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Program Description
“Conference Coverage Highlights From HIMSS 2010 - Part 2” – on Conference Coverage
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference brings together more than 28,000 healthcare industry IT experts to see offerings from over 900 exhibitors. It is the largest annual gathering in the healthcare information technology field. This year's exhibit takes on special significance given federal incentives to accelerate adoption of information technology in the healthcare arena. Dr. Matthew Birnholz hosts this second of two programs from the conference.
Guests include:
John Zaleski, VP - Clinical Applications, Nuvon
James King, MD - Past President, American Academy of Family Physicians (interviewed at the Shared Health exhibit)
Michael Mirro, MD, FACC, FACP - Chair, Health Informatics Committee, American College of Cardiology (interviewed at the Medical Informatics Engineering Exhibit)
John Stanley - SVP and CIO of Riverside Health System, Newport News, VA. (interviewed at the Siemens exhibit)
H. Stephen Lieber, CAE - President and CEO, HIMSS
John Mattison, MD - Chief Medical Information Officer, Kaiser Permanente, Southern California
Christopher Mertens - VP Healthcare Business Group, Hewlett-Packard
Steve Aylward - General Manager, Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft
Dr. Matthew Birnholz is the Director of Programming and Content for ReachMD, having joined the production team in early 2007. He is also a host for Clinician's Roundtable programs airing on the channel. Dr. Birnholz received his Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry and Music from Colby College in Waterville, ME, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. Prior to attending medical school, he served as a bilingual preschool-kindergarten teacher for an Hispanic school community in Chicago. Dr. Birnholz earned his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2006, and was elected Class Speaker for commencement ceremonies.
ReachMD, an innovative communications company, provides thought-provoking medical news and information to healthcare practitioners. Established to help increasingly time-constrained medical providers stay abreast of new research, treatment protocols and continuing education requirements, ReachMD delivers innovative and informative radio programming via XM Satellite Radio Channel 160 and online streaming developed by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals.
The viewpoint expressed in this article is the opinion of the author and is not necessarily the viewpoint of the owners or employees at Healthcare Staffing Innovations, LLC.
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