"World Congress did a tremendous job bringing industry leaders together to hold open, frank discussions regarding health information technology. The Road to Interoperability was a perfect conference for newcomers and novices to HIT and also for established HIT leaders."
— Steve Bittenbender, Business Development Senior Specialist, National Government Services
"I was very pleased with the quality of the presentations but especially happy about the networking I was able to accomplish."
— Reed Gelzer, MD, MPH, CCHC, Co-Founder, Advocates for Documentation Integrity and Compliance
"This conference was extremely useful to me as I try to implement an SOA environment within the MA Department of Public Health. The presentations and panel discussions were all extremely relevant to what I am trying to accomplish. I was especially pleased to see the vendor presentations that outlined exactly what I am trying to push for within our environment."
— Jim Daniel, Chief Information Officer, MA Department of Public Health
BOSTON – Personal health information networks are likely to prove better models for
health data exchange than regional health information organizations, or RHIOs, speakers
at a recent world conference on interoperability said.
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23 July 2008
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Bill Crouse | Microsoft Corporation
I'm writing today from Boston, Massachusetts, where I just delivered the opening keynote at the World Congress Leadership Summit. The conference is being held at the new and very lovely Renaissance Waterfront Hotel.
If you've noticed a nautical theme on HealthBlog from time to time there's a very good reason for it. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest in a fishing village on the waters of Puget Sound. The sea is very much in my blood.
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