Davies Day

Davies Award recipients are in the healthcare IT spotlight - now more than ever. With $19+ billion from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 bringing unprecedented opportunities...the industry will look to Davies winners as role models for leadership and best practices.

Davies Day includes a full agenda of Davies related activities:

• Breakfast Reception
• Recipient Presentations
• Awards Banquet

Breakfast Networking Reception
Monday April 6, 2009
7:00 am – 8:30 am
Location: Room W193AB
McCormick Place

Keynote Speakers

Naida Grunden, author of The Pittsburgh Way to Efficient Healthcare: Applying Toyota-based Improvements to Healthcare, will discuss how teaming high-tech ideas with low-tech industrial techniques can improve quality, safety, efficiency and the bottom line in real hospitals.



Dr. Ruben Amarasingham, Associate Chief of Medicine Service and Co-Director of the Center for Knowledge Translation and Clinical Innovation at Parkland Health & Hospital System, will address his Archive of Internal Medicine article, hospital IS associated with reductions in mortality, complications and costs.



For more information visit www.himss.org/davies, or contact David Collins, HIMSS Manager, Davies Award Program, at dcollins@himss.org