HiMSS Oregon to Celebrate National Health IT Week September 16-20, 2013

PORTLAND, Ore. - July 18, 2013 - PRLog -- Portland, Oregon--Health information technology improves the quality of healthcare delivery, increases patient safety, decreases medical errors, and strengthens the interaction between patients and healthcare providers.

To mark the important role health information technology plays in improving healthcare delivery in America, the HiMSS Oregon Chapter and others across the U.S. have joined together to celebrate National Health Information Technology (NHIT) Week , September 16-20, 2013.

With the NHIT Week theme: One Voice, One Vision: Transforming Health and Care, HiMSS Oregon, in a joint partnership with Technology Association of Oregon (TAO) will hold Ignite Health, September 19th, 5:30-9pm at OHSU.

“Our participation in National Health IT Week highlights our organization’s commitment to ensure health information technology is integrated, interactive, interoperable, and intelligent to provide the best patient outcomes, said Mark Fromuth, President of HiMSS Oregon. “By working together we can leverage the technology to promote for the betterment of our healthcare system.”

The event on September 19th will represent other high-energy Ignite events.  It will be an evening of 5-minute talks by local people who have a burning idea and the guts to get onstage and share their personal and professional passions. Quick, fun, thought-provoking, social, local, and global.

Ignite Health Portland is now taking speaking proposals, and can include topics like wellness, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, healthcare reform, etc. What products and services are out there that can really take healthcare to the next level? Submit your ideas via this link:  bit.ly/18lVzGB

Ignite is free and open to the public, however attendees must register here:  www.techoregon.org. Credentialed media representatives please RSVP to Heidi Olson, Heidi@oandassociates.com, 503-349-8139.   For additional information about National Health IT Week, visit www.healthitweek.org/
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About HIMSS Oregon
The Oregon Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society is a professional organization dedicated to the development of healthcare information technology professionals throughout the state Oregon and southwest Washington. Our mission is to bring healthcare professionals together with their clinical and business partners in educational settings to explore issues of common concern, network with peers, and grow professionally by sharing knowledge and experience and by learning about new tools, methods and technologies.  For more information, visit: www.himss-oregon.org/
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About Technology Association of Oregon
The Technology Association of Oregon is dedicated to bringing together some of the brightest minds in the technology industry. The largest professional technology association in the Northwest, the TAO is comprised of over 350 companies in Oregon and SW Washington that are involved or affiliated with the software and technology industries.   For more information, visit: www.techoregon.org/  
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About National Health Information Technology Week
Now in its eighth year, National Health IT Week is a collaborative forum assembling key healthcare constituents—vendors, provider organizations, payers, pharmaceutical/biotech companies, government agencies, industry/professional associations, research foundations, and consumer protection groups— working together to elevate national attention to the necessity of advancing health IT. Log onto www.healthitweek.org for more information.