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The Reverse Expo floor
at the Spring 2009 event

IDN Summit & Expo Spring Event Highlights

April 15, 2009
by Barbara Kram, Editor
As DOTmed News has reported, collaboration was the centerpiece of the recent spring IDN Summit & Expo in Orlando. At at time when many conferences are suffering attrition in attendence, the IDN Summit enjoyed nearly a 20 percent increase in registration this year.

Here are a few highlights:

Jim Szilagy accepting the Summit of Excellence Award
for UPMC, with Ed Hisscock, the EAB Chair, and Keynote
Speaker D. Michael Abrashoff



Attendees listening to the panelists
of a Strategic Management Track




The Fall Summit, which will be held September 23rd - 25th, will be located at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center. For more information about the Fall IDN Summit & Expo, click here.

About the IDN Summit & Expo
Since its creation in 1986, the IDN Summit & Expo has become the leading source of innovative solutions to industry specific supply chain challenges. The IDN Summit & Expo uses solution-centered models to assist healthcare integrated delivery networks (IDNs) in improving healthcare delivery.

About Healthcare Business Media
Healthcare Business Media, which hosts the IDN Summit & Expo, advocates an integrated and collaborative approach to supply chain for healthcare. In addition to the IDN Summit & Expo, Healthcare Business Media publishes IDN Summit Magazine, an on-line magazine for healthcare executives. The Fall IDN Summit & Expo will be held at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, in Dallas, Texas, September 23rd - September 25th, 2009.



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