Healthcare summit: Best practices for mobile health implementation in focus

Providers, policy makers, financial and technical experts and more will be highlighted at the 2012 mHealth Summit, which takes place Monday through Wednesday in a Maryland suburb of Washington. Best practices will be the focus of this fourth annual event, which is sponsored in part by the Health Information Management and Systems Society and the Foundation for National Institutes of Health. Conference sessions “will explore, examine, and debate the ways mobile technology is transforming healthcare delivery, research, business and policy for the 21st century,” organizers emphasize. In addition to keynote speakers and educational sessions, more than 400 exhibitors will showcase their innovative devices, services, applications, tools and related solutions.

The 2012 mHealth Summit is considered is the leading conference, expo and networking event advancing cross-sector collaboration in the use of wireless technology to improve health outcomes. The meeting will connect leaders in government, private sector/industry, academia, and not-for-profit organizations to advance discussion and decision-making related to the intersection of mobile technology, health research, and policy in the United States and abroad. For more information, click here.

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