Michigan

• HIMSS white paper: "usability" critical to adoption of EMRs

• Lawsuit claims stimulus act puts privacy in jeopardy

• Vendor Notebook - Informatics Corporation of America joins Companion Data Services on HIE solution

Announcements

HIMSS09 April 4 - 8, 2009
HIMSS09 is where physicians, nurses, HIT executives, pharmacists, vendors and healthcare IT professionals from around the world come together for a week that will forever change the face of healthcare IT. They come in search of solutions. They leave with a shared vision. For more information, www.himssconference.org/?src=hhpglb&cof=u

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 Technology Leaders Symposium

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Midwest Technology Leaders (MTL) 2009 is an exclusive gathering of the Great Lakes Region's top Information Executives who are committed to innovation, excellence and results. Unrivaled in its quality content and strategic focus, MTL 2009 will provide all delegates the opportunity to challenge conventional wisdom through engaging in highly-interactive executive sessions with their senior peers.

Through a compilation of keynote presentations, panel discussions, roundtables and executive networking assemblages, the delegation will address the critical issues impacting the local/regional IT industry, including economic policies and business developments, in addition to an in-depth analysis of the future outlook of the national/international IT industry.

For more information please access the event website at, http://www.midwesttechnologyleaders.com/