To mark the important role health information technology plays in improving healthcare delivery in America, the HiMSS Oregon Chapter and others across the U.S. have joined together to celebrate National Health Information Technology (NHIT) Week , September 16-20, 2013.
With the NHIT Week theme: One Voice, One Vision: Transforming Health and Care, HiMSS Oregon, in a joint partnership with Technology Association of Oregon (TAO) will hold Ignite Health, September 19th, 5:30-9pm at OHSU.
“Our participation in National Health IT Week highlights our organization’s commitment to ensure health information technology is integrated, interactive, interoperable, and intelligent to provide the best patient outcomes, said Mark Fromuth, President of HiMSS Oregon. “By working together we can leverage the technology to promote for the betterment of our healthcare system.”
The event on September 19th will represent other high-energy Ignite events. It will be an evening of 5-minute talks by local people who have a burning idea and the guts to get onstage and share their personal and professional passions. Quick, fun, thought-provoking, social, local, and global.
Ignite Health Portland is now taking speaking proposals, and can include topics like wellness, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, healthcare reform, etc. What products and services are out there that can really take healthcare to the next level? Submit your ideas via this link: http://bit.ly/18lVzGB
Ignite is free and open to the public, however attendees must register here: www.techoregon.org. Credentialed media representatives please RSVP to Heidi Olson, [email protected], 503-349-8139. For additional information about National Health IT Week, visit www.healthitweek.org/
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About HIMSS Oregon
The Oregon Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society is a professional organization dedicated to the development of healthcare information technology professionals throughout the state Oregon and southwest Washington. Our mission is to bring healthcare professionals together with their clinical and business partners in educational settings to explore issues of common concern, network with peers, and grow professionally by sharing knowledge and experience and by learning about new tools, methods and technologies. For more information, visit:
