BearingPoint CMO Keynotes at Major Health Conference

The second annual Government IT Conference & Exhibition will take place on 15 - 16 June at Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC. The US government is behind the adaptation of the health care information technology in the form of policymakers, sources for funding, setters of standards, enterprise user and technology test bed. These measures promise to revolutionize the management and delivery of health care technology. The adaptation of Health IT throughout the nation has been given high priority by setting a goal of achieving personal electronic health records for majority of Americans within a decade.

The 2nd annual Government Health IT Conference & Exhibition is designed by a Program Advisory Board that will include industry thought-leaders and the government. The conference and exhibition will focus on programs, people, knowledge and public and private issues that will aid to approve and invest the efforts of technology to enhance the health service management and delivery. The conference will be attended by the Health IT decision makers from industry and government who are influenced and involved with the technology, policy, finance issues and business to help lend shape to the Health IT landscape. The earlier Government Health IT Conference got excellent reviews from the past attendees and it has been hailed as providing "Good discussion of real life examples".

On 15th June 2006, discussion at the 2nd annual Government Health IT Conference & Exhibition will center around updates on health information technology certification, the HER model of the future, healthcare integration that makes use of standards based approach to exchange EMR information, professional education session, the standards and policy of Health IT, achieving value from Health IT, application of technology to improve health care effectiveness, disease surveillance and pandemic planning approaches, access control, ID management and much more. On 16th June, discussion will shift to crossing regional boundaries through IT, transforming military health, leveraging electronic health record, the change in the practice of medicine through connectivity and related topics.

Dr. Michael Cowan, Chief Medical Officer, BearingPoint, and also former Surgeon General of the Department of Navy, will be a keynote speaker at the 2nd annual Government Health IT Conference & Exhibition. The Big Four firms transcends mere business interests by taking dynamic part in constructive health issues through the active participation of Dr. Michael Cowan, who will be speaking on "How Connectivity is Shattering Barriers to Change the Practice of Medicine".
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