For the Early Birds: Preconference Symposia

Assuming the format of lectures, HIMSS Pre-Conference Symposia cover in-depth slate of topics that impact many aspects of health care information technology. These events generally include a series of short presentations and are highly interactive. Most take place all day on Sunday, March 3, but the Nursing I.T. Symposium begins on Saturday, stretching over two days.

Here are some of the other 2013 symposiums planned:

* ICD-10 Symposium: All Hands on Deck for ICD-10:  Implementation, Optimization and Weathering the Perfect Storm;

* Clinical Engineering and IT Leadership Symposium: Executing your Medical Device Integration Roadmap;

* Clinical & Business Intelligence Symposium: A Practical Guide;

*HIE Symposium: Results Driven Health Information Exchange;

*Innovation Symposium: The Science and Practice of Innovation;

* Meaningful Use Symposium: Transform Meaningful Use from an IT Project to an Organizational Initiative;

* Physicians' IT Symposium:  Reviewing the Past, Assessing the Present and Planning for the Future;

* RFID & RTLS in Healthcare Symposium: Using Data Analytics to Improve Patient Care and Safety;

*Native American Health Symposium: Next Generation of Healthcare for Tribal Communities.