WASHINGTON DC USA -- HIT/HIPAA UPDATE NEWS SERVICE (TM) -- OCTOBER 27, 2006: Both the National HIPAA Summit, www.HIPAASummit.com, and the HIT Summit, www.HITSummit.com, which were held September 24 - 27, 2006 in Washington, DC, announced today that two media platforms are available with the full content of the Summit:

• A CD-ROM which includes video and synchronized PowerPoint slides for all plenary sessions and audio and PowerPoint slides for all concurrent sessions, and
• A video iPOD preloaded with conference plenary sessions and concurrent sessions audio.

The CD-ROMs offer plenary session video with synchronized PowerPoint slides and concurrent sessions audio.

Easily navigate using your computer to the presenter and the exact content you wish to view.

CD-ROM Price: $295 - HIPAA Summit - HIT Summit

Alternatively receive a new Video iPODs preloaded with Summit content.

Get Apple's Video iPOD, pre-loaded with the complete video of the Plenary sessions from either the HIT or HIPAA Summit held on September 24 - 27, 2006 (please note that the video on the iPODs do not include synchronized PowerPoint slides).

Video iPOD Price: $495 - HIPAA Summit - HIT Summit

HIT SUMMIT KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Craig R. Barrett Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation Carolyn Clancy, MD Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Francois de Brantes National Coordinator, Bridges to Excellence John Glaser, PhD Chief Information Officer, Partners HealthCare System; Chair, eHealth Initiative and Foundation Michael O. Leavitt Secretary of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Janet M. Marchibroda Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative and Foundation Mark McClellan, MD, PhD Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration Bill McInturff Partner and Co-Founder, Public Opinion Strategies Mark S. Mellman President and Chief Executive Officer, The Mellman Group

HIPAA SUMMIT KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Gary G. Christoph, CISM, CHS Chief Informatics Officer, Teradata Government Systems, Inc., Former Chief Operating Officer, National Institutes of Health Center for Information Technology, Former Chief Information Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Columbia, MD Jodi G. Daniel, JD, MPH Director, Office of Policy and Research, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and Former Senior Counsel for Health Information Technology, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC Janlori Goldman Director, Health Privacy Project, Research Scholar, Center on Medicine as a Profession, Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY John Goodman, Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer, National Center for Policy Analysis, Author, Patient Power: Solving America's Health Care Crisis, Washington, DC Susan McAndrew, Esq. Senior Advisor for HIPAA Privacy Policy, Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC Stanley Nachimson Office of HIPAA Standards, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD Peter Swire, Esq. C. William O'Neill Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University, Former Chief Counselor, Office of Management & Budget, Office of the President of the United States, Washington, DC Kepa Zubeldia, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Claredi (an Ingenix Division), Former Chair AFEHCT, Former Member, NCVHS, Co chair, WEDI Security Policy Advisory Group, Salt Lake City, UT