• Discuss challenges and achievements in your work.
• Report on the latest trends and practices in healthcare IT.
• Explore leadership issues healthcare CIOs are grappling with.

• Submit your proposal online by clicking here. All presentations must be received by 11:00pm Eastern on Sunday, April 19, 2009. No Exceptions.
• Primary contacts will be notified of presentation status (acceptance or rejection) beginning the week of June 1, 2009.
• Speaker(s) must be a current member of CHIME or Senior-level executive of a CHIME Foundation firm.
• Preference will be given to joint presentations by CHIME CIO(s) and CHIME Foundation executives.
• A presentation abstract must be included with your proposal and include a minimum of 150 words. The abstract must include a basic description of the presentation and identify key learning objectives (in bullet-point style). Additional background information may be included, for example, the challenges and barriers faced; the conclusion or outcomes achieved and the recommendations that you would offer.
• A biography is required for all speakers and must be submitted along with your presentation.
• Sales pitches are not appropriate and proposals appearing as such will be rejected.
• CHIME will correspond only with the primary contact noted in the proposal. It is the primary contact’s responsibility to notify the speaker(s) of proposal status.
• A maximum of three (3) presentations may be submitted per organization or individual but not more than one (1) presentation per track.
• The deadline for all online presentation submissions is 11:00pm Eastern, Sunday, April 19, 2009. After this time, no further presentations will be accepted.

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