HIMSS is a proud co-sponsor of a luncheon seminar series bringing congressional staff and federal agency executives together with industry professionals on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. These education sessions are valuable tools to improve government understanding of real life solutions that are improving the quality of healthcare. The sessions are highlighted by real life presentations and a hands-on Technology Demonstration that showcases solutions HIMSS members and others are employing.
The Steering Committee is pleased to be coordinating many of its thirteen scheduled Capitol Hill sessions this year with The “House 21st Century Health Care Caucus”, Co-Chaired by Reps. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) and Tim Murphy (R-PA).
Plan to attend a Capitol Hill lunch briefing on Wednesday, September 13th regarding the: “The Electronic Health Record, Community Health Information Exchange and State Initiatives: An Update and Status Report”, in Room 385 Russell Senate Office Building, Delaware and Constitution Ave. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20510. (Note that lunch will be available at no cost, but please RSVP@hlthtech.com)
The September 13th Lunch Program will include:
The lunch session is sponsored by the “Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics” in close coordination with series sponsor eHealth Initiative. Honorary Steering Committee Co-chairs are: Senators Kent Conrad (D-N.D); Mike Crapo (R-ID); and Representatives Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Rick Boucher (D-VA). The Steering Committee is also pleased to be coordinating many activities with the “House 21st Century Health Care Caucus”, Co-Chaired by Reps. Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.).
Watch for additional announcements regarding the remaining HIT educational sessions for 2006: