Here are five things to know about this week’s Connectathon:
- The Connectathon will be held Jan. 27 to Jan. 31 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago.
- The event is organized by the nonprofit Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise, an organization focused on health IT adoption and achieving national interoperability.
- Approximately 140 health IT systems will be tested at this year’s event.
- Testing will be overseen by IHE’s technical managers and a team of 70 trained monitors.
- At this year’s Connectathon, vendors will also be able to test their systems against emerging industry standards, such as HIMSS Health Story Project and ONC S&I Framework Health eDecisions, as well as evaluate their meaningful use stage 2 readiness.
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