The 2007 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition was held February 25th through March 1st in New Orleans. With approximately 25,000 attendees, a lineup of highly respected keynote speakers, loads of educational sessions, and a robust exhibitor list, this year's conference proved to be another great success. Many of you either attended the conference, or read the reviews in various publications. But, we were most interested in hearing what some of our readers thought about the conference. So, we asked some of our subscribers who attended HIMSS07 and below are their survey results.
Many of those who reponded also provided comments about what they believe is the most valuable aspect of the HIMSS07 conference. Here is what they had to say:
"Getting to see so many vendors in one place -- able to compare all vendors. Also, being able to see what is coming in the future."
- Anonymous
"The HIMSS07 conference provided us with the best in education, information and networking, all in a great location."
- Todd Babineau, President - CRH Consulting, Inc.
"The most valuable thing about HIMSS is the ability to meet with numerous vendors in a short time and to get a pulse for upcoming releases/new technologies."
- Anonymous
"HIMSS07 was a very positive experience. As a first time attendee, I was able to see the intersection of research, technology and healthcare on a grand scale. The speakers were impressive and the exhibit halls were on a huge scale. Overall, an excellent conference."
- Munish Khaneja, Chief Medical Officer - MediModules, Inc.
"One of the best aspects of the conference is the ability to mix and match various products and vendors at one place. I was able in a very short time to filter out products that do not need to be considered and those that do. In addition I was able to meet and know vendors and associtates that I only knew thru phone calls. The training sessions were of great value, mostly in the "don't try this" department."
- Darryl Hudson, Decision Support Mgr - Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System
"Ability to meet with vendors and obtain and share valuable information."
- Donald Jacobs, President - Inteck, Inc.
"Colin Powell ... very dynamic speaker ... talk transended healthcare."
- John D. Brown, CIO - Pacific Alliance Medical Center
"I spent most of my time in the vendor hall looking at products and that was well done again this year."
- Anonymous
"As mentioned above, primary goal was sales leads and I feel we accomplished the objective. A lot of interest in our EMR Interoperability product and services. Integrating physician practices, providing offices with result information and competing with the national labs was very much on people's minds. Our solution and business model really hit home for many sites."
- Michael Connors, VP, Business Development - Accenx Technologies, Inc.
"Overall, I think the conference was a hit. There seemed to be a lot more vendors this year and the products being demonstrated were very good and stimulated a lot of thought! The presenters were very good and stimulated a lot of ideas that I hadn't thought of to this point. Everyone did a great job this year."
- Roger Neal, AVP/CIO - Duncan Regional Hospital
"I was looking for specific software solutions for patient flow management ... what better place?"
- Anonymous
"Vendor exhibits."
- Anonymous
"Professional/business networking is the reason I attend HIMSS."
- Anonymous
"Demos from vendors, networking."
- Tammy Grygar, Independent Consultant
"I only attened the Nursing Symposium. It was excellent!!! I brought back many ideas for Scotland Memorial Hospital."
- Anonymous
