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7 February Issue. is issue of Becker's Hospital Review features a list of 100 CIOs to know and an interview with William Isenberg, MD, PhD, vice president of patient safety at Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, on the power of storytelling in healthcare. e issue also contains a look at why rural hospital closures hit a record high in 2019, a breakdown of Optum's healthcare strategy and insights from Google Health head David Feinberg, MD, on the company's collaboration with St. Louis-based Ascension. I hope you enjoy reading! Becker's Hospital Review 11th Annual Meeting (April 6-9 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago). We are excited to welcome the following keynote speakers at our April conference: George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States; Laura Bush, former First Lady of the United States; and sports legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson. More than 320 hospital and health system executives will also speak across four days on a broad range of compelling healthcare topics. We hope you will join us! Becker's Hospital Review 3rd Annual Health IT + Clinical Leadership + Pharmacy Roundtable (May 19-21 at the Swissotel). is conference will feature more than 80 sessions across three days focusing on all aspects of clinical leadership, health IT and pharmacy. We're excited to welcome more than 180 hospital and health system speakers, along with great celebrity keynotes, including Ellen Latham, creator and co-founder of Orangetheory Fitness; Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania; and Howard Dean, MD, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and former Governor of Vermont. It should be a fantastic conference. Becker's Hospital Review 6th Annual Health IT + Revenue Cycle Conference (Oct. 13-16 at Navy Pier in Chicago). is four-day conference will feature more than 150 sessions and 280+ speakers discussing various health IT and finance topics, including cybersecurity, mobile health and revenue cycle optimization. e event will also feature a three-day Innovation eater and five Executive Leadership Forums. We're honored to welcome boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard and Nikki Haley, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, as celebrity keynotes. To learn more and register, please visit: http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/conferences-and-events.html Should you have any questions or if I can be of help in any manner, please do not hesitate to contact me at sbecker@beckershealthcare. com. I can also be reached at (800) 417-2035. ank you, as always, for reading. Very truly yours, Scott Becker Publisher's Letter