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10 Publisher's Letter February Issue. is is the Technology Issue of Becker's Hospital Re- view, which contains a list of 113 Hospital and Health System CIOs to Know and an interview with Deanna Wise, CIO of Dignity Health, on why IT leaders should look beyond technology to the needs and wants of the patient. e issue also includes a listing of CMS' 5-star and 1-star hospitals, a look into Geisinger CEO Dr. David Feinberg's quest to "elim- inate the waiting room" and a Corner Office interview with Kimberly Chavalas Cripe, president and CEO of Children's Hospital of Orange County. I hope you enjoy reading. Becker's Hospital Review 8th Annual Meeting (April 17- 20 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago). is year's annual meeting will host more than 300 speakers, including 233 health system execu- tives and eight of the greatest hospital CEOs in the country. e event features celebrity keynotes by Arnold Schwarzenegger, 38th Governor of California, and Jay Leno, comedian and former host of e Tonight Show. Here, the keynotes and keynote panelists include: 1. Marna Borgstrom, MPH, Chief Executive Officer, Yale New Haven Health and Yale New Haven Hospital 2. Delos M. Cosgrove MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Clinic 3. Michael J. Dowling President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwell Health 4. Rodney F. Hochman MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Providence Health & Services 5. Redonda Miller MD, MBA, President, e Johns Hopkins Hospital 6. John Jay Shannon MD, Chief Executive Officer, Cook County Health and Hospitals System 7. Johnese Spisso MPA, President, UCLA Health; Chief Executive Of- ficer, UCLA Hospital System and Associate Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences 8. Nancy Howell Agee, President and Chief, Executive Officer, Car- ilion Clinic 9. Barry Arbuckle PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Me- morialCare Health System 10. Lloyd Dean, President and Chief Executive Officer, Diginity Health 11. Laura Forese, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President and Chief Op- erating Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian 12. Steven Goldstein, President and Chief Executive Officer, Strong Memorial Hospital 13. Robert C. Garrett, FACHE, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Hacken- sack Meridian Health 14. Charles Lauer, Author, Consultant, Speaker, Former Publisher, Modern Healthcare 15. Stephen Mansfield PhD, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer, Methodist Health System 16. Anthony Mercando MD, FACC, FAHA, Cardiologist, NYP Medi- cal Group/Westchester; Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine, Colum- bia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 17. Richard Nesto, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Lahey Health 18. Randy Oostra, DM, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Offi- cer, ProMedica 19. Stephen Rosenthal, President and Chief Operating Officer, Monte- fiore Care Management 20. Michael T. Rowan, FACHE, President, Health System Delivery and Chief Operating Officer, Catholic Health Initiatives 21. omas Sadvary, Chief Executive Officer, HonorHealth 22. Lou Shapiro, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hospital for Special Surgery 23. Warner omas, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ochsner Health System 24. Rhoda Weiss, PhD, National Healthcare Consultant, Speaker, Edu- cator, Author, Managing Healthcare Reform: Ideas for Leaders Becker's Hospital Review 3rd Annual CIO/HIT + Revenue Cycle Conference (September 19-22 at the Hyatt Regen- cy). We are thrilled to host keynote speaker George W. Bush, 43rd Pres- ident of the United States, along with close to 100+ hospital and health system CIOs and revenue cycle speakers. e conference will include three full CIO/Health IT Tracks and three full Revenue Cycle Tracks. We hope you will join us. 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