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Cisco Announces Community for Connected Health
Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and Cisco Join Forces to Provide HIMSS Members a Forum for Education and Best Practice Sharing
| Source: Cisco Systems, Inc.
NEW ORLEANS, LA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- February 26, 2007 -- HIMSS 2007 -- Cisco® (NASDAQ : CSCO ) today
announced the formation of the Community for Connected Health, a
Cisco-sponsored forum dedicated to sharing best-practices for using
information to drive better healthcare.
The Community for Connected Health will offer its membership of caregivers,
end-users, CIOs and other IT professionals high-value educational programs,
networking opportunities, and access to Cisco healthcare and technology
experts. It will provide members the ability to enhance their professional
development and to ultimately help their own organizations deliver better
healthcare.
"The Community for Connected Health offers HIMSS members an opportunity to
be part of this new community that provides a fresh perspective on
information technology and new insight on Cisco's healthcare solutions,"
said H. Stephen Lieber, HIMSS President/CEO. "We welcome Cisco into the
HIMSS family and recognize the company's continuous and expanded commitment
to the healthcare industry."
The Community for Connected Health is part of the HIMSS Users Group
Alliance Program. Through the program, HIMSS collaborates with healthcare
IT organizations like Cisco to provide environments for members to exchange
technology-related ideas, challenges, and solutions. The Community for
Connected Health will be under the strategic direction and guidance of the
HIMSS board but with its own volunteer leadership. The leadership within
the Community for Connected Health will provide specific direct on tactics,
and the implementation will be coordinated by HIMSS staff. HIMSS members
can join the Community for Connected Health at no additional cost.
"Increasingly, health care provider organizations are realizing the
transformative effect that information technology can have to make
healthcare more safe, effective, and patient-centered," said Dr. Danny
Sands, senior medical informatics director at Cisco. "We're establishing
the Community for Connected Health to be Cisco's forum for
information-sharing with the thousands of healthcare leaders who comprise
HIMSS' membership."
More information about the Community for Connected Health can be found at:
www.connectedhealthcommunity.org
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About HIMSS
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the
healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on
providing global leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information
technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare.
Founded in 1961 with offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., Brussels, and
other locations across the United States and Europe, HIMSS represents more
than 20,000 individual members and over 300 corporate members that
collectively represent organizations employing millions of people. HIMSS
frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through
its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed
to promote information and management systems' contributions to ensuring
quality patient care. Visit www.himss.org for more information.
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