Sponsors
Aligning your IT enterprise with your business objectives takes insight, experience, and expert knowledge. Since 1981, Advanced Systems Group (ASG) has been providing comprehensive consulting services, successful storage and data management solutions, assessments and implementation services to help customers meet today’s IT & business challenges. As a top ten storage integrator, we are constantly evaluating new storage technologies and products in order to provide our customers with the best solution in meeting their data management requirements. ASG is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices throughout the western United States including Colorado Springs, Boise, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Houston, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Tulsa and Oklahoma City. To learn more, visit www.virtual.com or call 800.894.3619.
Since 1995, Axolotl has been providing advanced Clinical Networking™ solutions to meet the diverse and changing needs of physicians, hospitals, RHIOs and statewide HIEs to achieve interoperability across entire medical trading areas. Axolotl is part of Ingenix, a leading health information technology and services company.
No other vendor powers as many Regional (RHIO) and Statewide HIEs - connecting more hospitals, physicians and their medical trading partners with the most advanced interoperability and health information exchange solutions available industry wide, today. Axolotl's HIE customers have been cited as the longest running, largest, most successful, most advanced and as a model for quality improvement and cost efficiency.
Our team drives the development of interoperability and standards for the industry, contributing to the evolution of HIE through leading edge technologies and capabilities. Our solutions enable you to achieve meaningful use through flexible, instant, and secure access to health information; when, where, and how it is needed. /www.axolotl.com
CREDANT are the Trusted Data Protection Experts chosen by customers requiring flexible, easy to manage encryption solutions that minimize disruption to end-users. No other provider delivers a broader range of endpoint data protection and encryption solutions to protect across multiple endpoints and platforms, including desktops, laptops, smartphones and external media. /www.credant.com/
DSS offers vxVistA, an enhanced, open source version of the VA’s award winning VistA EHR system. vxVistA is used in hospitals and ambulatory care centers and is available with a comprehensive suite of add on products including comprehensive behavioral health and dental modules, clinical decision support and revenue cycle solutions. www.dssinc.com
An advanced emergency department EHR, experienced in interfacing with HISs, ancillary departments, and HIEs. EDIMS is CCHIT certified to support requirements for hospital funding under the ARRA and HITech acts. Requiring minimal hospital IT resources, EDIMS is ready to install with built-in templates and order sets. EDIMS provides peer-to-peer training, professional support and customization. EDIMS has industry leading clinical decision support, a robust charge capture engine, and the quickest and easiest to use documentation system. For the best in ER efficiency and interoperability, EDIMS is the right choice. www.edims.net
Informatics Corporation of America (ICA) was established to take innovative technology developed by Vanderbilt Medical Center to the broader healthcare market, and now delivers a comprehensive HIE solution to hospitals, IDNs, communities and states. Unmatched in its ability to yield cost efficiency, improved patient care, and better outcomes, ICA’s CareAlign™ solution captures complete data to enhance the decision-making process. The CareAlign™clinical intelligence engine empowers HIEs to leverage existing core systems and construct a longitudinal patient record. CareAlign™ also features provider/patient portals, secure clinical communication, NHIN compliant interoperability, EHR-lite and population management tools. Visit www.icainformatics.com; follow us on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/icainformatics; and Facebook: www.facebook.com
Informed by more than a decade of ethnographic studies, Intel has a vision of using innovative technologies to transform healthcare, improve chronic disease management, and enhance wellness and independence. Intel is connecting people and information for more personalized and effective management of chronic conditions in the home. www.intel.com/healthcare
IOCOM provides software to keep people connected through video, data and audio conferencing. Its trusted solutions work with virtually any Internet-enabled device, including room systems, PCs, laptops and mobile devices. IOCOM’s focus is on delivering the high performance necessary for smooth audio and video without the cost and complexity of bulkier, proprietary systems. Fortune 500 companies, government and education institutions, researchers, skilled workers, and general consumers currently rely on IOCOM’s solutions. For more information, please visit http://www.iocom.com.
Medicity, the industry standard for health information exchange (HIE), is the leading innovator and largest provider of HIE technology – with more than 700 hospitals and 250,000 physicians in its connected ecosystem. Medicity’s solutions empower hospitals, physicians and HIEs with secure access to and exchange of health information – improving the quality and efficiency of patient care locally, regionally and nationally. For more information, please visit www.medicity.comor follow us on twitter.com/Medicity.
Since 1996, MEDSEEK has focused exclusively on eHealth and creating a better experience for constituents across the healthcare enterprise, including consumers, patients, family members, physicians, employees and payers. The eHealth ecoSystem optimizes the healthcare experience for constituents by leveraging an organization’s existing IT investments and infrastructure to facilitate secure, timely information access and exchange. From our leading content management system used by more than 775 hospitals to innovative patient portals and our award-winning clinical portal, the eHealth ecoSystem’s browser-based technology removes traditional integration and communication barriers, creating a “virtual front door” for the hospital. For more information, visit www.medseek.com or call 888.MEDSEEK
MMR Information Systems, Inc. provides secure and easy-to-use online Personal Health Records (PHRs) for consumers and healthcare professionals and electronic document management solutions designed to give small to mid-size physician practices a cost-effective and non-disruptive system for digitizing paper-based medical records and storing them in a Web-based portal. The MyMedicalRecords PHR (www.mymedicalrecords.com) is built on proprietary, patented technologies to allow documents, images and voicemail messages to be transmitted and stored in the system using a variety of methods, including fax, phone and file upload without relying on any specific electronic medical record platform to populate a user’s account. A separate patented Emergency Login gives medical personnel and first responders access to potentially life-saving information in the event of an emergency or natural disaster. For its newest offering, MMRPro (www.mymedicalrecordsmd.com), MMR has teamed with Kodak to help physicians lower the cost and increase the efficiency of digitizing patient records and making them available to patients through a patient portal that incorporates the MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record. To learn more about MMR Information Systems and its products, visit www.mmrinformationsystems.com
As McKesson´s connectivity business, RelayHealth operates as a neutral partner in an open network environment, offering connectivity services and integration throughout the delivery of healthcare. Its intelligent network is designed to streamline clinical, financial and administrative communication between patients, providers, payors, pharmacies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and financial institutions. RelayHealth accelerates the delivery of high-quality care and improves financial performance through solutions such as online medical consultations, electronic prescribing, point-of-service pharmacy claims resolution, pre-visit patient financial clearance by providers, and post-visit provider bill settlement by payors and patients. To learn more, call (800) 778–6711 or visit www.DiscoverRelayHealth.com
Through cutting-edge courses and certificates, UC San Diego Extension’s professional development programs enhance skill development in critical professions. With nearly 5,000 offerings annually and 26,000 students per year, Extension represents a vibrant nexus of new classes and programs attracting both organizations and individuals alike. Curriculum draws on civic and industry trends while delivering the most recent and applicable knowledge. Areas of learning range from life sciences and computing to arts, writing, business management, and healthcare. Students gain practical skills, acquire a wider network of peers, and enjoy increased effectiveness in the workplace. http://extension.ucsd.edu/
Vidyo, Inc. pioneered Personal Telepresence, enabling natural, multi-point videoconferences on desktop computers, laptops and room systems. Vidyo’s HD quality multipoint video conferencing allows medical professionals from multiple sites to meet with patients in their homes or other medical offices, attend healthcare forums, and participate in other telemedicine activities that demand top quality interaction. Vidyo’s patented technology is extremely scalable and accommodating from both a technical and financial standpoint and works over the regular Internet and wireless networks – extending video conferencing capabilities out to the far corners of the world. For more information, contact us at VidyoInfo@vidyo.com. www.vidyo.com
Virtuon is a healthcare systems service provider specializing in virtualization, business continuity, and cloud computing. The company’s infrastructure solutions include hardware and software products, consultation, training, and data center services. Virtuon’s areas of focus are virtual desktops and applications, virtualized data centers, and fault-tolerant data and storage solutions. The company supports healthcare organizations as they deploy private or public cloud infrastructures from the datacenter to the desktop, enabling scalability, flexibility and cost savings. Virtuon has an established reputation for quality of service and expertise in implementing a breadth of hardware and software solutions. For more information visit www.virtuon-inc.com or call 877-298-2083.
Association and Media Partners
Founded in 1997, the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems is the premier professional organization for physicians interested in and responsible for healthcare information technology. AMDIS Members are the thought leaders, decision makers and opinion influencers dedicated to advancing the field of Applied Medical Informatics and thereby improving the practice of medicine. With their symposia, listserv, journal, on-line presentations, sponsored and co-sponsored programs and networking opportunities, AMDIS truly is the home for the "connected" CMIO. For more information, please visit www.amdis.org
The Arizona State Physicians Association (ASPA) is one of the oldest and largest (2400 members) Independent Physicians Association (IPA) in the country. Incorporated in 1986 as a physician owned cooperative, ASPA operates as a super messenger IPA. Membership includes all major physician specialties and other health care providers who practice throughout the state of Arizona. /www.azspa.com
The Arizona Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society provides leadership to foster the advancement and effective use of information technology in Arizona health care. Its professional members include individuals in the fields of information systems, clinical systems, management engineering, and telecommunications. The Arizona chapter provides members with professional development through high quality education and by creating networking opportunities at regularly scheduled meetings. www.azhimss.org
The Arizona Health Information Management Association (AzHIMA), is an affiliate of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). AHIMA is the professional organization representing over 52,000 specially educated health information management professionals who work throughout the healthcare industry.
AzHIMA has over 800 members involved in a variety of healthcare aspects. Our common goals are to provide quality information while providing patient confidentiality. We are responsible for establishing and maintaining policies to meet the mandated standards set forth by the government and other regulatory and accrediting organizations.www.azhima.org
CMIO provides a forum for healthcare and clinical IT studies in excellence, leading-edge research, peer-to-peer advice, news and proven strategies for better patient care. CMIO's tagline "Information, Evidence & Effectiveness in Medicine" underscores the ongoing drive towards leveraging IT information for better patient outcomes.
Please visit www.CMIO.net to subscribe.
eHealth SmartBrief is a concise, comprehensive and free e-mail news briefing of the top healthcare IT stories, delivered 3 times per week. Designed for IT decision-makers at hospitals, clinics, group practices, physician offices and other healthcare facilities, eHealth saves you time and keeps you smart by aggregating and summarizing the information you need to know now. http://www.smartbrief.com/ehealth/
Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company's Growth Partnership Service provides the CEO and the CEO's Growth Team with disciplined research and best-practice models to drive the generation, evaluation, and implementation of powerful growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan leverages over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from 40 offices on six continents. To join our Growth Partnership, please visit http://www.frost.com.
IDC Health Insights assists health businesses and IT leaders, as well as the suppliers who serve them, in making more effective technology decisions by providing accurate, timely, and insightful fact-based research and consulting services. Staffed by senior analysts with decades of industry experience, our global research analyzes and advises on business and technology issues facing the payer, provider and life sciences industries. . For more information, please visit www.idc-hi.com, email info@idc-hi.com, or call 508-935-4445. Visit the IDC Health Insights Community at http://idc-insights-community.com/health.
MarketsandMarkets is a full service and consulting firm that produces strategically analyzed full length reports track more than 10 industries. By FYE 2010 M&M plans to launch industry-wise and country wise market tracker for all the verticals tracked. This intelligence database comprising of about 60000 reports a year will form one of the world's largest intelligence resources worldwide. MarketsandMarkets has effectively used technology to automate management of large and complex data for forecasts. MarketsandMarkets aspires to help its client to achieve sustainable growth by providing incisive business insights into their respective business partners. Our 200 global strategic accounts with topline revenues in excess of USD 1 Billion annually. Delivered syndicated research studies to top publishers globally on a subcontracting model. The major industries that we cover in our market intelligence deliverables are Pharma & Biotech, Telecom & IT, Healthcare & Life sciences, Chemical & Advanced Material, Electronics & Semiconductor, Foods & Beverages, http://www.marketsandmarkets.com
ReportsandReports comprises of an online library of 50,000 reports, in-depth market research studies of over 5000 micro markets, and 25 industry specific websites. Our client list boasts of almost all well-known publishers of such reports across the globe. We, as a third party reseller of market research reports employ number of marketing tools such as press releases, email-marketing and effective search engine optimization technique to drive revenues for our clients. http://www.reportsnreports.com
SearchHealthIT.com is your direct line to the latest changes in HITECH and HIPAA mandates -- plus, we provide immediate access to meaningful use criteria and best practices for health care storage, security, networking, data center management, EHR integration and much more! And in our community forum, the HealthITExchange, dive deep into HIT FAQ’s and discuss with your peers today! http://searchhealthit.techtarget.com/
Sponsorship and Exhibitor Opportunities
Sponsorships and exhibits are excellent opportunities for your company to showcase its products and services to high-level, targeted decision makers attending the Health IT Winter Summit. iHT2 works with companies to achieve sales, marketing and branding objectives by settling aside a limited number of event sponsorships and exhibit spaces, all of which are custom-tailored to help your company create a unique platform to maximize its exposure at the event. If you are interested in learning more or becoming a sponsor of the Health IT Winter Summit please contact:
Robert Jaggers
VP Development
561-748-6736
info@ihealthtran.com