November 2010 HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo:  Improving Health and Healthcare Through Meaningful Use of Health IT

The June 2010 HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo attracted over 4,000 registrants consisting of CIOs, CMIOs, COOs, CEOs, directors and managers of information systems, physicians, nurses, students, and other healthcare IT professionals.  The HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo is a fully interactive event that incorporates online learning, live chat, dynamic, real-time participant movement in and out of exhibit booths and education sessions, vendor presentations, contests and more. Because the virtual conference is 100 percent virtual, attendees experience the conference and expo from the comfort of their own desks!   

Improving Health and Healthcare Through Meaningful Use of Health IT
The November 2010 HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo will focus on the many aspects and opportunities for achieving meaningful use in different care settings, including community hospitals and clinical practices. Additionally, through two tracks,  the educational program will highlight the innovative approaches, strategies, actions and awareness needed to transform healthcare. 

Track 1:  Health Information Exchanges: Facilitating the Adoption of HIT
This track will focus on aspects of the many challenges and opportunities HIEs face in operationalizing an exchange, and providers face in connecting with one or more HIEs. 

Track 2:  The Fundamentals of Achieving Meaningful Use: Real World Approaches
This track will focus on the tactics organizations and eligible providers are executing to comply with MU requirements  

Proposal Links and Instructions:

1.  Before you can submit a proposal, you will need to sign-in to this call for proposal submission site.  You will only need to do this once.  If you have submitted a proposal or attended a VCE in the past, your user informtion has already been uploaded into this submission site.  If you are new to the VCE and it's Call for Proposal, you can sign into the site here: 

Submission Site Sign-In Form  

When you have completed this sign up form, the site will automatically proceed you to the submission form

2.  Once you are listed in the site as a user, you can submit a proposal, or edit an existing proposal.  You will be able to both submit and edit a proposal until the close of the call on Monday, August 2.  You can submit or edit your proposal here:

Submit/Edit a Proposal

3.  There are three main parts of your proposal: