Here’s HIMSS 14 by the numbers:
38,828: Total registration for HIMSS 14, making it the largest HIMSS conference to date.
6,939: Total number of provider organizations represented.
4,628: Total number of C-suite executives in attendance.
6,100: Number of seats in the Valencia Room at the Orange County Convention Center, where former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a keynote address Wednesday. More than 6,100 attendees filled the standing-room only space as Ms. Clinton praised health IT leaders for helping to improve care quality while reducing costs.
210: Number of days until Oct. 1, when all providers in the U.S. must use ICD-10 coding. There will be no more delays, according to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner’s keynote presentation.
3: Number of years by which the U.S. could have a national health information exchange, according to National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo, MD, in her keynote speech Thursday.
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