Honolulu, HI -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/13/2010 -- The CIO Healthcare Summit team is pleased to announce that Health Access Solutions will participate in the leading IT gathering for CIOs in healthcare and will support the executive visions panel series at this year’s event. The CIO Healthcare Summit will gather healthcare-focused CIOs, analysts and IT leaders at the InterContinental Montelucia Resort in Scottsdale, AZ, May 9-12, 2010.

Founded in 2000, California-based Health Access Solutions provides an industry-leading clinical groupware solution to provider organizations and payers. Health Access Solutions will have executive representation at the CIO Healthcare Summit featuring partner Dr. Pradeep Ramayya, MBBS, FRCA, Chief Executive Officer of AxSys Technology and strategic partner with Health Access Solutions, who will be seated on the executive visions panel, “Improving Patient Care through Mobility- Anytime, Anywhere, Collaborative Communication.” This panel is one of many agenda sessions that will gather attending CIOs and IT leaders to address healthcare issues in a forum that’s open to peer-to-peer interaction.

“Improving Patient Care through Mobility - Anytime, Anywhere, Collaborative Communication,” will be held on Monday, May 10, 2010. The session will be moderated by industry leading mobility professional, Claudia Tessier, VP, mHealth Initiative and panelists include;

Dr. Pradeep Ramayya, MBBS, FRCA, Chief Executive Officer of AxSys Technology and strategic partner with Health Access Solutions
Patrick Hale, CTO, Sparrow Health System
Vita Cassese, Former VP, Business Development, Strategy & Innovation of Global Business Technology at Phizer
Dr. Christopher Braat, Application Development Director, Cleveland Clinic
Ernie Hood, CIO, Group Health Cooperative

With attendees from some of the most respected healthcare institutions in North America, the CIO Healthcare Summit is quickly becoming a must-attend event. For more information about the CIO Healthcare Summit, please visit http://www.ciohealthcaresummit.com

About Health Access Solutions
Health Access Solutions clinical groupware facilitates meaningful online interaction and collaboration among providers, patients and payers. The solution suite includes an enterprise master person index (EMPI), a health information exchange (HIE) platform, and care and clinical management capabilities, as well as allowing for third-party systems integration. The suite includes specific functionality such as secure communication among healthcare participants; pre-certifications; online referrals and authorizations; case management capabilities; e-prescribing; electronic and patient health record systems; and utilization management capabilities.

The suite delivers tangible results, such as increased efficiency, reduced costs, improved clinical outcomes and improved decision support - all while ensuring HIPAA compliance and supporting “meaningful use” of an EHR for government financial incentives. Most importantly, patients benefit from improved quality and time savings throughout the continuum of care.

Health Access Solutions Media Contacts:

Elizabeth S. Glaser
Dodge Communications
770-576-2551
eglaser@dodgecommunications.com

Dwight French
Health Access Solutions
916-367-6300
dfrench@hasinc.com

About the CIO Healthcare Summit
The Strategic Business Summit Division of CDM Media has a reputation for delivering strategically positioned, content-driven events to C-level clientele from Fortune 1000 organizations. With experience delivering intimate, effective business summits, CDM Media gathers executives to develop innovative business ideas and lasting relationships with their peers and colleagues. The CIO Healthcare Summit will be hosted May 9-12, 2010 at the exclusive InterContinental Montelucia Resort in Scottsdale, AZ. The summit is designed to gather business leaders from innovative companies within North America’s healthcare industry to debate and network on critical business technology issues.