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HIMSS Game Plan – Day One

By Julieanne Cooper, Director, Member Services
G2Xchange Health

Here is our HIMSS Game Plan for Monday, March 5th, 2018. Included here are three things to help you make the most of your Monday: Key Sessions to attend; a list of booths you may want to visit; and some of the planned social events.

To read the full HIMSS18 Game Plan, click here.

Sessions to Attend on Monday, March 5th

Communication Skills For Project Success: What Every Project Manager Should Know
March 5, 2018 – 8:00AM PST – 4:30PM PST
Speaker(s): Susan M Houston, Chief, Portfolio Office, NIH Clinical Center; Judith Wight, Branch Chief, HRSA/OIT; Ryan D Kennedy, Manager, Project Management Office, NIH

Update from the National Coordinator for Health IT
March 5, 2018 – 8:15AM PST – 9:15AM PST
Speaker(s): Donald Rucker, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, ONC

Cutting Edge Health Technology Compliance Issues: The Double-Edged Sword
March 5, 2018 – 9:30AM PST – 10:30AM PST
Jon White, Deputy National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, ONC

Innovation at the Edges: How Innovation Happens with Sparse Resources
Monday, March 5, 2018 – 10:45AM PST – 11:45AM PST

Unlocking the Power of Healthcare Data
March 5, 2018 3:15PM PST – 4:15PM PST
Speaker(s): Peter Levin – CEO, Amida Technology Solutions, former Senior Advisor to the Secretary and CTO, VA


Booths to visit on Monday, March 5th

As you are going about your day at HIMSS, don’t miss stopping by to get free swag at some of the Leading Federal Health IT Leaders and Federal Agency Booths.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid – Booth 10110
Defense Health Agency – Booth 10219-01
Department of Veterans Affairs – Booth(s) 10219-12, 11955
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services – Booth(s): 10219-11
NIH-NITAAC – Booth 10219-03
Defense Healthcare Management Systems – MHS GENESIS – Booth 10133
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality – Booth 10219-04, 11955
Federal Health IT Solutions Pavilion – Booth 10219
Health Resources and Services Administration – Booth 10219-08

G2Xchange Health Corporate Member Booths:

Accenture – Booth 7617
Audacious Inquiry – Booth MP69
Aurotech – Booth 10320
Battelle – Booth 11906
By Light – Booth 11015
Cognosante – Booth 426
CTAC – Booth 11616
Deloitte – Booth(s) 2821, MP21
DSS, Inc. – Booth(s) 4449, 11955
Dell EMC – Booth(s) 3613, 8600-68, MP313, MP315
DXC Technology – Booth 1617
EY – Booth(s) 14028, 14038
General Dynamics Health Solutions – Booth MP322
Henry Elliott & Company – Booth 6440
Hewlett Packard Enterprise – Booth(s) 2127, MP22, MP23
IBM – Booth(s) 6243, 8500-25
InterSystems – Booth(s)  4444, MP06, MP342
KPMG – Booth 3839
Leidos – Booth 2425
ManTech International – Booth 5422
MAXIMUS – Booth MP70
National Government Services – Booth 5837
NCI, Inc. – Booth 10316
NewWave – Booth 10307
Northrop Grumman – Booth 2668
NTT Data – Booth 2116
OSEHRA – Booth 10516
Optum – Booth 6425
Pegasystems – Booth(s): 11336
Philips – Booth(s) 3812, 8500-17, 9900-03, 11955, 11955-14
PriceWaterhouseCoopers – Booth MP60
Sparksoft – Booth 11634
Ventech – Booth 11345
Veritas – Booth 865
VMware – Booth(s) 3803, 8600-58, MP302


Parties to Attend on Monday, March 5th

Ok, you made it through the long day and now you are looking to unwind.

Know that nearly every major vendor on the floor is holding some type of an event. For obvious reasons, most are private and the only way in is by getting an invite.  Want an invite? Walk by the booth and ask. We will not be publishing known private events. Included below are events that are published publicly.

Healthcare IT Leaders – HIMSS Cocktail Hour at TAO Asian Bistro
Monday, March 5, 2018 – 6:00PM PST – 8:00PM PST
Stop by their booth for an invitation.

Celebrate at HIMSS18 with CSRA!
Monday, March 5, 2018 – 7:00PM PST
TAO – 3377 S Las Vegas Blvd
G2X members should check their Daily Take from Monday, February 20 for the registration code.

Any other tips or advice to share? Please comment below.

In case you want to plan further ahead, the full HIMSS Game Plan is available here.

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Julieanne Cooper
Julieanne Cooper
Julieanne Cooper is an Associate Editor and Contributing Author for FedHealthIT. Her much appreciated pieces for the yearly DHITS and HIMSS conferences are a key asset to our readers in helping to prepare and plan for the best results.

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