The Health Information Technology Symposium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Health Affairs and the Harvard Health Policy Review in conjunction with the MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation and Center for eBusiness announced today the scheduling of the Health Information Technology Symposium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (HIT Symposium at MIT), www.HITSymposium.com, July 17 - 20, 2006, in Cambridge, Mass.

The HIT Symposium is the only in depth executive education event on health information technology in the United States. The Symposium will bring together leading technologists; federal, state, and local officials and regulators; academic and foundation experts; employer and health plan representatives, healthcare providers, including hospital leaders and physicians; community leaders; and technology vendors. The Symposium will address a range of issues from national HIT policy to practical approaches to RHIO formation and EHR implementation.

Symposium sessions will be held at MIT's Stata Center for Computer, Information and Intelligence Sciences, home to the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Designed by renowned architect Frank O. Gehry, Stata is meant to create an innovative and serendipitous spirit, and to foster interaction and collaboration across many disciplines. Lunches will be held at the MIT Faculty Club which overlooks the Charles River and scenic Boston skyline. The Symposium reception will be held at the MIT Museum.

The Symposium features a faculty of over 75 national and international experts, including: A. John Blair, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Taconic IPA; Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH, Founder and President, Health Technology Center; Carol Diamond, MD, MPH, Managing Director of the Health Program, The Markle Foundation; Maria Friedman, DBA, Senior Adviser, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Mark Frisse, MD, MBA, MSc, Director, Regional Health Initiatives, Vanderbilt Center for Better Health; Robert S. Galvin, MD, MBA , Director, Global Healthcare, General Electric Company; John Glaser, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Partners Healthcare System; Richard Granger, Director General, Information Technology, National Health Service; Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), United States House of Representatives; Mark Leavitt, MD, Ph.D., Chair, Cortication Commission for Healthcare Information Technology; Janet Marchibroda, Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative; Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc, Director of Clinical Informatics Research & Development, Partners HealthCare; Ivo Nelson, Healthcare Industry Leader, Global and Americas, IBM; William D. O'Leary, Director of Health and Human Services, Microsoft Corporation; Scott Wallace, JD, MBA, Chair, Commission on Systemic Interoperability, President and Chief Executive Officer, The National Alliance for Health Information Technology; and Scott Young, MD, Director for Health Information Technology, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

For Information about the HIT Symposium:

Visit the HIT Symposium Website at www.HITSymposium.com, call 800-684-4549 or email [e-mail].