right for your organization
3. Strategies for effective implementation and integration
4. Policies and regulations impacting implementation and operations

Strategies in these four distinct areas will be applied to technology and innovations in the five following operational groups: Consumer Connectivity and the Web Learn how consumers will be empowered by technology to take control of their health See how Community will become the killer app for healthcare Navigate through the crowded field of Health related search and health information on the web Assess the possibilities for monetizing the web – virtual visits- reimbursement, liability and beyond Clinical Care Delivery Personalization technologies and how they will serve health care in the age of you Ease impact on workflow and improve throughput with comprehensive clinical decision support systems Evaluate results driven chronic disease management programs and technology enabled services The ultimate win-win - Remote monitoring and innovations in home health and long term care empowering the patient and reducing costs Information Management and Interoperability Achieve interoperability across medical devices and data systems Enterprise 2.0 – Embrace innovations in IT governance and Service Oriented Architecture Control data on the move – Leverage semantic web technologies and secondary users of healthcare data Financial and Operational Systems Realize the possibilities of real time claims adjudication Take bake control of accounts and receivable through proven revenue cycle management and debt recovery systems Ensure accuracy of payments as CMS implements unprecedented changes to DRG system Reduce waste and improve medication management with novel RFID and Bar Coding technologies Minimize lost revenue and improve patient safety with latest innovations in hospital acquired infection control Policy and Global Best Practices Understand what you need to know now under the torrent of innovation Assess campaign result impact of Healthcare IT implementation in the US Prepare your company for global healthcare competition