Get ready for National Health IT Week #NHITWeek

Sept 16-20 is National Health IT Week. You can follow updates on Twitter by using #NHITWeek

This year's theme for the Blog Carnival is "the Value of Health IT." So, what are you passionate about? Improving patient safety, enhancing clinical outcomes, boosting cost-efficiency in health care, or expanding access to health care? Maybe you're into mHealth, telemedicine, or remote care.

Also, don't miss these "9 Ways to Leverage Social Media for National Health IT Week"

Free Webinar on National Health IT Week and HIMSS Policy Summit

There's a free HIMSS webinar titled, "A Mix of all the Right Ingredients: ARRA, Healthcare Reform, National Health IT Week and YOU!"

Want to know what it's about? Here's a summary:

Don’t miss HIMSS’ complimentary webinar on National Health IT Week and the Policy Summit at 12 pm (EDT), Friday, July 31. The webinar will provide an overview of National Health IT Week 2009 and the HIMSS 8th Annual Policy Summit. Joining the Webinar will be State Sen. Richard Moore from Massachusetts, who serves as Vice President of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). Sen. Moore is poised to lead this important association’s 7,328 state legislators and legislative staff in the next two years. Sen. Moore will discuss his perspective on the current health IT policy landscape and share with you some pointers for meetings with elected officials.

If you're interested in health IT, then you should definitely attend this free session. So much is happening in this nation that's related to health IT and heathcare reform. Don't miss out! Register here: http://tinyurl.com/nhba26