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July 2008: 

New! eHealth 301: Electronic Prescriptions This third report in our series on eHealth analyzes ePrescribing, the application of health information technology that allows prescriptions to be transmitted electronically, reducing harmful medication errors, increasing efficiencies, and lowering costs. July 2008

April 5, 2008:  PE.com publishes an op-ed by AeA CEO Christopher Hansen called "Embrace Digital Health Data - Dispel privacy concerns and use technology to bolster care, cut treatment costs".

January 15, 2008:  AeA hosted the Silicon Valley Tour of the San Francisco Consular Corps, which included representation from 25 Consul Generals from around the world. This prestigious and private event included presentations by Tim Guertin, President & CEO, Varian Medical Systems, on eHealth; Darlene Solomon, CTO, Agilent, on Nanotechnology; and John O'Donnell, EVP, Ausra, on Green Tech.

November 28, 2007: AeA Releases 2nd Report Strongly Endorsing eHealth Initiatives

eHealth 201: Designing the Virtual Hospital Telemedicine – the use of technology to provide healthcare remotely – is already showing tremendous potential to lower costs and enhance the reliability, convenience, and delivery of healthcare.

September 19, 2007:   AeA's Quarterly Government-Industry Executive Interchange discussed Health IT, Data Sharing, and Enterprise Architecture. The interchanges are DC's premier executive networking events that bring Federal CIOs, Program Managers, and Procurement Officials together with the leaders of the high-tech industry. The session was sponsored by Cisco, Motorola, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, Adobe, Apple, Citrix, HP, Microsoft, and UHC. 

Health IT speakers from the Government included Karen M. Bell, M.D., M.M.S., Director, Office of Health IT Adoption, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, and Marc Wine, Special Advisor to Director of TATRC, U.S. Dept. of Defense.  Industry speakers included Linda Boles, Business Development Manager, Federal Healthcare, Cisco Systems, Inc., Teresa Carlson, Executive Director, Microsoft Federal, and Bill Hartwell, Vice President of Federal Area, Motorola...read more.

March 13, 2007:   U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt Visits AeA's Silicon Valley Council to promote HHS's Value Drive Driven Healthcare Initiative.  Tim Guertin, AeA Chairman of the Board and President and CEO of Varian Medical Systems, began the ceremony by introducing the Honorable Michael O. Leavitt...read more.

Duane Dauner, President, California Hospital Association; Dr. Jeffrey Rideout, Vice President, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco; Secretary Michael Leavitt, HHS; and Tim Guertin, President & CEO, Varian Medical Systems and AeA’s Chairman of the Board (L-R).

March 1, 2007:   The AeA Mountain States Council announced that on Friday, April 13, 2007 they will host a regional symposium on Health IT and Interoperability in Denver, CO.  Confirmed speakers include the CIOs of Colorado and Utah, and the President & CEO of the Health Information and Management Systems Society...read more.

Michael Locatis Chief Information Officer The State of Colorado (bio)

Stephen J. Fletcher Chief Information Officer The State of Utah (bio)

H. Stephen Lieber, CAE President & CEO HIMSS (bio)

January 30, 2007: AeA Board of Directors Announces Healthcare as one of the Top Public Policy Priorities for 2007
The AeA Board of Directors anticipates that healthcare will surface as a public policy issue this year, driven not only by the large number of people uninsured, but also by businesses whose healthcare costs continue to rise.  As a result, AeA supports legislation to spur the deployment of Health IT initiatives – such as electronic medical records – to reduce costs, improve quality, and save lives.

December 7, 2006:  AeA Government-Industry Executive Interchange explores Trends, Challenges and Actionable Opportunities in eHealth...read more.

Robert T. Howard, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, delivers the morning Keynote Address

December 5, 2006: AeA Releases Report Strongly Endorsing eHealth Initiatives

eHealth: Electronic Medical Records Electronic medical records (EMRs) offer a tremendous opportunity to reduce healthcare costs, improve quality of care, and save lives.

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