Cerner Conference Promotes Education, Healthcare Innovation; David Brailer, Mark McClellan and Richard Granger among Cerner conference speakers.KANSAS CITY Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo. & ORLANDO, Fla. -- More than 3,000 attendees ranging from Cerner Corp. (Nasdaq:CERN CERN or European Organization for Nuclear Research, nuclear and particle physics research center straddling the French-Swiss border W of Geneva, Switzerland. ) clients to industry experts will gather at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Oct. 7-13, for the annual Health Care Leadership Forum and the Cerner Health Conference. Two of the nation's most commanding thought leaders in healthcare -- David Brailer, national health IT coordinator for the U.S. Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS , and Mark McClellan, the new administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that administers the Medicare program and -- will address the conference audience. Richard Granger, director general for the United Kingdom's National Health Service IT effort, will offer that country's forward-thinking approach to national healthcare information technology. Additional presenters include Meredith Rosenthal, Ph.D., Harvard School of Public Health The Harvard School of Public Health is (colloquially, HSPH) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Longwood Area of the Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Mission Hill, next to Harvard Medical School and Cambridge, Massachusetts, ; Robert Day, director of the Kansas Governor's Office of Health Policy; Alan Levine, secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration; senior advisers to Bush-Cheney 2004 and Kerry-Edwards 2004; and Kent Gale, KLAS KLAS Keystone Library Automation System president and founder. "Cerner believes in big ideas," said Neal Patterson, Cerner CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and co-founder. "Beyond the relationship-building value of this conference, we have the chance to bring together a collection of people from all points of the healthcare spectrum. The diversity of attendees, combined with Cerner's spirit of innovation, will result in powerful discussions about the delivery of care." The conference agenda features 300 educational sessions, combining industry and solution knowledge. A Solutions Gallery will feature nearly 100 partners and supplies. The Health Care Leadership Forum will commence Oct. 7 and will wrap Oct. 10. The Cerner Health Conference will run Oct. 11-13. Cerner Corp. is taking the paper chart out of healthcare, eliminating error, variance and waste in the care process. With more than 1,500 clients worldwide, Cerner is the leading supplier of healthcare information technology. The following are trademarks of Cerner: Cerner, Cerner's logo, NASDAQ:CERN, www.cerner.com. |
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