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Sign up for the COMPLIMENTARY Becker's Hospital Review CEO Report & CFO Report E-Weeklies at www.BeckersHospitalReview.com or call (800) 417-2035 7 Publisher's Letter February Issue; 2014 Annual Meeting February issue. The February issue of Becker's Hospital Review features a special section on health IT, meaningful use and data security and privacy, coinciding with the HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition taking place later this month in Orlando. The cover story, "Keeping Up With the Fortune 500: Big Data, Predictive Analytics and Healthcare's Next Big Challenge," explores how healthcare leaders can optimize their organization's IT capabilities by examining IT advancements in other industries. Also in the issue, our annual list of 100 Hospital and Health System CIOs to Know. The issue also includes a feature report on improving patient involvement in care, which is especially important as healthcare providers take on financial risk for that care. "It's Not Easy to Engage Patients — Even for ACOs," explores how accountable care organizations can better educate and engage patients to both seek care within the ACO and maintain their overall health. 2014 Annual Meeting – Registration Today! Registration is now open for the 5th Annual Becker's Hospital Review Meeting, which will take place on May 15-17, 2014, at the Swissôtel Chicago. This exclusive conference brings together hospital business and strategy leaders to discuss how to improve hospital operations and profitability in these challenging but opportunity-filled times. The event will feature 100+ sessions and 190+ speakers, including keynote speakers Major League Baseball legend Joe Torre; Delos "Toby" Cosgrove, MD, president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic; Forrest Sawyer, former television news anchor for ABC, CBS and MSNBC; and Chuck Lauer, former publisher of Modern Healthcare. Register before April 1 and save $100 on the registration fee. To learn more about the event and register, visit: www.beckershospitalreview.com/2013conference. 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. Very truly yours, Scott Becker Our Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures: Often Copied, Never Duplicated. The advantages are plentiful. So are the pitfalls. Which means you need skilled hands as well as industry expertise to make your joint venture surgery center work. ASCOA provides leadership from MDs as well as MBAs and was founded by three surgeons. No other company has the breadth of clinical and business experience. Learn today about the joint venture model everyone else emulates and the specific things to consider before embarking on a hospital-physician surgery center. Visit ascoa.com and get results no one else can match. ASCOA.COM 866-98ASCOA AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTERS of AMERICASM