2008 Partners

3M Health Information Systems

3M Health Information Systems delivers technology and consulting solutions that can help healthcare organizations improve patient care, facilitate compliance, and achieve appropriate reimbursement. Built on nearly 25 years of healthcare funding and performance management expertise, 3M Health Information Systems provides tools to capture, store, and analyze patient information and enable an electronic patient record.

3M Health Information Systems is part of 3M Health Care, one of 3M Company’s six major businesses, providing world-class innovative products and services to help healthcare professionals improve the practice, delivery and outcome of patient care in medical, oral care, drug delivery, and health information market. Visit www.3mhis.com.

American Hospital Association

Association of health care provider organizations and individuals that are committed to the health improvement of their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which includes more than 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, and other providers of care, and 37,000 individuals. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends. Visit www.aha.org.

AHA Solutions

AHA Solutions, Inc. is a subsidiary of the American Hospital Association that collaborates with companies to create strategic financial, technology, regulatory, employee benefit, and insurance products and services for healthcare professionals. It functions as a resource agency to AHA-member hospitals and other healthcare organizations. For more information, contact AHA Solutions at 800.242.4677. Visit www.aha-solutions.org.

American Health Information Management Association

AHIMA is the premier association of health information management (HIM) professionals. AHIMA's 51,000 members are dedicated to the effective management of personal health information needed to deliver quality healthcare to the public. Founded in 1928 to improve the quality of medical records, AHIMA is committed to advancing the HIM profession in an increasingly electronic and global environment through leadership in advocacy, education, certification, and lifelong learning. For information about the Association, go to www.ahima.org.

AMDIS
Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems

Since its founding in 1997, the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) 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 advance the field of Applied Medical Informatics and thereby improve the practice of medicine. With our symposia, listserv, journal, on-line presentations, sponsored and co-sponsored programs and networking opportunities, AMDIS truly is the home for the "connected" CMIO. Visit www.amdis.org.

AMIA
American Medical Informatics Association

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is an organization of leaders shaping the future of health information technology in United States and abroad. AMIA is dedicated to the development and application of medical informatics in support of patient care, teaching, research, and health care administration. Visit www.amia.org.

Apptis

For more than two decades, Apptis has been providing IT services and solutions to the Federal Government. Applying leading technologies to diverse needs, Apptis delivers inspiring solutions that are agile, trusted and business-aligned for optimized performance. The company's robust enterprise-wide capabilities include Software & System Engineering, Enterprise Management, Network Engineering, Information Assurance and Program Management. The company values trust, respect and integrity with a steadfast customer focus, a passion to win and a belief in ourselves. Apptis is privately held with headquarters in Chantilly, VA. For more information, visit www.apptis.com.

ASCP
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists

The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, the recognized expert in geriatric pharmacotherapy, is the international professional association that provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to advance the practice of consultant and senior care pharmacy. ASCP’s 7,000 members ensure that their patients’ medications are the most appropriate, the most effective, the safest possible, and are used correctly; and Identify, resolve, and prevent medication-related problems that may interfere with the goals of therapy. Consultant and senior care pharmacists improve the quality of life of geriatric patients and other individuals residing in a variety of environments, including nursing facilities, subacute care and assisted living facilities, psychiatric hospitals, hospice programs, and in-home and community-based care. Visit http://www.ascp.com.

American Osteopathic Association

The American Osteopathic Association proudly represents more than 61,000 osteopathic physicians (D.O.s) practicing in 31 specialties and subspecialties, promotes public health, encourages scientific research, serves as the primary certifying body for D.O.s and is the accrediting agency for all osteopathic medical schools and health care facilities. More information on D.O.s/osteopathic medicine can be found at www.osteopathic.org.

Blank Rome

Blank Rome's lawyers help health information technology companies and their investors grow their businesses by tackling issues involving government contracts, capital formation, intellectual property, government regulations, compliance, and privacy. For more information, visit www.blankrome.com/healthIT. Our government relations professionals assist clients with complex federal, state and local legislative challenges and opportunities. For more information, please visit www.blankromegr.com.

California HealthCare Foundation

The California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) is an independent philanthropy committed to improving the way health care is delivered and financed in California. By promoting innovations in care and broader access to information, our goal is to ensure that all Californians get the care they need, when they need it, at a price they can afford. CHCF commissions research and analysis; publishes and disseminates information; convenes meetings of key health care groups; and funds development of programs and models aimed at improving health care in California. For more information, visit www.chcf.org.

CalRHIO

CalRHIO is a collaborative statewide initiative whose mission is to improve the safety, quality, and efficiency of health care through the use of information technology and the secure exchange of health information. An independent, nonprofit organization, CalRHIO serves as a statewide umbrella organization, bringing together health care stakeholders from all over California, to build a secure electronic health care information exchange (HIE) system. CalRHIO’s primary goal is to deliver critical health information services securely, reliably, and affordably to clinicians, patients, state, county, and federal health agencies, and communities throughout California.CalRHIO’s statewide health information exchange utility service will offer California health care providers and patients secure electronic access to patient medical records, where and when needed. For more details see www.calrhio.org.

Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics

The Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics is a series of educational sessions for staff members on the hill and other industry professionals that focuses on health IT and telehealth issues. The series is coordinated by Neal Neuberger of Health Tech Strategies, LLC.

CAQH

CAQH is a nonprofit alliance of health plans and trade associations working to simplify healthcare administration for health plans and providers, resulting in a better care experience for patients and caregivers. A catalyst for healthcare industry collaboration, CAQH currently is helping streamline healthcare administration through its Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE™) and Universal Credentialing Datasource® (UCD) initiatives.

The organization launched CORE to create a national all-payer solution that gives providers access to consistent insurance information before or at the time of service using the electronic system of their choice for any patient or health plan. The organization has brought together more than 100 industry stakeholders to collaborate on a set of uniform business rules, built upon HIPAA and other national standards, to achieve that goal. More than 30 healthcare organizations, covering approximately 65 million or one-third of U.S. commercially insured lives, are now CAQH CORE Rules-certified.

CAQH implemented UCD in 2002 to enable providers and other health professionals – now totaling nearly 600,000 – in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to enter required information for credentialing and other purposes into a single, uniform online application. CAQH estimates that UCD has eliminated more than 2.75 million legacy credentialing applications to date, reducing provider administrative costs by nearly $89 million per year.

CAQH is pleased to partner with HIMSS in supporting the use of technology to improve the quality of healthcare in the United States.

Visit www.caqh.org for more information.

CapMed

CapMed, a division of Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc., is the cornerstone of Bio-Imaging’s Personal Health Management Division. CapMed is the leading provider of personal health management solutions for hospitals and health systems, providers, managed care, employers, and pharmaceutical companies, with more than 600,000 distributed to date.  These solutions enable patients to monitor and manage their health and to improve communications with care providers, ultimately improving outcomes and reducing costs of care and are available in multiple formats: onlinePHR, icePHR, icePHR Mobile, desktopPHR, and the Personal HealthKey.  CapMed offers custom development to organizations who want to add unique or proprietary capabilities to the platform.  For more information on the CapMed Personal Health Management Solutions, please visit www.CapMed.com. Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. is a healthcare contract service organization providing services that support the product development process of the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. The Company has specialized in assisting its clients in the design and management of the medical-imaging component of clinical trials since 1990. Bio-Imaging serves its clients on a global basis through its Core Labs in Newtown, PA, and Leiden, The Netherlands, along with business offices in PA, MA, The Netherlands, Germany and France. Phoenix Data Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Bio-Imaging Technologies, is a leading global clinical data services provider of electronic data capture (EDC) services and a comprehensive array of broadly interoperable eClinical data solutions to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Phoenix Data Systems delivers full service EDC, a unique combination of electronic data capture, interactive voice response, reporting, and data management solutions. Through its CapMed Personal Health Management Suite, Bio-Imaging provides its Personal HealthKey* technology, the Personal Health Record (PHR) software, and CapMed Patient Portal allowing patients to better monitor and manage their health care information. Additional information about Bio-Imaging is available at www.bioimaging.com.

Center for Information Therapy

Information Therapy (Ix)® is the timely prescription and access to evidence-based health information to meet individuals specific needs. The Center for Information Therapy (IxCenter) is a 501c3, not-for-profit organization that advances the practice and science of information therapy to improve consumer health, consumer decision making and healthy behaviors. Launched in 2001, the IxCenter acts as a catalyst for health care delivery innovation by diffusing Ix strategies through research, education and collaboration. The IxCenter engages Ix proponents and industry leaders through an IxAction Alliance membership program and at the Seventh Annual Ix Conference: Wired: Next Generation Patient-Centered Care, June 12 & 13, The Newseum, Washington DC.  More information at www.ixcenter.org.

College of Healthcare Information Management Executives

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) was formed with the dual objectives of serving the professional development needs of healthcare CIOs and advocating the more effective use of information management within healthcare. CHIME's events and activities were designed to reflect that purpose, including CIO-oriented surveys, education programs, and networking activities. With membership of over 1,200 CIOs, CHIME has established itself as the premier organization serving the needs of healthcare CIOs. CHIME's educational initiatives are supported by the CHIME Foundation, a group of 55 providers of healthcare IS products and services. To learn more about CHIME and the CHIME Foundation, see www.cio-chime.org.

Collaborative Communications Summit

Sixth Annual Collaborative Communications Summit May 5-7 Mandrian Oriental, Washington DC The 6th Annual Collaborative Communications Summit: "Transforming Health Care through Health Information Technology" is designed to help top-level executives, legislators, physicians, regulators and technologists come to grips with the swirling forces of technology change, policy development and changing business models. This is the premier opportunity to network with your peers and colleagues and gain valuable insight from senior level healthcare IT executives. This two-day conference will provide a forum for business and government leaders to define the fundamental trends, issues and problems shaping policy decisions. Examine case studies and actual success stories of how health information technology is transforming health care. Visit www.ccsexpo.com

CPSI

CPSI is a leading provider of healthcare information solutions for community hospitals with over 600 client hospitals in 46 states. Founded in 1979, the Company is a single-source vendor providing comprehensive software and hardware products, complemented by complete installation services and extensive support. Its fully integrated, enterprise-wide system automates clinical and financial data management in each of the primary functional areas of a hospital. Software modules include applications for financial management, patient accounting, insurance processing, clinical ancillary departments, home health, practice management, nursing/multi-disciplinary documentation, physician documentation, CPOE, and fully integrated PACS. The CPSI System provides community hospitals with an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) that can be securely accessed from anywhere via CPSI’s web-enabled portal: ChartLinkTM. CPSI's staff of over 700 technical, healthcare and medical professionals provides system implementation and continuing support services as part of a comprehensive program designed to respond to clients' information needs in a constantly changing healthcare environment. For more information, visit www.cpsinet.com.

Deloitte

Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, and its network of member firms, each of which is a legally separate and independent entity. Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries. With a globally connected network of member firms in 140 countries, Deloitte brings world-class capabilities and deep local expertise to help clients succeed wherever they operate. Deloitte’s 150,000 professionals are committed to becoming the standard of excellence. Deloitte's professionals are unified by a collaborative culture that fosters integrity, outstanding value to markets and clients, commitment to each other, and strength from cultural diversity. They enjoy an environment of continuous learning, challenging experiences, and enriching career opportunities. Deloitte's professionals are dedicated to strengthening corporate responsibility, building public trust, and making a positive impact in their communities. Visit www.deloitte.com.

HIMSS Electronic Health Record Vendors Association

HIMSS EHRVA is a trade association of Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendors who have joined together to lead the HIT industry in the accelerated adoption of electronic health records in hospital and ambulatory care settings in the US. Representing a majority of installed EHR systems in the US. The association provides a forum for the vendor community to speak with a unified voice relative to standards development, the EHR certification process, interoperability, performance and quality measures, and other EHR issues as they become subject to increasing government, insurance and provider driven initiatives and requests. Membership is open to HIMSS corporate members with legally formed companies designing, developing and marketing their own commercially available EHRs with installations in the USA. The association, comprised of 40 member companies, is a partner of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and operates as an organizational unit within HIMSS.  Visit www.himssehrva.org.

Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the global science and health communities, Elsevier’s 7,000 employees in over 70 offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such as Science Direct. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MDConsult (http://www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus (http://www.info.scopus.com/), bibliographic databases, and online reference works. Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/) is a global business headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc (http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading publisher and information provider. Operating in the science and medical, legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

e-MDs

e-MDs is a leading developer of healthcare software solutions headquartered in Austin, Texas. e-MDs Solution Series™, is the standard for affordable and integrated EHR and PRACTICE MANAGEMENT software solutions, including clinical, financial and document management modules designed to automate medical practice processes and chart management. Designed by physicians to improve care, reduce errors and simplify business so that time spent with patients is time billed and coded properly. With e-MDs, medical practices can visit, code and bill with a single application. For more information, please visit http://www.e-mds.com/.

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Greenway Medical Technologies

Greenway Medical Technologies provides the latest in ambulatory healthcare business solutions by enhancing the delivery of patient care through innovative software and services that allow physician practices to function at their highest level of efficiency. Greenway’s PrimeSuite serves as the starting point of a long-term business plan for physician practices as an Ambulatory Software suite with CCHIT CertifiedSM integrated Electronic Health Record (EHR), practice management and interoperability functionality. With PrimeSuite integrating a practice’s clinical, financial, and administrative processes, practices can increase profitability, enhance patient satisfaction, and facilitate adherence to compliance guidelines. Established in 1998, Carrollton, Ga. - based Greenway Medical Technologies is a privately-held company with more than 200 employees. Visit www.greenwaymedical.com.

Health Tech Strategies, LLC

Health Tech Strategies provides government and commercial clients with a comprehensive understanding of the many policy and other external circumstances which can help shape the market for their services and products. Visit us at www.hlthtech.com.

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded in 1961 with offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., Brussels, and other locations across the United States and Europe, HIMSS represents more than 20,000 individual members and over 300 corporate members that collectively represent organizations employing millions of people. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems’ contributions to ensuring quality patient care. Visit www.himss.org.

The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel

The mission of the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel is to serve as a cooperative partnership between the public and private sectors for the purpose of achieving a widely accepted and useful set of standards specifically to enable and support widespread interoperability among healthcare software applications, as they will interact in a local, regional and national health information network for the United States. Operating under contract to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the HITSP is administered by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in cooperation with strategic partners including the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) and Booz Allen Hamilton. Visit www.hitsp.org.

IEEE-USA

IEEE-USA is an organizational unit of the IEEE created in 1973 to advance the public good and promote the careers and public policy interests of the more than 220,000 technology professionals who are U.S. members of the IEEE. The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional society. IEEE-USA's mission is to recommend policies and implement programs specifically intended to serve and benefit the members, the profession, and the public in the United States in appropriate professional areas of economic, ethical, legislative, social and technology policy concern. For more information please visit http://www.ieeeusa.org.

IHE

IHE (www.ihe.net) is a global initiative that creates the framework for passing vital health information seamlessly – from application to application, system to system, and setting to setting – across multiple healthcare enterprises. IHE brings together healthcare information technology stakeholders to implement standards for communicating patient information efficiently throughout and among healthcare enterprises by developing a framework for interoperability. Because of its proven process of collaboration, demonstration and real-world implementation of interoperable solutions, IHE is in a unique position to significantly accelerate the process for defining, testing and implementing standards-based interoperability among electronic health records systems.

iMDsoft

iMDsoft is a leading provider of clinical information systems automating critical care and perioperative environments. Major medical centers across the US, Europe, and Asia use iMDsoft solutions to improve care quality, promote patient safety, enhance financial performance, support research and compliance, and achieve sustainable market leadership. iMDsoft’s MetaVision Suite of clinical information systems features fully-integrated tools for data collection, presentation, order management, and decision support across the critical care continuum. MVOR, a state-of-the-art Anesthesia Information Management System (AIMS), provides comprehensive support for the entire perioperative process (pre-op, intra-op & post-op). It integrates seamlessly with MVscheduling, iMDsoft’s planning and resource management system for operating rooms, to achieve streamlined planning and optimal resource utilization. It also interfaces with existing hospital information systems, thereby facilitating hospital-wide data import. MVICU, a proven, leading-edge Clinical Information System (CIS), is designed to support all types of intensive care units and their specific workflows. It is readily integrated with the full range of advanced technologies present in today’s ICUs, including hospital information systems, and can also be interfaced with CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry). Together with MVcentral, iMDsoft’s centralized surveillance system, it achieves distributed 24/7 tele-intensivist monitoring while maintaining current staffing levels. User-friendly and highly flexible, the MetaVision Suite automates labor-intensive and error-prone data collection to create a complete, accurate, and legible patient record. Supported by powerful decision support and analysis tools, MetaVision promotes patient safety and enhances quality initiatives, cost containment, research and compliance. Visit www.imd-soft.com.

Leapfrog Group

On behalf of the millions of Americans for whom many of the nation’s largest corporations and public agencies buy health benefits, The Leapfrog Group (www.leapfroggroup.org) aims to use its members’ collective leverage to initiate breakthrough improvements in the safety, quality, and affordability of health care for Americans. It is a voluntary program aimed at mobilizing employer purchasing power to alert America’s health industry that big leaps in health care safety, quality and customer value will be recognized and rewarded. Founded in November 2000 by the Business Roundtable, The Leapfrog Group secures its support from major corporations, business coalitions and public agencies that purchase health care benefits, as well as other products and services it provides to the health care industry to support value-based purchasing.

Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health

A premier academic community hospital, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network includes three hospital facilities – two in Allentown and one in Bethlehem, Pa. – Lehigh Valley Health Services, providing home health, hospice, pharmaceutical and health management services and the 400-member Lehigh Valley Physician Group of primary care and specialist physicians. In 2007, US News & World Report named Lehigh Valley Hospital one of America’s Best Hospitals for the twelfth straight year. LVHHN’s advanced regional resources include a Level I Trauma Center with added pediatric qualifications, regional Burn Center as well as kidney and pancreas transplant, perinatal/neonatal, cardiac, cancer care, and neurology and complex neurosurgery capabilities. LVHHN hospitals are designated national Magnet hospitals for excellence in nursing. LVH is one of Pennsylvania’s largest teaching hospitals and is a major teaching campus of Penn State's College of Medicine. Additional information is available at www.lvh.org.

Logic Media Group

Long Term Care Summit

McAfee

At McAfee, we understand that the security needs of the healthcare industry are often more complex than the typical enterprise. Because of the dynamic nature of healthcare environments, there are system and compliance issues that most businesses do not have to be concerned with. Securing hospital information systems (HIS) and medical equipment to protect sensitive patient data and ensuring compliance is a challenge that McAfee makes easier with its approach to security risk management (SRM).  Unique in the industry, the McAfee approach to SRM simplifies the process of balancing security and governance needs at healthcare organizations with the cost of protection and compliance.  SRM is a discipline that helps healthcare organizations identify and prioritize critical IT assets, assess threats, determine acceptable levels of risk, proactively implement appropriate protection, and measure and enforce compliance. The results are reduced costs, exposure, and risk, plus enhanced business continuity. Specific to the healthcare industry, McAfee solutions help protect advanced medical systems, optimize regulatory compliance, and ensure patient privacy. Visit www.macafee.com.

MediNotes

MediNotes Corporation is a leading provider of electronic health record (EHR) solutions, with product offerings to fit any size medical practice. MediNotes offers an integrated EHR/practice management (PM) suite, as well as a best-of-breed EHR solution allowing MediNotes to meet the needs of physicians’ practices of varying sizes and specialties. Installed in more than 4,800 sites nationwide, MediNotes solutions are utilized daily by more than 23,000 medical professionals. MediNotes EHR products offer physician practices industry-leading technology and product reliability, coupled with superior U.S.-based service and support to help our customers deliver high quality care consistently and efficiently. Our certified products include MediNotes e version 5.2, a CCHIT Certified® product for Ambulatory EHR 2007, and MediNotes Clinician EHR 2006, a CCHIT Certified product for Ambulatory EHR 2006. MediNotes Corporation is headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa with offices in Tampa, Fla. To learn more about MediNotes and its family of products visit www.MediNotes.com or call 877.633.6683.

MGMA

MGMA, founded in 1926, is the nation's principal voice for medical group practice. MGMA's more than 21,500 members manage and lead 13,500 organizations, in which more than 270,000 physicians practice. MGMA's core purpose is to improve the effectiveness of medical group practices and the knowledge and skills of the individuals who manage and lead them. MGMA represent members on legislative and regulatory issues that affect their practice. MGMA works to influence public policy at a Federal level, using lobbying and direct and grassroots education and representing members’ needs to lawmakers and policymakers. MGMA operates two related organizations that provide certification and research. MGMA headquarters are in Englewood, Colo. Visit mgma.com

Misys

Misys plc (FTSE: MSY.L), provides integrated, comprehensive solutions that deliver significant results to organisations in the financial services and healthcare industries. We maximise value for our customers by combining our deep knowledge of their business with our commitment to their success. In banking and treasury & capital markets, Misys is a market leader, with over 1,200 customers, including all of the world’s top 50 banks.  In healthcare, Misys is a market leader, serving more than 100,000 physicians in 18,000 practice locations and 600 home care providers. Misys employs around 4,500 people who serve customers in more than 120 countries. We aspire to be the world’s best application software and services company, delivering results for the most important industries in the world. Misys: Experience, Solutions, Results Contact us today, visit: www.misys.com.

National Association for the Support of Long Term Care (NASL)

NASL is a trade association of providers of both ancillary services and products to the long-term care industry and represents its members on Capitol Hill in legislative and regulatory issues that impact the quality of care to patients in the long-term care setting.  Our member companies provide speech-language pathology; physical, occupational and respiratory therapy; portable x-ray/EKG and ultrasound; pharmacy; LTC health IT systems; and other ancillary services. Visit www.nasl.org.

National Medical Association (NMA)

The National Medical Association (NMA) is the collective voice of African American physicians and the leading force for parity and justice in medicine and the elimination of disparities in health.

The National Medical Association (NMA) is the largest and oldest national organization representing African American physicians and their patients in the United States. The NMA is a 501(c) (3) national professional and scientific organization representing the interests of more than 30,000 African American physicians and the patients they serve. NMA is committed to improving the quality of health among minorities and is advantaged people through its membership, professional development, community health education, advocacy, research and partnerships with federal and private agencies. Throughout its history the National Medical Association has focused primarily on health issues related to African Americans and medically underserved populations; however, its principles, goals, initiatives and philosophy encompass all ethnic groups. Visit www.nmanet.org.

NAPHIT
The National Association for Public Health Information Technology

The National Association for Public Health Information Technology (NAPHIT) is a national non-profit organization that connects leaders in public health information technology (IT) with each other, allowing them to exchange ideas and experiences, discuss and shape current public health information policy, and learn about tools and technologies that help them better support public health. Visit www.naphit.org.

NCHICA
The North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc.

NCHICA is a nonprofit consortium of nearly 200 organizations dedicated to improving healthcare by accelerating the adoption of information technology.  NCHICA members include:  hospitals and clinics; medical practices; professional societies and nonprofit associations; national, state and local health agencies; health plans; law firms; healthcare and IT consulting firms/vendors; health education and training providers; and research and pharmaceutical organizations. Visit www.nchica.org.

NeoTool

NextGen

NextGen Healthcare is an award-winning provider of integrated electronic medical record (NextGen EMR) and practice management (NextGen EPM) systems. With more than 1,500 physician practices nationwide using NextGen, our customers range from large, complex multi-specialty enterprises to solo-practioners. Our interoperability with hospitals, labs, and pharmacies, makes NextGen the ideal solution for bringing medical communities together. NextGen products are unique from others because:

• NextGen EMR and NextGen EPM integrate into a single application using a single database. Charges entered by the physician will automatically flow to the billing side.
• NextGen EMR comes with built-in clinical content and workflow for over 25 specialties, with the flexibility to change templates and workflow to match needs.
• Disease Management templates prompt providers to complete required fields at the point of care, to ensure patient compliance, improved clinical outcomes, and pay-for-performance opportunities.
• Multiple-location practices can capture and store data on one database, while protecting practice-specific data and operating independently.

Please Visit at www.nextgen.com

Nuance

OHSU

The Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology of Oregon Health & Science University

The Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology (DMICE) of Oregon Health & Science University is a national leader in research and education in medical informatics. Its research programs explore a wide variety of issues related to the application of health information technology to clinical care as well as biomedical and translational research. Areas of active research include computerized physician order entry, the informatics of chronic care management, messaging and terminology standards, information retrieval, biomedical text mining, and computational biology. Funding comes from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), the John Hartford Foundation, and other sources.The DMICE educational program in biomedical informatics is the largest in the country, offering Graduate Certificate, master’s, and PhD degrees available both on-campus and via distance learning. The department also teamed up with the American Medical Informatics Association to develop the 10x10 Program, which aims to educate 10,000 individuals in biomedical informatics by the year 2010. The program is partially supported by a training grant from the NLM. The department is also home to the Oregon Evidence-Based Practice Center, funded by AHRQ. DMICE is also establishing a center devoted to academia-industry collaboration in health information technology. Visit www.ohsu.edu/dmice.

Office of Minority Health

The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities. OMH was established in 1986 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It advises the Secretary and the Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) on public health program activities affecting American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders. OMH is led by Garth Graham, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health and Mirtha Beadle, M.P.A., Deputy Director. Visit the Office of the Minority Health at http://www.omhrc.gov/.

PA Academy of Family Physicians & Foundation

VISION: The Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians and its Foundation will be viewed as (a) the leading influential resource among family physicians and physicians in training in Pennsylvania, (b) the primary voice on healthcare issues with state legislative and administrative branches of government, media and professional health organizations, (c) a benchmark state on the national level; (d) setting the standard for organized medicine and (e) the leader on health care issues in the community. MISSION: The Academy and its Foundation will support its members through advocacy and education to ensure a patient-centered physician-coordinated medical home and quality health care for every Pennsylvanian. (NOTE: This new mission statement will be approved at Annual Meeting in June.) Vist at www.pafp.com.

Pennsylvania eHealth Initiative

Pennsylvania Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity

PHIMA

The Pennsylvania Health Information Management Association (PHIMA) is committed to the quality of health information for the benefit of the patients, providers, and other users of clinical data. As a component state association (CSA) of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), our professional organization strives to be recognized as Pennsylvania’s authoritative body on health information management. In that role, PHIMA:

• Provides leadership in HIM education and professional development;

• Sets and promotes professional practice standards and Advances health information technologies; including those for EHR’s

Consistent capture of patient identifying data(MPI methodology, issues with duplicate MRN standards to resolve, accuracy of auto linked records. Also data storage; legal record definition, logistics of hybrid records.

• Advocates patient privacy rights and confidentiality of health information;

Privacy and Security (HIPAA) policies such as User access policy requirements, authorization forms, requirements for creating and terminating access rights.

• Influences public and private policies, including educating the public (MY PHR)
Visit us at www.PHIMA.org

PCTS
Patient Care Technology Systems

Patient Care Technology Systems, a subsidiary of Consulier Engineering, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSLR), provides hospitals with intelligent workflow solutions to improve patient flow and to reduce the risk of medical errors. The company’s Amelior™ software suite includes Amelior ED™, a comprehensive emergency department information system, and automatic patient and asset tracking software to meet emergency department, surgical and enterprise level needs of healthcare facilities.  Amelior automatic tracking software is compatible with all leading locating hardware including infrared, RFID, ultra-wideband and Wi-Fi.  PCTS customers have been recognized nationally for improvements in efficiency and clinical excellence. Visit www.pcts.com.

Precision Dynamics Corporation

For over 50 years, PDC has been the pioneer in patient safety through positive identification systems and other healthcare products. The company delivers quality wristband solutions that help protect millions of patients against medical errors, while preventing millions more in associated costs. PDC developed the first single-piece patient wristband, the first bar code wristband system, and the first Smart Band® RFID wristband system. The company is committed to 100% quality in service, design, and manufacturing and has ISO-9001: 2000 and ISO-13485: 2003 certification. For more information on PDC’s Healthcare products, visit www.pdcorp.com/healthcare.

Quammen Group

Quammen Group, a full-service healthcare IT and business consulting firm, offers strategic planning, assessment, negotiation and implementation services that improve operations and advance clinical and business objectives. Hospitals rely on Quammen’s experienced expertise for high-level analysis, vendor selection, and hands-on deployment and support of any healthcare system available today. For more information visit www.quammengroup.com.

The RCHN Community Health Foundation (RCHN CHF) is a New York-based not-for-profit operating foundation dedicated to supporting and benefiting community health centers (CHCs) in New York state and nationally through strategic investment, research, outreach, education, and coalition building and advocacy. The Foundation develops programmatic and business initiatives focused on community health center stability and access, pharmacy and health information technology (HIT), with the goal of helping to drive positive sustainable change in the CHC marketplace. RCHN CHF is committed to providing CHCs with affordable access to cutting edge HIT to address their unique operating needs. Specifically, the Foundation makes program-related investments, conducts and supports research activities and supports educational outreach to help CHCs achieve their HIT objectives. For more information about RCHN CHF, contact Chief Operating Officer Feygele Jacobs at (212) 246-1122, ext. 712, or visit www.rchnfoundation.org.

7 Medical Systems

7 Medical Systems™, LLC is a leading provider of on-demand picture archiving and communications systems (PACS), electronic medical records (EMR) and computing solutions for healthcare. The Minneapolis-based company delivers reliable, non-proprietary, best-of-breed, HIPAA-compliant technology solutions to critical access hospitals, imaging centers, radiology groups and ambulatory clinics while dramatically reducing costs. Rather than investing capital to own and manage servers, hardware, software and IT resources in-house, healthcare companies outsource these critical functions to 7 Medical. They trade in hefty capital expenses for more affordable monthly usage fees—paying only for what they use. 7 Medical’s clinical project managers enable facilities to efficiently automate workflows and integrate disparate systems to ensure successful integration, implementation and training. On-demand services are available anytime, anywhere, with 24/7 service and support and built-in disaster recovery protection. Visit www.7medical.com

Sage Software Healthcare

Sage Software Healthcare, Inc., provides integrated Electronic Health Records, EDI applications and physician practice management systems to thousands of ambulatory care practices throughout North America. These systems, including Intergy by Sage, Intergy EHR by Sage and more, enable physicians and practice managers to better manage their practices and improve profitability. Sage Software Healthcare, Inc. is based in Tampa, Fla., and is a division of Sage Software. For more information, please visit www.sagehealth.com or call (877) 932-6301.

SHIRE
Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc.

SHIRE is a policy research, advocacy and outreach organization with deep community roots. SHIRE has worked since 1997 to eliminate health disparities and promote optimal health for America’s at-risk populations, with a focus on racial and ethnic minorities. SHIRE is committed to the widespread adoption and use of HIT in all communities. We recognize HIT’s potential impact for improving health quality and outcomes for individuals whose mortality and morbidity rates persistently exceed rates for the population as a whole. We are concerned, however, that non-participation in HIT by communities of color will worsen health gaps, and prevent the achievement of national HIT goals. Visit www.shireinc.org.

SNOMED Terminology Solutions

SNOMED Terminology Solutions (STS), a division of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), is the world’s leading resource for SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) expertise and advice. STS focuses on consulting and education related to SNOMED CT, considered the most comprehensive, multilingual clinical health care terminology available in the world. When implemented in software applications, SNOMED CT represents clinically relevant information consistently, reliably, and comprehensively as an integral part of electronic health records. The STS team of clinicians and technical consultants are the most qualified experts available to assist you in understanding SNOMED CT, including best practices for the implementation of SNOMED CT content within electronic health record applications. Our physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals have experience in a variety of medical specialties and settings. As the original creator of SNOMED, fostering its development for more than 40 years, STS continues to update and maintain SNOMED CT on behalf of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO). Visit www.capsts.org.

Stoltenberg Consulting Inc.

Stoltenberg Consulting Inc. is a leading health care information technology consulting firm specializing in solving issues facing today’s health care managers like you! Stoltenberg Consulting solves bigger business problems than just implementing software. We understand the process not just the system. Stoltenberg Consulting behaves differently, simplifying health care technology decisions by

• listening – aligning client needs with the right consultants
• evaluating those needs and recommending a solution – whether technology, process and/or staffing – consistently proactive on the client’s behalf
• providing vendor assessment and selection support – always taking ownership in client outcomes

Stoltenberg Consulting’s team then provides strategic, comprehensive, tailor-made guidance and on-site support to maximize the system, applying application and process redesign expertise from our bench strength. Our flexible, results-based contracts focus on the client and your goals – maximum productivity to increase revenue and improve patient care.

Business Consulting Services • Implementation Services • Integration Services • Technical Services

Vendor Expertise (Siemens, Epic, Cerner, Eclipsys, McKesson, GE, SCI Solutions and many more)

Let our expert team of consultants – averaging more than 15 years of hands-on health care experience – simplify health care technology for you! Call 412-854-5688 or 1-888-724-1326 now!

Telehealth Leadership Initiative

The TLI provides opportunities for dialogue, education, advancement, and improvement of all aspects of the telemedicine and e-health fields through meetings, such as the Telehealth Leadership Conference, seminars, communications, publications, and other programs and activities. We articulate the needs and interests of the telemedicine and e-health fields before legislative, administrative, and judicial branches of local, state, and national governments. We strive to conduct activities for the betterment of all those individuals or firms involved in some aspect of the telemedicine and e-health fields

U.S. Medicine Institute for Health Studies

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

Wellspan Health

WellSpan Health is an integrated health system which serves more than 450,000 residents in south central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland.  The organization consists of Gettysburg Hospital, York Hospital, Apple Hill Surgical Center, WellSpan Medical Group, South Central Preferred, VNA Home Health and WellSpan Pharmacy.  WellSpan Health employs more than 8,000 staff members at 65 sites.  Visit us at www.wellspan.org

Zarb Consulting

Zarb Consulting is a nationally recognized consulting firm that focuses on health information technology and its related stakeholder sectors. Zarb serves as senior-level counsel, working with clients that seek to join or remain at the forefront of the market forces transforming U.S. health and care. Zarb brings a strong background in the science of communications and the art of strategy across business and consumer markets. The company builds on this with more than a decade of senior-level experience in health IT and related fields, unmatched industry resources and relationships, and unique insight into the promise, challenges and barriers associated with health IT. Vendors, industry associations and initiatives, pharmaceutical companies, provider systems, and consumer-oriented organizations turn to Zarb Consulting to develop differentiated positioning and integrated brand communications programs that build awareness and increase market impact. For more information, please call (919) 791-0012 or visit www.ZarbConsulting.com.