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Lighthouse1 Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development Jeff Bakke will deliver a “Market Innovations” presentation later today at the sixth annual World Healthcare Innovation & Technology Conference (WHIT) in Alexandria, Virginia. The presentation, titled “Megatrends on a Collision Course: How Can Leaders Ensure Lasting Innovation and Sound Solutions?”, will be co-presented with Ralph Bernstein, senior vice president and business leader at U.S. Bank, Jeff Hancock, vice president of product management at TSYS Healthcare, Kirsten Trusko, president and executive director of Network Branded Prepaid Card Association. The presenters will discuss how a number of factors – including double-digit health cost increases, the economic downturn, healthcare reform, national security, and financial reform – are affecting the consumer-driven healthcare (CDH) market. more»

The World Congress 5th Annual Leadership Summit on Health Care Supply Chain Management is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with the “RFID in Healthcare Consortium” for the January 24-26, 2011, Orlando, Florida event featuring the co-located “RFID and RTLS in Health Care Workshop.” more»

As the European health care market works to adapt to the financial crisis that has swept the continent, the 7th Annual World Health Care Congress Europe will convene in Brussels April 2011 for an industry-wide summit on the best practices and emerging trends to improve care and reduce costs. more»

Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, advances as a health care innovation center this December as it hosts the World Health Care Congress Middle East, a premier meeting of key global health care stakeholders that will share best practices for improving the delivery of high quality cost-effective care. more»

As employers and union trust funds work to adjust to new health care legislation, the 6th Annual Employer Health, Human Capital & Wellness Congress will feature high-level insights, debate and discussion on strategic decision-making and innovation to increase employee engagement and performance from some of the nation’s most progressive organizations. more»

WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 28, 2010 – As EHRs continue to grow and questions are raised about their most effective use, the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium will lead a summit on “HIT Implementation and EHR Deployment” at the 6th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress, November 7-10 in Washington, D.C. more»

WASHINGTON, D.C. – August 26, 2010 – The 5th Annual Obesity and Wellness Congress is pleased to announce that Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, 17th Surgeon General of the United States (2002-2006), will deliver the opening keynote address Wednesday, Oct. 29, on “Overcoming Obesity: Moving Forward with Balanced Approaches.” more»

The 6th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress, the leading summit for providing critical insight and leading-edge case studies on innovative technologies and strategies, will feature an opening keynote address from Newt Gingrich. The founder of the Center for Health Transformation and former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives will share his unique perspective on health care in address titled “Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration, Innovation and HIT: Key ingredients to Creating an Intelligent, Personalized Health System that will save lives and money.” more»

As a compendium to the online WHCC Affordable Health Global Initiative, more than 60 health care innovations from around the globe to be featured in actual poster display more»

In launch of WHCC Affordable Health Innovations Global Initiative, Diagnostics For All, Safe Water Today, University of California at Berkeley honoured more»

The 6th Annual World Health Care Congress Europe will convene 19-20 May in Brussels, Belgium, gathering health care leaders from throughout Europe and the globe for top level discussion of key issues affecting health care, including the delivery of sustainable health care, public private investment partnerships, successful eHealth implementation and mHealth advances. more»

With the most sweeping changes to national health care policy now law, the 7th World Health Care Congress will feature the first post-reform gathering of the nation's top health care executives from all industry sectors. more»

The 7th World Health Care Congress, a gathering of 1,800 senior executives from all industry sectors, is pleased to announce U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to keynote on April 12, 2010 in Washington, D.C. more»

Professor Muhammad Yunus joins LifeSpring Hospitals, Results for Development Institute, mHealth Alliance and DataDyne for exclusive one-day summit more»

With the national health reform effort continuing to shape the national agenda, the 7th Annual World Health Care Congress will convene top CEOs and leaders from all sectors of the health care industry for three days of high-level discussion and debate on the business of health care, focusing on the key issues that affect all industry sectors as seen by national and global leaders who are shaping the future of care. The event will feature 175 speakers spread over four days and 1,700 senior health care leaders. more»

Under the Patronage of H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates’ Armed Forces, the World Health Care Congress (WHCC) Middle East will begin a three-year endeavor on December 5-7, 2010 in Abu Dhabi. more»

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 26, 2010 – The World Health Care Congress 4th Annual Leadership Summit on Health Care Supply Chain Management is pleased to welcome Patrick Ryan, Chairman and CEO of Broadlane, as a keynote presenter on “Examining the Impact of Reform on the Supply Chain: Analyzing the Impact of Industry Reform on the Long and Short Term Strategic Supply Chain Management Frameworks.” more»

Discussions to focus on solutions to help employers improve employee health and benefits strategies while reducing healthcare costs and positively impacting the bottom line more»

WASHINGTON D.C., December 16, 2009 – As health care in America is at a turning point, with the cost of care rising and quality diminishing, the 3rd Annual Leadership Summit on Comparative Effectiveness and Evidence Based Medicine with convene in Washington, D.C., featuring Carolyn Clancy, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to deliver a keynote address on “Tiers of Evidence Translation: Improving the Quality of Interventions.” more»