With just over a week to go, now would be a great time to register for the 7th Annual Health Information Technology Institute!  This year’s theme is “Payers, Providers and Politics, Oh My!”

7th Annual Health Information Technology Institute
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Location: University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis

Hosted by the Minnesota Chapter of HIMSS and the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, the 7th Annual HIT Institute brings together IT professionals, hospital  and health plan executives, nurses, physicians and academia for a one-day conference in Minneapolis. Educational content will be scheduled in four simultaneous subject matter tracks:  Technical, Clinical, Payer/Finance, and Vendor.  We hope you can join us for the conference.  We hope you can join us for the conference.  

Overall Program objectives:

1. Gain insight into how government policy, regulation, and priorities impact the healthcare system.
2. Understand how technology will affect healthcare for the consumer, payer and provider.
3. Learn how the vendor community is responding to the evolving health IT landscape.
                                               
Registration fees include parking: 

Pre-registration:
• $100 members
• $25 full-time students
• $130 non-members

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Agenda:

8:00 - 8:30 : Registration & Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 : Welcome and HIMSS Updates, Pam Graves
8:45 - 9:00 : Welcome Steve Parente, Director of the Medical Industry Leadership Institute at Carlson
9:00 - 10:15 : Key Note: Johanna Berg, Chief Information officer of the Minnesota Department of Human Services

10:15 - 10:30 : BREAK

10:30 - 10:45:   Announcement of Scholarship Winner
10:45 - 12:00:   Key Note: Jeff David, HIMSS Senior Executive

12:00-1:00:  LUNCH

1:00 - 4:30: Three Break-Out Sessions for each of the following tracks:  Technical, Clinical, Payer/Finance, and Vendor.

For breakout details, see:

Program Schedule