President Clinton and Newt Gingrich to Deliver Addresses at World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress

October 12, 2009

The 5th Annual World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress (WHIT 5.0) being held with NaviNet as lead educational underwriter for the program, proudly announces that former President Bill Clinton will deliver a keynote address. The former President is a powerful voice for progress as he speaks and shares his unique insights and observations with audiences throughout the world.

Former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, Founder of the Center for Health Transformation will join WHIT 5.0 to share his unique perspective on how a system-wide approach must be employed to significantly improve the quality and delivery of healthcare. He will discuss “Embracing True HIT Transformation in an Era of Real Health Reform” and give his perspective on transforming healthcare in light of the current efforts to reform the system.

WHIT 5.0 will take place at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria Virginia on November 8-10, 2009. The three day event will attract more than 400 senior leaders from business and government to take part in-depth discussions on cutting edge innovations shaping healthcare delivery.

David Brailer M.D., the first National Health IT Coordinator will deliver a keynote address on how the stimulus funding is going to affect healthcare technology and the delivery of care. Braille will address the Obama administration’s plans to provide billions of dollars in incentive payments to help providers to adopt electronic medical records.

Other confirmed speakers include Adam Bosworth, Founder, President and CEO of Keas, Inc., and former head of Google Health, Jim Goodnight, CEO, SAS, and Bill Crounse, M.D., Senior Director, Worldwide Health, Microsoft.

Some of the other top leaders scheduled to speak:

• Thomas G. Morrison, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, NaviNet
• Bradley J. Waugh, President and Chief Executive Officer, NaviNet
• Laura Adams, President and Chief Executive Officer, Rhode Island Quality Institute,
• Mohan Nair, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Executive with the Regence Group
• Marc Wine, Health IT Systems Analyst, George Washington University
• Reed Gelzer, MD, Member, Privacy and Compliance Panel, CCHIT
• Jay Sprini, Chief Innovation Officer, Information Services Division, UPMC
• Maggie Gunter, PhD, President and Executive Director, Lovelace Clinic Foundation
• Mickey McManus, President and Chief Executive Officer, Maya Design, Inc.
• Stan Kachnowski, HIT Director, School of Public Health, Columbia University
• Lori Beer, Executive Vice President, CIO, WellPoint, Inc.
• Julian M. Goldman , M.D, Medical Director, Partners Healthcare Biomedical Engineering
• David Kibbs, M.D., Senior Advisor, AAFP
• Janet Marchibroda, Chief Healthcare Officer, IBM
• Jonathan B. Perlin, M.D., President, Clinical Services and CMO, HCA, Inc
• Marc Probst, Chief Information Officer, Intermountain Healthcare

• ARRA and the impact on cost, quality, and access
• Current initiatives to assist in the IT revolution
• Outside industry perspectives
• The intersection of medical devices and health IT
• Privacy and security issues

Other key topics and panels will address:

• Interoperability and Standards
• Clinical Informatics: Enhancing the ability to use HIT to provide efficient patient care
• Health 2.0: Consumer engagement through social networking
• Wireless Health: Best practices for deploying mobile health and remote monitoring
• Military health innovations: What can the private sector adopt to improve the delivery and quality of care?

Attendees will want to visit the “Demonstrations and Technology Showcase” where solution providers will demonstrate their leading edge technologies in front of a targeted audience of innovation and technology decision makers.

For more information or to register, go to www.whitcongress.com.