WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE (TM) -- AUGUST 11, 2006: The Second HIT Summit, www.HITSummit.com, September 25 - 27, 2006 at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, will feature a National Assembly of State and Regional HIT Initiatives. The HIT Summit is sponsored by eHealth Initiative, www.eHealthInitiative.org, and Bridges to Excellence, www.BridgestoExcellence.org. The HIT Summit is Collocated with the Thirteenth National HIPAA Summit, www.HIPAASummit.com.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Craig R. Barrett Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation 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 (Invited) 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
John Tooker, MD, MBA, FACP Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians; President, eHealth Initiative Foundation

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF STATE AND REGIONAL HIT INITIATIVES:

On Monday, September 25, 2006, the HIT Summit will present a unique National Assembly of State and Regional HIT Initiatives which will include presentations by the following:

Caucus of State Leaders Focused on HIT: Eastern Region CT - Scott Cleary Project Manager, eHealth Connecticut, Inc. DE - Gina Perez Project Director, Delaware Health Information Network MA - Micky Tripathi, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative MD - Samuel Lin, MD, PhD, MBA, MPA, MS (Invited) Chair, Maryland Community Health Resources Commission U.S. Rear Admiral and Assistant Surgeon General (Retired) U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Retired) ME - Suanne Singer Project Director, Maine Health Information Network Technology NH - Robert J. McGrath, PhD Executive Director, New Hampshire Health Information Center NJ - Martin P. Margolies Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Quality Strategies, Inc. NY - C. William Schroth Chair, Working Group for Health Information Technology New York State Department of Health PA - Martin Ciccocioppo Chairman, The Pennsylvania eHealth Initiative RI - Amy Zimmerman, MPH Director, Rhode Island Health Information Exchange Project Rhode Island Department of Health VT - Gregory Farnum President, Vermont Information Technology Leaders VA - Michael Matthews Chief Executive Officer, MedVirginia WV - John Wiesendanger, MHA Chief Executive Officer, The West Virginia Medical Institute Caucus of State Leaders Focused on HIT: Central Region IA - Tom Newton Director of Environmental Health Iowa Department of Public Health IL - TBA IN - J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, FACP, FACMI President and Chief Executive Officer Indiana Health Information Exchange Associate Professor of Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine Senior Investigator, Regenstrief Institute KY - Trudi Matthews Chief Policy Advisor Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family MI - George Boersma Technology Partnerships Director Department of Information Technology MI - Beth Nagle Assistant to the Director Department of Information Technology MN - Martin LaVenture, MPH, PhD Director, Center for Health Informatics Minnesota Department of Health MO - Julie Eckstein Director, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Missouri Healthcare Information Technology Task Force ND - Darrell Vanyo Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Blue Cross Blue Shield North Dakota NE - Steve Grandfield (Invited) Nebraska Health Information Initiative OH - Brian Keaton, MD Emergency Medicine Informatics Director, Summa Health System President-Elect, American College of Emergency Physicians Project Chair, Northeastern Ohio RHIO OK - Mark Jones Mark Jones, MS, MBA Principal Investigator, AHRQ HIT grant, Tahlequah City Hospital SD - Arlyn Broekhuis (Invited) Vice President and CIO, Sioux Valley Hospital USD Medical Center WI - Helene Nelson Secretary, State of Wisconsin

Caucus of State Leaders Focused on HIT: Southern Region AL - Don Williamson, MD (Invited) State Health Officer, Alabama Department of Public Health AR - Amy L. Rossi, LCSW (Invited) Associate Director for Community Relations, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement FL - W. Michael Heekin, JD, MBA Chair, Florida Governor's Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Board GA - Dennis White Chief Executive Officer, Georgia Medical Care Foundation LA - Roxane A. Townsend, MD Medicaid Medical Director, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals MS - James S. McIlwain, Jr., MD President, Information & Quality Healthcare NC - W. Holt Anderson Executive Director, North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc. SC - David Boucher Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina TN - Antoine Agassi (Invited) Chairman, Governor's eHealth Advisory Council, State of Tennessee Caucus of State Leaders Focused on HIT: Southwest Region AZ - Chris Muir Strategic Projects, Government Information Technology Agency CO - Pamela Hanes, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Health Institute KS - Karen Braeman, MS Director, Quality and Innovation, Division of Health Policy and Finance NM - Michelle Lujan Grisham (Invited) Secretary, Department of Health, State of New Mexico OK - Mark Jones (Invited) Principal Investigator, Tahlequah City Hospital TX - Stephen Palmer Policy Analyst, Office of Governor Rick Perry UT - David Sundwall, MD (Invited) Executive Director Utah Department of Health Caucus of State Leaders Focused on HIT: Western Region AK - Tom Nighswander Facilitator, The Alaska Telehealth Advisory Council CA - Donald Holmquest, MD, PhD, JD Chief Executive Officer, California Regional Health Information Organization HI - Gary Allen (Invited) Executive Director, Hawaii Business Health Council ID - Michael Cannon Vice President, Information Services, Blue Cross of Idaho Health Service, Inc. MT - Raymond Rogers Chief Development Officer, National Center for Health Care Informatics NV - Ross Newman (Invited) Chief Executive Officer, Innovative Health Research OR - Jody Pettit, MD Director, Oregon Health Information Infrastructure Project WA - Juan Alaniz (Invited) Project Manager, Washington State Health Care Authority, WA WY - Geoffrey Smith (Invited) Chairman, Wyoming Health Information Organization

EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION:

For sponsorship and exhibit information contact Joni Lipson, Exhibit Manager, 215-599-6626 phone, 215-545-8107 fax, joni.lipson@rmpinc.com.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

Register for the HIT Summit online at www.hitsummit.com/registration.html.

For further registration information, call 800-684-4549, email registration@hcconferences.com or write:

HIT Summit Office
7790 Barberry Ave.
Yucca Valley, CA USA 92284