HIMSS Preview: Big Show; Big Ideas—Big News?

Also for the first time, there will be a special portion of the show floor dedicated to Meaningful Use demos and presentations. Off the floor, the patient engagement requirement of Meaningful Use Stage 2 will be the focus of a Patient Experience through HIT Forum.

Some of the most interesting ideas promise to come from the strong lineup of breakout sessions:

• Edward Martinez, Senior VP and CIO
  Miami Children's Hospital
  Implementing Patient Engagement and Care Coordination Technologies for Improved Outcomes
• Darren Dworkin, VP of Enterprise Information Systems and CIO
  Cedars-Sinai Health System
  Leveraging Smartphones to Simplify Communication Across Multiple Systems
• Ferdinand Velasco, MD, VP and CMIO, Texas Health Resources
  Luis Saldana, MD, Texas Health Associate CMIO
  Innovative Approaches to Physician Engagement and Team Collaboration
• Indranil Ganguly, VP and CIO
  CentraState Healthcare System
  Actionable Analytics for Value-Based Purchasing, Readmissions and Business Intelligence
• Phyllis Teater, CIO
  Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
  Lessons Learned from Expanding the Boundaries of the EMR