Glenn Galloway, CEO for Healthia Consulting, stated: "The annual HIMSS conference is the place to be for an organization like Healthia Consulting. It brings the key industry players right to us; those who can make the buying decisions and are ready to buy. When they stop by our booth, we can talk one-on-one with them about their needs and how Healthia Consulting can help them meet those needs. We would never be able to see as many high-level decision makers otherwise."

The HIMSS conference attracts more than 22,000 attendees annually, making it one of the largest healthcare IT and management systems conference in the world. Attendees who visit the conference participate in education sessions and networking events, in addition to visiting the exhibits. The 2006 conference takes a knowledge-based focus, with more than 300 education sessions and seven symposia, including five new sessions: Pre-Nursing Informatics, Clinical Engineering, Pay-for-Performance, Pharmacy and RHIO, in addition to the Nursing Informatics and Physician symposia so popular at HIMSS 2005. The Interoperability Showcase returns in 2006 with groundbreaking demonstrations that utilize cutting-edge technology and standards to demonstrate interoperability in an interactive environment. Attendees will be able to create, track and manage virtual electronic health records and experience interoperability advances across both acute and ambulatory care environments.

Among the speakers lined up for the 2006 conference are keynoters secretary of Health and Human Services, Michael Leavitt (invited), national health information technology coordinator, Dr, David Brailer, Virginia Governor, Mark Warner, and Intel board chairman, Craig R. Barrett, as well as a number of leading healthcare IT industry and business speakers.

ABOUT HEALTHIA CONSULTING

Healthia Consulting, Inc. is a privately held national healthcare consulting firm that offers management advisory and solution delivery services for healthcare provider, payer and life sciences organizations. Founded in 1998, the company has three regional offices in Chicago, Minneapolis and Denver and a client roster that includes the nation's most prominent healthcare organizations. For more information, visit www.healthiaconsulting.com.

ABOUT HIMSS

HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology and management systems for the betterment of human health. Visit www.himss.org for more information.

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