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Publisher's Letter
February Issue. is is the technology issue of Becker's Hospital Review,
containing our annual list of 100 Hospital and Health System CIOs to
Know and a look at what physicians like most about Epic, Cerner and
eight other EHR vendors. e issue also contains a feature exploring the
history of U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals rankings, a list of
four healthcare transactions to watch for in 2018 and a Corner Office
interview with Alan Kaplan, MD, CEO of UW Health. I hope you enjoy
the issue.
Becker's Hospital Review 9th Annual Meeting (April 11-14 at the Hy-
att Regency in Chicago). We are excited to host the following keynote
speakers at our April conference: George W. Bush, 43rd president of the
United States; Bill Clinton, founder of the Clinton Foundation and 42nd
president of the United States; and Sarah Kliff, an award-winning health-
care journalist and senior policy correspondent for Vox.com. More than
275 hospital and health system leaders will also speak on compelling
healthcare topics. We hope you will join us.
Becker's Hospital Review Health IT + CMO/CNO Roundtable (May
10-11 at the Swissotel). is conference will feature more than 80 ses-
sions over two days with 110 healthcare leaders speaking on all aspects
of clinical leadership and health IT, including artificial intelligence, tele-
health, data analytics and clinician burnout. We're excited to welcome
retired American tennis player John McEnroe and Alexa von Tobel,
founder and CEO of Learnvest.com, as keynote speakers. It should be
a fantastic conference.
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
3,100+ ATTENDEES FROM HOSPITALS AND
HEALTH SYSTEMS ACROSS THE NATION
REGISTER BY MARCH 1, 2018 AND SAVE!
CELEBRITY KEYNOTES BY
9TH ANNUAL
MEETING
APRIL 11-14, 2018
HYATT REGENCY | CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
REGISTER HERE
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registration@beckershealthcare.com,
jcole@beckershealthcare.com, sbecker@
beckershealthcare.com or 800.417.2035.
Great topics and speakers focused on strategy, health
system alignment and growth, physician integration,
improving profitability, ACOs, key specialties and more
275+ GREAT HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM
LEADERS SPEAKING – OVER 320 SPEAKERS TOTAL
George W. Bush
43rd President of the
United States of America
President Bill Clinton
Founder of the Clinton Foundation
and 42nd President of the
United States of America
