The CIO Healthcare Summit Announces Newest CIO Attendees

Honolulu, HI, April 03, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The CIO Healthcare Summit team is pleased to announce the technology event’s newest IT executive attendees, including Ron Strachan, SVP & CIO, Wellstar Health Systems; Bill Gillis, eHealth Technical Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; and Karun Kapur, Executive Director, SCAL BIO Service & Delivery, Kaiser Permanente.

The CIO Healthcare Summit is an opportunity for CIOs and healthcare IT executives to network and attend educational sessions on the latest IT issues facing the industry. Sessions at this year’s event will cover Meaningful Use, EMR/EHRs, the HITECH Act, the Consumer Health Movement, digital patient information and more. The CIO Healthcare Summit is being held May 9-12, 2010, at the InterContinental Montelucia Resort in Scottsdale, AZ.

Strachan, who has held positions from systems analyst to project manager to CIO, has more than 20 years of healthcare technology experience. Gillis specializes in EMR/EHR strategies, and Kapur specializes in the finance and strategy, as well as healthcare and IT. These IT executives represent a not-for-profit institution, teaching hospital and an integrated managed care organization, respectively.

A few VIP passes are currently available for qualified healthcare IT executives. In order to qualify, executives must be a senior level decision maker at a healthcare organization or have executive level experience at a healthcare organization in line of business or with a direct technology focus. Executives who meet these qualifications and would like to attend the event should contact, Nick Backhouse, Event Director, CIO Healthcare Summit, at 808-694-3652 or nick.backhouse@cdmmedia.com.

With attendees from some of the most respected healthcare institutions in North America, the CIO Healthcare Summit is quickly becoming a must-attend event. For more information about the CIO Healthcare Summit, please visit www.ciohealthcaresummit.com

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