A lineup of heavy hitters stumped for health care reform in general and warned specifically against stifling new health IT ideas this week at the 5th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress in Washington, D.C. more»

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was the closing keynote speaker at the 5th Annual World Healthcare Innovation & Technology (WHIT) Congress in Washington D.C. on November 6. His opening statement to senior healthcare executives on the topic of Embracing True HIT Transformation in an Era of Real Health Reform started with a sobering note, “We’ll need healthcare reform after healthcare reform fails,” Gingrich said. Yet, within moments, the attending thought leaders were motivated – and often humored – by Gingrich’s dry wit as he delivered solutions to transform the current delivery system into a 21st Century Intelligent Health System. more»

I spent Monday, Nov. 9, at the 5th Annual World Healthcare Innovation & Technology Congress in Alexandria, Va. There were plenty of impressive presentations about progress on interoperability, especially within integrated delivery networks. For instance, representatives from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center talked about their focus on a semantic interoperability solution from a company called dbMotion to make the multiple health IT systems used within their integrated enterprise talk to and understand each other. more»

I wrote about moderating this panel previously, and today it happened. Here are my introductory slides, including the very first tweet of each panelist! more»

We can listen to the thoughts of the audience as much as we listen to the thoughts of the panelists, and you. more»

Former President Bill Clinton and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich — who famously battled over health care, and more than a few other topics, during the 1990s — are both scheduled to address the World Health Care Innovation and Technology Congress on Tuesday. more»

Odd Bedfellows: They battled each other in the 1990s over the issue, but today former President Bill Clinton and former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich will address the same audience at the fifth annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress in Alexandria, Va. Clinton discusses, “Embracing our Common Humanity,” while Gingrich discusses “Embracing True HIT Transformation in an Era of Real Health Reform.” more»

The fifth annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress, a gathering in Alexandria for information technology leaders in the health-care business, hears from former president Bill Clinton at 12:30 p.m. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) addresses the group in the afternoon. more»

Doubtless, MD On-Line CEO Bill Bartzak would like to make tons of money, but he's also a man on a mission. That mission? To help small medical practices move money in and out without touching a piece of paper. more»

Right now, payers and providers that want to share information between them have some big problems on their hands. One of the toughest is that payers and providers may not have compatible networks or computer systems, which can make data sharing difficult or even impossible. more»

An executive from the Verizon Connected Healthcare Solutions practice group will participate in a panel discussion at the World Health Congress Leadership Summit on Health Information Technology on Nov. 9 in Alexandria. more»

At the World Health Care Innovation and Technology Congress (WHIT v5.0) being held Monday through Wednesday next week in Alexandria, Virginia, attendees will hear from some of the nation’s preeminent politicians, policy makers and industry executives on improving health and healthcare through information technology (IT). more»

Leading Healthcare Communications Company Joins Prominent Industry Experts to Discuss Current Healthcare Topics such as Health Information Exchange, Meaningful Use and Interoperability more»

Keas.com founder Adam Bosworth to discuss online health care innovations in keynote address at World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Conference November 9 more»

TSYS Healthcare announced today that Mark O’Leary, senior vice president of business development, will speak about fraud at the 5th Annual World Healthcare IT Congress. Ralph Bernstein, senior vice president of U.S. Bank Healthcare Payment Solutions, will join O’Leary to provide his banking perspective on mitigating risk in healthcare payments. more»

Health IT connectivity expert John Feikema has been slated to moderate a keynote panel at the 2009 Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress being held November 8-10, 2009, in Washington, DC. more»

Grameen Healthcare in conjunction with the World Healthcare Innovations and Technology Congress (WHIT v5.0) is hosting a poster session on Extremely Affordable Health Innovations at this year’s World Healthcare Innovation and Technology (WHIT) conference, November 8-10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Pesinet has been selected to present a poster as part of this session. more»

Alexandria, VA (AHN) - People from government, business and academia will gather to discuss and debate the latest trends in healthcare technology early in November. more»

And while we are on the subject of exclusive men’s clubs, President Bill Clinton will be participating in WHITv5.0 this year in Alexandria VA. Also at the 5th Annual World Healthcare Innovation & Technology Congress will be the first ONC David J. Brailer, MD, PhD and Vice Chair of the HIT Policy Committee, Paul C. Tang, MD, MS. more»