XChange Events to Host Annual Healthcare IT Summit in Los Angeles November 2-4

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Oct. 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- XChange Events announced today the highlights of its upcoming Healthcare IT Summit, a unique annual forum where IT executives from both healthcare payer and provider organizations gather to discuss the industry's most pressing business and technology issues. These IT decision makers will compare the latest performance-boosting IT tools and technologies that will be showcased by leading vendors.  Throughout the conference, the event's strategic analyst partner and noted research firm IDC Health Insights will help CIOs analyze key market trends and examine the economic and technological factors that will play a critical role in their future healthcare IT decisions.  The conference will be held November 2-4, 2014, in Los Angeles.  More information about the event can be found at www.healthcareitsummit.com.

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"With the unprecedented rate of change in today's dynamic healthcare market, attendees are looking for valuable expert insight as well as open and honest best practices discussions with other highly driven, highly skilled healthcare IT professionals," said Robert DeMarzo, Senior Vice President of Strategic Content, XChange Events. "For more than a decade, this conference has been addressing the most pressing issues among the healthcare provider and payer communities in ways that are both meaningful and transformative."

Key Conference Sessions and Speakers
The conference presents a number of notable guest speakers on a variety of topics of interest to providers, payers and the IT vendors that serve them.

- "The Future of American Health Care and the Role of Technology" – Dr. Robert Pearl, Executive Director and CEO, The Permanente Medical Group
- "Strategic Interoperability - the New Frontier for Healthcare IT" – Ed Chung, Physician Advisor, InterSystems
- "Healthcare Transformation through Participatory Medicine and Personal Health Data Rights" –  Dave deBronkart, e-Patient Dave
- "Navigating Health Care's Perfect Storm" – Ray Desrochers, Executive Vice President, HealthEdge
- "Leveraging Biometrics and Analytics to Provide Secure Access and Improve Patient Care" – Kevin Hooper, Executive Vice President, NEC Corporation of America
- "Digital Disruption in Healthcare" – Manuel Lowenhaupt, MD, Accenture
- "Extending IT Capabilities Outside the Organization" – Edmund Siy, Vice President, Business Transformation, Mercy Technology Services, Mercy

Several distinguished analysts from industry research firm and conference partner IDC Health Insights will also deliver information-packed sessions during the event.

- "The New Health IT Organization" – Scott Lundstrom, Group Vice President, IDC Health Insights
- "Sustainability of Accountable Care Depends on Innovation in Analytics" – Cynthia Burghard, Research Director, IDC Health Insights
- "Connected Health: The Internet of Things Comes to Healthcare" – Lynne Dunbrack, Research Vice President, IDC Health Insights
- "Health Plans Must Add Value to Effectively Engage Members" – Deanne Kasim, Research Director, IDC Health Insights
- "Provider IT Optimization: Trends for Now and the Future" – Judy Hanover, Research Director, IDC Health Insights

To view the complete list of this year's speakers and topics, visit http://ow.ly/CIdbE.

Sponsors
This year's platinum sponsors include HealthEdge, InterSystems, and NEC.  For a complete list of sponsors, visit http://ow.ly/CIfkY.

Giving Back
During 2014's Healthcare IT Summit, attendees will have the opportunity to give back by supporting a Replenish the Pantry initiative for the Ronald McDonald House of Los Angeles.  Visit the event Giving Back page for details.

Awards
At the culmination of this year's conference, XChange Events will announce the winners of the Healthcare IT Summit XCellence Awards, recognition designed to measure overall IT decision makers' perceptions of vendor products, services, presentations and presence throughout the event.

To Learn More:

• View the Healthcare IT Summit agenda.
• Follow the event on Twitter November 2-4 using #hcits
• Become a part of the XChange Events' online CIO community.
• Explore the XChange Events calendar to see what's coming up next: http://ow.ly/yskFx.

About XChange Events
Part of The Channel Company family, XChange Events connect technology builders, sellers and buyers through a diverse number of live and virtual events, designed to help attendees share best practices, network with peers and gain exclusive market intelligence from industry editors and analysts.  Organized into three categories, XChange Events offers channel events, IT executive events and on-demand virtual events to address every aspect of today's evolving IT market.   For more information, please visit: http://www.xchange-events.com/.

Contacts
Betzi Hanc
The Channel Company
508.416.1182
[email protected]

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