Impactful National Health IT Week Events

National Health IT Week is quickly approaching, and there is no better time to be in Washington, D.C than Sept. 12-16. Let me tell you about some valuable opportunities for you to be part of National Health IT Week.

Join us for the annual Health IT Technology Showcase and Panel Discussion, on Monday, Sept. 12, 10 a.m. – 3 p .m. (lunch, presentations and panel discussion at noon). We’re fortunate to be in the historic and stately Kennedy Caucus Room in the Russell Senate Office Building. The program includes remarks by members of Congress and Obama Administration leaders, a roundtable on “Implications of HIT for Patient Safety and Quality,” demonstrations of health IT technology, plus a special demonstration of “Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise.” Attendance is complimentary and open to the public, and lunch will be served!

Please visit the NHIT website, or contact me at asimmons@himss.org, for more information.

You are also invited to an exciting event sponsored by the HIMSS Diversity Business Roundtable on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 1 p.m. EST at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill.
                                                                                                                                                               We welcome innovative thought leader Willie H. Davis, President of Davis Executive Associates, as our guest speaker. Mr. Davis now serves on the board of the National Capital Area Minority Business Opportunity Center and has been honored in Washington, D.C. and in Palm Springs, Calif. as “Entrepreneur of the Year.” We will also be inviting a member of the House Small Business Committee to come give brief remarks.
                                                                                                                                                                     The HIMSS Diversity Business Roundtable is just over a year old and seeks to provide opportunities for minority-, women- and veteran-owned small businesses to collaborate, network and grow in the rapidly expanding health IT market.

For more information on the HIMSS Diversity Business Roundtable and to join, please contact me at asimmons@himss.org or 703-562-8826.

Additionally, here are other impactful National Health IT Week events open to the public in which you may want to participate:

Tuesday, Sept 13                                                                                                                     National Health IT Week Capitol Hill Press Conference 2011                                  11-11:45 a.m. at the House Triangle (on the Capitol side of Independence Ave across from the Rayburn building

Wednesday, Sept 14                                                                                                                    Legal Aspects of Health Information Technology Congressional Panel Discussion                                                                                                                               Sponsored by the HIT Now Coalition                                                                                              Noon-1:30 p.m.  at the Capitol Visitor Center 201, or HVC-201

Wednesday, Sept 14, 2-3:30 p.m.                                                                         Congressional Nursing Informatics Panel Discussion, (tentative)                   Location: TBD

Wednesday, Sept 14, 4:30-6:30 p.m.                                                                          National Health IT Week Awards Reception and Networking Event               Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave.  Register here.

Hope to see you in Washington next month! And let me know any plans you have for NHIT Week in September…you can respond here on the HIMSS Blog.