HX360 Welcomes Strategic Affiliates -- Leading Healthcare, Investment And Health Tech Organizations -- Supporting Collaborative Approach To Innovation

ARLINGTON, Va., April 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading healthcare, investment and technology organizations have joined the inaugural HX360 event as Strategic Affiliates, delivering thought leadership, dynamic content and speakers to the program. HX360 is focused on advancing the use of health technology innovations that improve clinical workflow, care coordination and patient experience, and foster collaborations to improve development and adoption of novel health technologies. HX360, convening healthcare providers, investors, entrepreneurs, developers and other stakeholders, takes place April 13-15, at the 2015 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition, McCormick Place in Chicago.

"We are honored to have such leading organizations join with us to create a vibrant, collaborative and knowledge-based event that will bring together key players in the health tech ecosystem to learn, engage and solve many of today's healthcare challenges," said Roy Smythe, MD, CEO of HX360. "Together with our Strategic Affiliates, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors, HX360 will create opportunities and facilitate collaboration between investors, healthcare providers and entrepreneurs."

"As hospitals continue to adapt to meet the changing needs of the patients they serve this new collaboration will help hospitals deliver on the promise of better care for patients through information technology and innovation," said Neil Jesuele, American Hospital Association Executive Vice President, Leadership and Business Development, and President, AHA Health Forum. "It will take all stakeholders to help shape and reinvent the way care is delivered and this opportunity will allow us to learn from colleagues as we embark on the next generation of digital transformation."

Steven Collens, CEO of MATTER, will open HX360 with a keynote address, as well as moderate a panel on innovation. Representatives from other Strategic Affiliates, including Center for Healthcare Innovation, Health Data Consortium, HealthXL, HealthTech Capital, New York eHealth Collaborative and MEMS Industry Group will moderate expert panels covering such topics as mobilizing provider communication, patient engagement, disease management for aging populations, adopting technologies in health systems, investor strategies and sensing technologies.

In addition, StartUp Health is presenting at the HIMSS Venture+ Forum and co-hosting the Startup Boot Camp, an intensive, hands-on event for entrepreneurs featuring strategies for building a successful business, perfecting a 59-second company pitch and gaining tips for increasing the equity value of a startup.

DreamIt Health, Foundation for Healthcare Innovation, Health Wildcatters, Healthcare Convention and Exhibitors Association, IHE USA, mHealth Israel, Network for Excellence in Health Innovation, Springboard Enterprises and UHC complete the lineup of HX360 Strategic Affiliates.

HX360 is a new initiative co-developed by HIMSS and AVIA, putting a spotlight on the adoption and implementation of next generation (non-EHR) technologies. HX360 is focused on improving care delivery, optimizing the innovation cycle in health technology, value creation and advancing the processes health systems will require to leverage novel technologies. HX360 speakers, exhibits and special events will highlight health technologies that aim to improve provider efficiencies and clinical workflow, patient experience, care coordination for disease and patient retention and acquisition.

GENERAL REGISTRATION for HX360:  Registration for HX360 is open.  Visit www.hx360.org.

About HX360
HX360, co-developed by HIMSS and AVIA, invites health system leaders to reinvent care delivery by harnessing the potential of next generation technologies. HX360 focuses on improving the way health care is delivered by both inspiring and facilitating the adoption and use of next generation (non-EHR platform) technologies by provider organizations, in areas where health system executives are passionate to combine the right mix of resources, process and technology.

About AVIA
AVIA is the provider-led healthcare technology accelerator. AVIA addresses healthcare's most pressing challenges by working with provider organizations to identify and implement the best emerging tech-enabled solutions. AVIA's business model tackles the biggest problems in healthcare through its Innovation Cohorts. Innovation Cohorts are a group of provider organizations focused on solving a common challenge, that work through AVIA to strategically source and implement the best solutions.  This offers providers a higher probability of success and a quick path to impact. AVIA is headquartered in Chicago and currently partners with several large healthcare providers in delivering innovation and change necessary in today's healthcare environment.  

About HIMSS
HIMSS is a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information technology (IT). HIMSS leads efforts to optimize health engagements and care outcomes using information technology. HIMSS is a cause-based, global enterprise producing health IT thought leadership, education, events, market research and media services around the world. Founded in 1961, HIMSS encompasses more than 52,000 individuals, of which more than two-thirds work in healthcare provider, governmental and not-for-profit organizations across the globe, plus over 600 corporations and 250 not-for-profit partner organizations, that share this cause.  HIMSS, headquartered in Chicago, serves the global health IT community with additional offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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