New media products for health IT pros from 101communications.

101communications' (Chatsworth, CA) 'Federal Computer Week' magazine will launch 'Government Health IT,' a suite of information products designed to keep IT decision-makers informed on public policy and its applications to the health care services community. The new media products include a web site, an e-newsletter that will be published twice a month, a hi-monthly magazine that will debut in September and a seminar that will be held in November in Washington, D.C.

The Government Health IT Web site, which has already been launched, the e-newsletter and the magazine are taglined 'a guide to public policy and its applications in health IT' and report on the emerging role for federal, state and local government in driving the use of technology in the public and private health care arenas in the United States and abroad. Targeted to health IT professionals, the information products will provide a round-up of health IT news from across the U.S. and abroad covering such topics as policy, standards, technology, business and financing that shape the evolving health IT industry.

The magazine will be distributed to 30,000 health IT decision-makers in federal, state and local government, as well as health system/private sector executives, public policy influencers and suppliers to government. Both the magazine and the e-newsletter will be distributed on a controlled basis. "The health care community needs a reliable source of information about the intersection of health care technology and public policy," said John Monroe, Editor in Chief of 'Federal Computer Week.' "'Government Health IT' will keep readers informed of the newest developments and latest thinking in this rapidly evolving market."

101communications produces 22 web sites, 32 e-newsletters, 44 conferences, trade shows and seminars, and 10 print publications, including 'Application Development Trends,' 'Redmond Magazine,' 'Campus Technology' and 'T.H.E. Journal,' a title acquired in April.