Although the education sessions, resources and expo are available on demand for your viewing in the HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo, here is a glimpse of what the event looked like from a social perspective.

Robert Tagalicod, the Director at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, kicked off the conference with his energetic keynote presentation discussing the transformation of eHealth and its implications on CMS’ commitment to better health, better care, at lower costs.

It wasn’t long after Tagalicod’s Keynote address that @HIMSS followers and community members began turning to Twitter to discuss their perspectives on health IT through the #HIMSSVirtual hashtag. Between numerous education sessions on Meaningful Use, ICD-10/5010, Health Information Exchanges, EMR, mHealth and Accountable Care Organizations –  and undoubtedly several coffee and bathroom breaks – HIMSS Virtual Conference attendees had plenty of anecdotes and takeaways to strip down to 140 characters.

#HIMSSVirtual – Day 1

#HIMSSVirtual - Day 2

Engagement from the HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo presentations poured through Twitter, yielding some great conversation, education, and consequently a confession or two:

Ultimately, the HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo was a great resource for thought leaders to share their insights with those who are passionate about transforming healthcare and patient care through the powerful use of technology. The attendance of everyone, presenters, attendees, and vendors alike was a tribute to the proactive community surrounding HIMSS and health IT. Some went to greater lengths than others to tune in:

The nature of the HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo is to build a virtual think tank in which the stakeholders in health IT have the opportunity, empowerment, and resources to advance the state of healthcare. That said, go, assemble, engage, and be social. Feel free to look to HIMSS on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn as an asset in your health IT discoveries. Here is some content courage to get the gears moving in the meantime.