SAVE THE DATE: 2011 NYeC Digital Health Conference

The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) will hold its first annual NYeC Digital Health Conference December 1st and 2nd, 2011 in New York City at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers. The conference will bring together health information technology (HIT) stakeholders from the public and private sectors—including providers, hospital administrators, insurers, IT vendors, other members of private industry, and government representatives. The conference will create a forum for healthcare stakeholders to collaborate and network with attendees in the business, technology, healthcare and policy realms.

The two-day educational conference will include numerous panel discussions with experts and an exhibit area that will showcase the latest technologies available to improve healthcare. A separate awards ceremony and gala will be held the evening of the first day to recognize key individuals who have made special contributions to HIT.

The conference is being supported by numerous regional HIT advocacy groups, including the New York, New Jersey and New England chapters of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Medical Society of the State of New York.

NYeC is seeking speakers and special session proposals that showcase HIT innovations, use case studies, explore new information technology tools and perspectives, suggest practical applications of existing technologies, and/or highlight the effects of HIT in healthcare advances. The deadline for speaker submissions is August 15th, 2011 at 11pm EST. Visit digitalhealthconference.com for an application.

The 2011 NYeC Digital Health Conference is an important forum for intellectual exchange, sharing best practices and emerging HIT tools. It will be organized around four tracks: Chronic Care Management, Innovations in the Inpatient Setting, Advances in the Delivery of Primary Care, and Health and Wellness. These sessions may be a traditional presentation with a discussion, an interactive panel discussion with a moderator, a technological demonstration, or any other type of interactive/creative display.