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Announcements

Midwest HIMSS 2009 Fall Technology Conference November 2 & 3, 2009
Call for Proposals

If you have practical information that you
can share to help healthcare providers
makesound HIT decisions, which will
truly meet their clinical needs and
meet the expectations being set
nationally, then we want you to
join us at this conference and share
that information at one of the
breakout sessions.

Proposals Due August 17, 2009

For more information, http://www.falltechnologyconference.com/presentations.html

Midwest HIMSS 2009 Fall Technology Conference November 2 & 3, 2009
Registration is now open

To access the conference website for
more information and to register, http://www.falltechnologyconference.com/register.html

Welcome to the Michigan Chapter of HIMSS.

The Michigan Chapter of HIMSS (MI-HIMSS) is dedicated to improving information systems management in Michigan's health care institutions. MI-HIMSS was formed in the Spring of 2002.

Chapter members come from diverse backgrounds, all involved in some aspect of health care information systems and management. Our members consist of professionals from hospitals and clinical organizations, third-party payers, administrators, information technology systems vendors, consultants, management engineers, telecommunications professionals, physicians, nurse and medical informatics professionals, and essentially anyone interested in the trends of health care information and management systems. Visit our Membership page to learn about how you can get involved.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Midwest HIMSS 2009 Fall Technology Conference
"Enabling Healthcare Reform: The Role of HIT and the 2009 Stimulus Provisions"

November 2nd and 3rd, 2009

On November 2nd and 3rd, 2009 the Michigan, Minnesota, Greater Chicago, Iowa, and the Wisconsin Dairyland Chapters of the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) will hold a two-day educational conference at the Amway Grand Hotel in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The goal of this conference is to allow everyone to take a couple of days to come together and review the directions that are being set at the national and state levels and discuss what they mean for provider HIT decisions that must be made very soon. This conference will focus on what we know, what is underway, what is available, and what has worked.

For more information, http://www.falltechnologyconference.com

To register for this event, http://www.falltechnologyconference.com/register.html

Click Here for conference brochure.

Takin' HIT to the Streets
"The ARRA Era"

January 15, 2010

The Michigan HIMSS Chapter is proud to be a co-sponsor of this HIMSS program.

This regional one-day conference, to be held in Chicago, IL, offers nationally recognized speakers who will share their real-life experiences in implementing technology solutions. It is designed to help hospitals and health systems identify and qualify for funding opportunities from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

For more information about this event, http://www.himss.org/HITstreet/