Healthcare RFID Technology Conference ...

Healthcare RFID Technology Conference: Sun Microsystems' and HIMSS Healthcare User Group Summit to Meet ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... Thinking Outside the Box." Summit sessions will explore today's top healthcare IT topics including: radio frequency identification (RFID) in healthcare ...

... SunSHINE, the Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) healthcare user community, will hold its second annual SunSHINE Summit in Dallas on February 14, 2005, offering attendees an opportunity to share best practices and to examine proven innovations which make healthcare IT easier and less expensive. The Summit will take place at the Dallas Convention Center in conjunction with the 2005 Annual HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) Conference & Exhibition, the healthcare industry's largest technology show. ...

SunSHINE, an alliance between Sun Microsystems and HIMSS, is a forum for independent thinkers committed to advancing the effectiveness of Information Technology in the healthcare industry. Launched in 2003, SunSHINE has quickly grown into an active community of 1,000 members. SunSHINE operates with its own volunteer leadership under the strategic direction and guidance of the HIMSS board. HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology and management systems for the betterment of human health. Founded in 1961 with offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., and other locations across the country, HIMSS represents more than 14,000 individual members and some 220-member corporations that employ more than 1 million people. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems' contributions to ensuring quality patient care.