| Some of the Important healthcare IT | | | | technology. |
| conferences around the world scheduled to take | | | | 5) Health Technology Africa Exhibition 2010- The |
| place in 2010 are given below: | | | | Healthcare Technology Africa Exhibition scheduled |
| 1) Second Annual Multi-State Health IT | | | | to take place on 18, 19 and 20 February 2010 at |
| Collaborative for E-Health Conference - to be held | | | | Sandton Convention Centre, Sandton, South |
| from February 8-9, 2010, at the Grand Hyatt | | | | Africa. |
| Washington Hotel, Washington, DC. Join the | | | | 6) 2010 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition- |
| conference to discuss about various aspects | | | | March 1-4, 2010 at the Georgia World Congress |
| healthcare IT adoption and get uptodate | | | | Center, Atlanta. The HIMSS annual conference is |
| information on Federal and State implementation | | | | one of the biggest event in the healthcare IT |
| of the Health IT provisions of the Recovery Act | | | | Industry. It is organized by the Healthcare |
| 2) National Health Information Exchange (HIE) | | | | Information and Management Systems Society |
| Summit - to be on Feb 4- 5, 2010 at the | | | | (HIMSS), a not-for-profit and non-governmental, |
| Wardman Park Hotel Washington, DC. The | | | | international healthcare membership organisation. |
| National Health Information Exchange Summit is | | | | The conference offers 300plus educational |
| designed to support national, state and local | | | | sessions on the hottest topics in the health IT |
| leaders in effectively navigating the challenges | | | | industry like meaningful use, HITECH, |
| related to building health information exchange | | | | interoperability, IHE etc from the most eminent |
| capacity across physician practices, hospitals, | | | | speakers. HIMSS Exhibition provides an |
| laboratories, pharmacies, health plans, to support | | | | opportunity for vendors and users to meet and |
| care delivery and improvements in population | | | | interact. |
| health. | | | | 7) WoHIT 2010- World Of Health IT 2010 will be |
| 3) Eighteenth National HIPAA Summit - scheduled | | | | held in conjunction with the European Union's |
| from Feb 4- 5, 2010 at the Wardman Park Hotel | | | | annual High Level eHealth Conference on 15-18 |
| Washington, DC. The HIPAA Summit will provide | | | | March 2010 in Barcelona, Spain. The objective is |
| the most up-to-date information on the status | | | | to create the largest European high level platform |
| and schedule for the regulations through | | | | for stakeholders sharing the common goal of |
| presentations by the leading regulators from the | | | | advancing eHealth in Europe. |
| Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the | | | | 8) HIMSS Asia Pac 2010 - In 2010, HIMSS Asia |
| Office for Civil Rights, and the Office of the | | | | Pac will feature three distinct events held in - |
| National Coordinator for Health Information | | | | Beijing (China) and Daegu (South Korea). The |
| Technology. | | | | events are organised by the Healthcare |
| 4) Health IT Summit For Government Leaders- | | | | Information and Management Systems Society |
| will take place from February 3 - 4, 2010 at the | | | | (HIMSS), a not-for-profit and non-governmental, |
| Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC. The Health | | | | international healthcare membership organisation. |
| IT Summit for Government Leaders is designed | | | | All the three events provide a major events to |
| for federal and state government leaders who | | | | update information and an opportunity to network |
| want to learn about how to use information | | | | with professionals from the health IT industry. |