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4th Annual Georgia Healthcare Trade Faire & Regional Conference
sponsored by HIMSS Georgia Chapter
also in partnership with:.

Georgia Hospital Association &
Georgia Chapter HFMA

 


Westin Peachtree, Atlanta - 8th & 9th Floors
265 Peachtree Street NE - Atlanta, Georgia
Situated in heart of downtown Atlanta
Thursday, November 19th, 2009 - 7:30am-4:00pm
HIMSS Georgia Chapter
 
GHA
Platinum Level Sponsor/Exhibitor


Microsoft Corporation
Over the years, Microsoft has steadily increased its investments in health, addressing industry challenges through software innovation. Closely collaborating with partners, we have developed powerful health solutions, and continually work to unify and increase accessibility to health information, ensuring affordable care and the best quality of life for everyone. Please visit with us in booth #30.
Gold Level Sponsor/Exhibitor


EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation is the world leader in systems, software, services, and solutions for information storage and management. We help healthcare organizations of all sizes implement intelligent information infrastructure strategies that enable them to better and more cost-effectively store, protect, optimize, and leverage their healthcare information. EMC partners with the leading Picture Archiving Communications Systems and Electronic Health Record Application Providers to offer solutions that enable safer, patient care decision making. Please visit with us in booth #35.

Sovereign Systems
Sovereign Systems architects and delivers information management solutions that allow enterprises of all sizes to manage their digital assets in a more effective manner; allowing companies to do more with less. Sovereign specializes in unified storage, information protection, data availability, back up and recovery, virtualization, application integration and information security. Please visit with us in booth #35.

Silver Level Sponsors/Exhibitors

Emtec
Emtec’s healthcare division offers solutions and services including caregiver mobility, mobile clinical workstations, privacy monitoring, healthcare data management, information lifecycle management, server/storage virtualization, user identity management. We also offer software services including ERP, Application Development and QA/BA expertise, as well as design and implementation of network infrastructure. The Emtec Caregiver Mobility Solution was developed to provide healthcare professionals a more secure and efficient way to deliver care to the patient bedside. Utilizing the latest “thin-client”, “wireless” and “smartcard” technologies, our solution provides for fast log-in and log-out with secure access to patient information that help meet Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act  (HIPAA) requirements. Emtec’s Privacy Monitoring Solution can help systematically identify users who are engaging in improper patient access patterns indicative of snooping, identity theft or other malicious behaviors.  Emtec is committed to developing “best-in-class” solutions for our healthcare clients in GA and across the USA. For more information on Emtec’s healthcare solutions, please visit: http://www.emtecinc.com/marketfocus/commercial_healthcare.asp. Please visit with us in booth #36.
Intel
Improving healthcare worldwide through the use of innovative technology, Intel brings breakthrough technical expertise, manufacturing leadership, inspired partners, and the drive for industry standards to put new technologies and platform solutions in the hands of patients, their families and healthcare providers. Intel's Digital Healthcare Group concentrates on the use of technology to improve patient health and safety, manage patient information, help decrease costs and improve the efficiency of healthcare. Major areas of focus include healthcare IT, biomedical and life sciences, personal health platforms, policy and standards, health research and innovation, and strategy and platform development. Please visit with us in booth #38.

 



Sun Microsystems
Sun enables clinical transformation by liberating trapped data in the health system. Sun’s software, storage, systems and services help deliver secure health information exchange, data management, compliance, and caregiver mobility solutions that reduce costs and medical errors, while improving efficiency and patient care. Please visit with us in booth #27.

Systems Alliance
Systems Alliance provides consulting and IT delivery services which help our clients improve the delivery of care, lower costs and meet regulatory requirements. Working with technology partners, including Sun, Oracle, FairWarning, Bridgehead, ThinIdentity and Microsoft, we deliver solutions for infrastructure assessment and optimization, information lifecycle and storage management, privacy surveillance and compliance reporting, content management, Web development and portals, and virtual desktops which enabling caregiver mobility. Headquartered in Sparks, Maryland, Systems Alliance has local offices in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Michigan. To learn more, visit www.systemsalliance.com/healthcare. Please visit with us in booth #27.

Lee Technologies
When lives depend on the availability of medical information, data center downtime is not an option. How well does your data center physical infrastructure match your IT strategy? With ARRA and EMR bringing rapid changes to healthcare information management systems, is your data center prepared to support exponential IT growth? As storage and networks grow moving towards EMR, so must the power and cooling environments that support them. As an industry leader, Lee Technologies translates IT strategy into power, risk and real estate components to assess, design, construct/retrofit and maintain data center facilities. Our proven model brings flexibility, maintainability and sustainability to the fore front making the data center as nimble as the IT systems they support. Please visit with us in booth #37.
Additional Event Exhibitors
Agilysys
As a healthcare professional, your most important goal is to better serve your patients.  Agilysys can help you do that with IT solutions that enable caregiver mobility, ensure the security of patient records and allow the technology designed to help you run more efficiently and cost-effectively. When you work with Agilysys, you'll benefit from years of experience and a multitude of resources and partners-like Sun Microsystems, Hitachi and Mitel -that know patients are your priority and create technologies that allow you to focus on the care you give them.  Our healthcare-centric solutions integrate disparate information systems, people and processes across the care continuum with efficiency and cost-effectiveness in mind. Visit www.agilisys.com/healthcare.com. Please visit with us in booth #15/16.
AT&T
AT&T understands the demands facing healthcare today. Quality healthcare which includes reducing medical errors, better health records, increased patient satisfaction and meeting government regulations like HIPAA compliance are our top priorities. AT&T has solutions to minimize errors by using software that alerts physicians to any drug interactions, digital and wireless technologies that can be seamless integrated into your infrastructure to eliminate paper records, wireless handheld units and remote access for near instant care and HIPAA compliance assessments and consulting to keep your institution in good stead. Please visit with us in booth #5.
Atlanta NAP
With over 15 years of experience, AtlantaNAP is one of the leading Tier 3 data center providers in the Southeast. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, AtlantaNAP provides secure and fully redundant, mission-critical facilities to medical organizations that need to house life-critical systems and applications in an enterprise-class facility. It’s time to connect your vital, life-sustaining medical equipment to the rest of the world using AtlantaNAP’s state-of-the-art facility. Come by and visit AtlantaNAP’s booth exhibit to find out why Emory University & Healthcare and Piedmont Healthcare choose AtlantaNAP as their home for data center services. Please visit with us in booth #26.
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Recognizing the central role of health information technology in the reshaping of our health care system, Baker Donelson has assembled a powerhouse team of attorneys and public policy advisors focused on health IT matters.  As one of the 100 largest law firms in the country, with tremendous depth of resources in this critical arena, we assist clients with specific HIT-related legal issues as well as strategic planning and public policy work focused on the changing legal landscape for health care.  Our multidisciplinary approach to health IT effectively integrates team members who concentrate in health care regulatory law, technology development and licensing arrangements, information privacy and security, and state and federal public policy.  We bring these resources together to provide advice and representation to clients from start-ups to major institutions, to provide context and clear counsel for moving forward in a complex and rapidly changing health care environment. Please visit us in booth #25.
Cisco Systems
Cisco is the leader in healthcare connectivity for collaboration and a catalyst in transforming healthcare. Cisco deploys innovative network solutions and best practices that enable physicians, hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare and life science organizations to do things better. Cisco is working with healthcare industry leaders-including application, system and service providers, device manufacturers, and medical technology vendors-to connect the entire healthcare environment to a common information and communications infrastructure. Cisco's vision for Connected Health supported by Cisco's Medical Grade Network and solutions provides the means to achieve a collaborative, responsive, and secure backbone through which information can flow directly to the point of care. For more information on Cisco's healthcare solutions, visit www.cisco.com/go/healthcare. Please visit with us in booth #13.
ColorID
ColorID is a leading ID system supplier to healthcare facilities. ColorID supplies a full line of card production stations, ID printers, ID software, Visitor Management Solutions, Proximity and Smart Card products, ID printer ribbons, Pre-Printed cards, blank cards and general ID supplies. ColorID is a fully authorized Fargo, DataCard and Zebra ID Printer Service Center. Our business concept is simple: provide the highest quality products with superb service at an exceptional value. We want your experience with ColorID to be a positive one – from the ease of ordering – to the quality of our products – to our follow up and attention to detail. We guarantee you will receive fast service no matter where you are located. Please visit with us in booth #2.
Duffey Southeast Construction
With over 60 years of experience, Duffey Southeast Construction is a major force in the Southeastern US Mission Critical market. Duffey Southeast has successfully completed over 3,000 Mission Critical projects within the past ten years alone. We understand the importance of having a reliable infrastructure system, capable of uninterrupted service, in place to keep your hospital IT systems on line and secure 24/7.  You can rest assured that our credentials, experience, and skills benefit every technical construction project we undertake.  Based on our vast knowledge and experience in this industry, our role is to provide competent construction services of these facilities. Our services range from providing overall scheduling, budgeting, best value solutions, risk management, and constructability reviews during the pre-construction phase that will set your project up for success. Come by and visit Duffey Southeast’s booth to learn more about how we can add value to your healthcare construction needs. Please visit with us in booth #1.
Eclipsys
Eclipsys is known as The Outcomes Company® for delivering advanced, integrated information technology solutions that make a tangible difference in healthcare quality, safety and cost-effectiveness. Eclipsys embeds the latest recognized best practices and workflows, evidence-based clinical analytics and integrated technologies, coupled with a proven speed-to-value implementation methodology, to support improved clinical quality, care and safety; financial cost-effectiveness and revenue enhancement; and operational analysis and efficiencies. Today, thousands of hospitals, health systems, clinics and physician practices worldwide use Eclipsys healthcare IT solutions to deliver improved outcomes; more physicians directly use Eclipsys computerized physician order entry solutions in more facilities than that of any vendor. www.eclipsys.com; info@eclipsys.com Please visit us in booth #19
eDataCenter, LLC
eDataCenter, LLC is a state-of-the-art small footprint data center utilizing water-based cooling systems, the latest in APC racks, underground space in a category four-rated steel and concrete building, 24-hour manned security, multiple redundant utility and internet connections, 24/7 monitoring and technical support, multiple battery and generator power back-ups and location on a priority one power grid. The advanced cooling and environmental controls allow for just 2% of the electrical bill attributed to cooling compared to large mega data centers utilizing as much as 40% of their electrical demand for cooling. The engineering behind the cooling system allows for virtually unlimited space per rack based on amount heat generated. eData operates in compliance with both Federal and State data handling requirements which include Credit Card processing, off-site Medical Record Keeping and Financial Data Storage. Please visit with us in booth #29.



 

 


GNA Solutions, LLC
GNA Solutions provides point-of-care computing products to Healthcare I.T. clinicians and facilities. We are 'factory-direct' reps for the the following companies, all of which are manufactured in the United States:
ICWUSA - Articulating keyboard, LCD & CPU mounts. Manufactured to withstand daily abuse in healthcare facilities.
KCharts  - Computer Wall Cabinets. Metal or wood - customized for the way your clinicians work.
Artromick - Manufacturer of Mobile Computing Carts (COWS) and Med-Server cart(s) systems. DC based battery system.
Altus - Non-powered laptop / pc carts.
HCI - Patient LCD TV's - IPTV's and traditional LCD's.     
GNA Solutions also provides complete roll-out installations of all the products we rep through our sister company IRG (Installation Resource Group).
Please visit with us in booth #6.

IRG (Installation Resource Group)
IRG is committed to providing safe, efficient and precise installations which include three primary services:
– Clinical Site Surveys – On-site evaluations, installed demo's, plan & layout reviews, product & location recommendations
– Product Installation –  full turnkey installations, project management, factory trained personnel
– Post Installation Warranty and Maintenance – maintenance agreements, warranty repair & on-site servicing
Please visit with us in booth #6.

Greenway Medical Technologies
Greenway Medical Technologies provides the latest electronic health record (EHR), clinical research and ambulatory healthcare business solutions and services to more than 27,000 healthcare providers and professionals nationwide. Greenway optimizes practices’ productivity, in 30 specialties and subspecialties, by enhancing the delivery of patient care through innovative health IT software and on-demand services that can be meaningfully-used allowing physician practices to function at their highest level of efficiency. Greenway is the only healthcare IT company offering a comprehensive, integrated and interoperable physician infrastructure solution for physician practices, hospitals, HIEs, IDNs, RHIOs and IPAs. Greenway's single-database integration strategy for EHRs, practice management and interoperability creates simplistic and streamlined workflow benefits while helping organizations reduce costs by optimizing point-of-care documentation, personal health records, quality reporting and clinical research. PrimeSuite 2008, Greenway’s CCHIT Certified® EHR, practice management and interoperability solution, can improve care, reduce errors and simplify business processes. PrimeSuite integrates all clinical, financial and administrative data to promote information sharing and ensure quick adoption through simple, intuitive tools that optimize daily processes. PrimeSuite is comprised of EHR functionality including a patient chart, ePrescribing, important clinical tools and content management pages, as well as integrated practice management functionality with accounts receivable, registration, scheduling and reporting components.  For more information, visit www.greenwaymedical.com. Please visit with us in booth #9.
HIMSS Georgia Chapter
The Georgia Chapter of HIMSS strives to provide our members with local networking opportunities, advocacy updates, and continuing education on industry trends and best practices. Our members encompass many healthcare areas including information systems, management engineering, informatics, telecommunications, nursing, imaging, clinical, security, and many more related ones. Our Georgia chapter make-up includes Georgia-based hospital CIO’s, healthcare management and clinicians, physicians, RN's, System Administrators, PACS Administrators, and wide variety of other similar types of medical professionals. We provide a local focus for the HIMSS national vision through targeted regional events and member communications. Please visit with us in booth #3.
GHFMA
HFMA is the nation's leading personal membership organization for healthcare financial management professionals. HFMA brings perspective and clarity to the industry's complex issues for the purpose of preparing our members to succeed and, more importantly, to be successful. Through our programs, publications and partnerships we enhance the capabilities that strengthen not only individual careers, but also the organizations from which our members come. HFMA is comprised of about 32,000 members employed by hospitals, integrated delivery systems, long-term and ambulatory care facilities, managed care organizations, medical group practices, public accounting and consulting firms, insurance companies, government agencies and other healthcare organizations. In addition to the National Office in Westchester, Illinois, HFMA has an office in Washington D.C. HFMA is composed of 70 chapters across the United States and Puerto Rico. Local chapter membership is free upon joining HFMA. Please visit with us in booth #22.
Howard Medical
Delivering point-of-care solutions to progressive health care entities is what drives Howard Medical. Whether we are designing and manufacturing our revolutionary POC carts or specialized hardware technologies that are vital prior to or after the implementation of electronic medical records, C.P.O.E., PACS, and other health-related systems, we provide you with real-world solutions. And by partnering with other like-minded technology innovators, we also offer rugged notebooks, tablets, and flat panel wall mounts. What more could you need? Please visit with us in booth #11.
Logicalis Inc.
Logicalis is a healthcare solutions integrator and services company. Logicalis understands that your focus is on saving lives; our role is to deliver technology solutions that enable healthcare providers to achieve the highest standards of safety, quality and efficiency. Both an understanding of healthcare AND our ability to deliver a full range of technology solutions and services differentiates Logicalis in healthcare. Healthcare providers who come to us requesting a specific technology tell us they often end up with a better solution. From networks to storage, staffing to email and image archive solutions, with Logicalis you get options, direction and support. See www.us.logicalis.com/healthcare-it and please visit with us in booth #7.
McKesson
McKesson's vision is to help create a health care system where quality is higher, mistakes are fewer and costs are lower. As the nation's leading health care services company McKesson touches virtually every aspect of health care; we provide pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and health care information technologies that make health care safer while reducing costs. Our 175th anniversary celebrates this vision of taking care forward and the continued commitment to advance the health of the healthcare system by advancing the success of our partners. Please visit with us in booth #10.
PatientKeeper
As an innovator, creator and leading supplier of integrated physician information systems, PatientKeeper's applications provide a single point of anytime, anywhere access to clinical and financial data from multiple, disparate systems. PatientKeeper's technology automates the provider’s day to transform their experience and improve satisfaction. The Company’s physician-centric portal and mobile applications improve physician satisfaction and patient safety, increase revenue and simplify data access and interoperability for community health information exchange. Please visit with us in booth #4.
RelayHealth
RelayHealth connects providers, payers, pharmacies, financial institutions, and patients to improve your revenue, reduce your operational costs and improve quality care delivery. RelayHealth's proven clinical, pharmacy, and financial solutions include eligibility, pre-registration, charity/Medicaid patient management, online billing office and customized patient statements, laboratory results distribution, physician-patient eMessaging, ePrescribing, comprehensive claims management and outsourcing. RelayHealth securely processes over twelve billion financial and clinical transactions each year. Learn more at www.relayhealth.com or call 800-778-6711. Please visit with us in booth #14.
Richardson Technology Systems, LLC
SWC-Richardson Technology Systems is a leader in designing communication systems that enable healthcare facilities to keep up with the growing demands of patient care. We are an integrator of the Rauland-Borg Responder Nurse Call System, which has set the standard for excellence in nurse call systems for the last 30 years. To date, SWC-Richardson has installed the Responder system in over 10,000 patient beds in Georgia. From planning and design to implementation and service, we work closely with our customers to provide integrated systems that provide nurse communications, staff scheduling, fire alarm and security, asset tracking and infant protection for healthcare facilities. Please visit with us in booth #21.
Surgical Information Systems (SIS)
Surgical Information Systems (SIS) offers a comprehensive, fully integrated surgery and anesthesia information system that resides on a single database. Uniquely designed to add value at every point of the perioperative process, SIS solutions allow you to improve patient safety, optimize revenue, reduce costs and ensure compliance. Powerful. Proven. Practical. Please visit with us in booth #20.
Software AG
Software AG is the world's largest independent provider of Business Infrastructure Software. Our 4,000 global enterprise customers achieve business results faster by modernizing, integrating and automating their IT systems and processes. As a result, they rapidly build measurable business value and meet changing business demands. Based on our solutions, organizations are able to liberate and govern their data, systems, applications, processes and services - achieving new levels of business flexibility. Our leading product portfolio includes solutions for high performance data management, developing and modernizing applications, enabling service-oriented architecture, and improving business processes. By combining our technology with industry expertise and best practices experience, our customers improve and differentiate their businesses - faster. Please visit with us in booth #8.
Southern Computer Warehouse
Southern Computer Warehouse (SCW) is an award-winning value-added reseller of technology products.  SCW was established upon the foundation that world-class customer service and industry knowledge are absolutely critical in helping clients succeed. SCW’s National Healthcare team delivers technology the right way for your facility, practice, or medical organization. Please visit with us in booth #21.
Sprint Nextel
Sprint provides an array of cost-effective mobile solutions that help healthcare providers balance patient care, operational efficiency, cost management and regulatory compliance. Information that was previously available only within the walls of hospitals can now be viewed remotely, in real-time on Sprint smartphones, saving critical minutes in life-threatening situations and enabling caregivers to function more efficiently. Sprint is on the cutting edge of mobile healthcare technology, working with business partners to provide solutions that enable the capture and retrieval of clinical data at the point of care or wherever the caregiver may be. Sprint has been offering voice and data services for the healthcare industry for more than 20 years and has a full data services portfolio including business-continuity, wireless, wireline and managed services. In addition, Sprint’s strong portfolio of security products and services can also help healthcare organizations address HIPAA security requirements. Please visit with us in booth #18.
Sunesys
Sunesys, LLC is a leading fiber optic network provider to top healthcare institutions, businesses, schools and carriers across the country.  Sunesys helps forward-thinking healthcare providers and institutions overcome today’s monumental telecommunications challenges, anticipate future needs and stabilize the cost of their wide area networks.  Sunesys is the service provider division of Quanta Services, Inc. a leading provider of infrastructure services for the power, gas and telecommunications industries.  Quanta Services, Inc. employs more than 15,000 people and operates in all 50 states and Canada. Please visit with us in booth #12.
TeraMedica Healthcare Technology
TeraMedica is a healthcare informatics company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Our mission is to provide a vendor independent clinical image repository integrated with the healthcare information infrastructure. TeraMedica is committed to providing a comprehensive diagnostic image management solution supporting the goal of a Comprehensive Electronic Health Record. TeraMedica's software manages the storage and distribution of digital medical images as well as other clinical content across healthcare and hospital systems, gathering images from imaging devices or PACS, storing them, and distributing them to the point of patient care. Please visit with us in booth #28.
Winthrop Resources Corporation
Winthrop Resources Corporation specializes in leasing information technology projects and other high-tech equipment to the healthcare industry. Since our founding in 1982, we have established an excellent reputation for providing "value added leasing," which ensures the highest quality customer service for our clients.
Winthrop Resources Corp. is a wholly owned subsidiary of TCF, a Minnesota-based national financial holding company with $18.1 billion in total assets (one of the best-funded banks in the country). We retain all of our leases, which gives us the most flexibility in customizing solutions for you. We were the winner of US Banker Magazine's 2008 All Star Banking Executive Team (CEO and CFO).Please visit with us in booth #23.
 
Additional groups supporting this event whose membership is invited:
HIMSS
 
Supporting publications:
HIMSS
 
How to join any of these participating groups (click on the logo of the group to view their membership info)
 
   
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