In 2006 specialized seminars and emphasis is placed on the top technological trends affecting the practice of healthcare today as told by leading thought leaders in healthcare including:

• Policy and Healthcare Trends Impacting Technology adoption in healthcare including P4P and quality Initiatives, security and privacy of patient data, demographic shifts, and consumerism in healthcare.
• Balancing The Mission of Clinical Quality and Efficiency through process redesign and applying smart technology to Improve Financial Outcomes by streamlining operation room operations and procedural medicine, improving hospital process flow, and setting standards, clear priorities, and a premium for innovation when planning and implementing new technology driven systems.
• Navigating the Information Age: eHealth and the Consumer Driven Movement. Advancing Innovation through a Patient Centric Approach by providing costs and quality transparency to consumers, interactive health communication, personalized disease management and wellness programs, personalized education, patient-centric portals, online physician visits, and web enabled CRM.
• Healthcare Information Technologies including Funding, Adoption and Implementation ** RHIO financing, adoption, and public health integration ** EMR/EHR planning, adoption and implementation** Safety and Quality Initiatives including Bar-Coding RFID, CPOE, and E-prescribing ** transitioning from paper to digital practices and advanced topics including **Clinical Decision Support ** Data Warehousing and Management and **Personalized Medicine.
• Pervasive, Remote and Wireless Technologies to Manage Disease, Promote Healthy Behaviors & Empower Consumers including remote patient management and the use of consumer-centric technology to meet changing demographic needs and the evolving landscape of healthcare.