Did you know that this week is National Health IT Week? In its fourth year, National Health IT Week 2009 participants partner to inform the nation’s policymakers about the importance of fostering widespread health IT adoption to improve patient safety and healthcare quality. Numerous events, activities, presentations and publications to coincide with the week and add volume to the united message of support for health IT are being delivered to Capitol Hill. Of particular note, fellow HCI blogger Neal Ganguly is a headliner at the CHIME Member Meeting:
And just in case one noteworthy HCI participant isn't enough this week, Healthcare Informatics Editor-in-Chief and fellow blogger Anthony Guerra has been asked to give a presentation at the concurrent CBI conference – “Access Federal Stimulus Incentives for Electronic Health Records” – being held at the Hilton in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 24-25:
All in all, it's shaping up to be a very informative, exciting week in Healthcare IT!
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