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HHS Secretary changes HIMSS speaking plans
Healthcare IT News
By Caroline Broder, Senior Editor 01/18/06

HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt has cancelled his keynote speech next month during the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s annual conference in San Diego. Leavitt changed his schedule to attend a pandemic flu conference in Europe.

“We’re still working on a few other names [of government leaders],” said HIMSS CEO H. Stephen Lieber.

Leavitt, who was to speak Monday during the conference, has been a major champion for healthcare IT issues since taking office more than a year ago.

National Coordinator for Health Information Technology David Brailer is still scheduled to speak Monday during the conference, held Feb. 12-16.

Brailer will speak about regional health information organizations, according to Dana Haza, a spokesperson for the Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Information Technology.