NATICK, MA – To provide healthcare IT professionals with continuing education, purchase planning assistance and peer networking around issues facing hospitals and healthcare systems, Interbit Data has partnered with Iatric Systems, Inc. and Array Software to form the Healthcare IT Solutions Exchange (HITSE). HITSE will host an ongoing series of healthcare IT conferences starting this fall with HITSE New England 2010, to be held October 26 and 27 at the Doubletree Hotel, Westborough, MA.

"The primary intention of HITSE is to fill a void left by other healthcare IT conferences and user associations," states Arthur Young, president of Interbit Data. "Other conferences have missed opportunities to extend the educational process on certain topics and allow vendors to convey beneficial, user-valued product solutions information outside of the exhibit area, which is often disregarded by attendees. HITSE was designed to provide a setting in which users and vendors can communicate and collaborate in order to develop and implement solutions that improve healthcare." 

HITSE's initial healthcare IT conferences will include educational tracks on Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE), MEDITECH 6.0, Meaningful Use and Revenue Cycle Improvement, with sessions on industry updates, technology and compliance, and panel discussions featuring industry experts. Vendor sessions will offer case studies, product demonstrations and user group discussions. Each conference will include the Solutions Exchange, which will bring together hospital information systems users and vendors to discuss the selection, planning, implementation and support of healthcare IT solutions. The HITSE conference agenda will continuously evolve according to emerging trends and healthcare IT user needs.

All members of the healthcare IT community can participate and benefit from HITSE, including CIOs, IT managers, IT department managers, IT staff and consultants, as well as IT vendors. Vendors can participate in HITSE healthcare IT conferences by exhibiting, attending or serving as a sponsor, as well as conducting vendor sessions.

More information on HITSE and the October New England conference can be found at http://www.hitse.org.