National Health IT Week 2008 convened in Washington, DC June 9-13, bringing together healthcare stakeholders from across the nation in a unifying call to action for the advancement of health information technology (HIT) adoption with “One Voice, One Vision.”
With 76 partners representing the full spectrum of healthcare interests and the active involvement of more than 25 members of Congress, state government officials and heads of leading HIT organizations on the Honorary Steering Committee, National Health IT Week bore witness to an unprecedented collaboration of public and private healthcare stakeholders, all focused on encouraging accelerated adoption of HIT and raising awareness of the pivotal role it can play in transforming the nation’s health system. View the list of 2008 partners.
Read the summary of National Health IT Week 2008 or view a video of the Capitol Hill Press Conference.
National Health IT Week is a collaborative forum during which key healthcare constituents—vendors, provider organizations, payers, pharmaceutical/biotech companies, government agencies, industry/professional associations, research foundations, and consumer protection groups—work together to elevate national attention to the necessity of health IT adoption.
National Health IT Week 2009 will take place Sept. 21-25, 2009. Your support of this event will send our nation’s policymakers a powerful message on the importance of fostering widespread health IT adoption in order to improve patient safety and healthcare quality. We value and invite your participation—please contact us for more information on how you can get involved in National Health IT Week 2009.
Working together, we will transform health and care for all.
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