NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/10/07 -- The Fourth Annual Collaborative Communications Summit: Transforming Health Care through Health Information Technology (www.ccsexpo.com) will take place May 17-18, 2007 at the Ritz Carlton Washington, DC. The CCS is a proud partner of National Health IT Week (www.healthitweek.org).

Congressman Kennedy will present at this year's CCS VIP Dinner on May 17th, addressing the shifting health care landscape. He will share his perspective on the importance and future of health information technology and how HIT will lead to improved access and better quality health care.

"With health care costs to businesses and families marching ever upwards, and the number of uninsured continuing to grow, it is imperative that we begin to fix our health care system," said Kennedy. "I.T. gives us the potential to transform health care so it delivers the best possible outcomes at the lowest possible cost, and that's the health care system Americans need and deserve."

Throughout his political career, Kennedy, named the 15th most powerful person in health care in 2006 by Modern Healthcare magazine, has made universal access to high quality, efficient care one of his top priorities. Kennedy co-authored the 21st Century Health Information Act to create health information networks and promote the adoption of health information technology legislation that has broad bipartisan support, including the support of former Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senator Hillary Clinton.

Sponsors and Partners of the summit include Alcatel-Lucent (www.alcatel-lucent.com) who is the Gold Sponsor, ADVA Optical Networking (www.advaoptical.com), ADVANCE for Health Information Executives (www.advanceweb.com), Allscripts (www.allscripts.com), Amcom Software (www.amcomsoft.com), AMDIS - Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (www.amdis.org), CareData Patient Tracking Systems (www.caredata.med.pro) who is a Silver Sponsor, Corporate Research Group (www.corporateresearchgroup.com), Delmarva Foundation (www.dfmc.org), Federal Telemedicine News (www.federaltelemedicine.com), GE Healthcare (www.ge.com), Healthcare Informatics (www.healthcare-informatics.com), InterCall (www.intercall.com), InterSystems (www.intersystems.com), Microsoft (www.microsoft.com/hhs), National Healthcare IT Week (www.healthITweek.org), NextGen Healthcare Information Systems (www.nextgen.com), Russell Reynolds Associates (www.russellreynolds.com), Security Stock Watch (www.securitystockwatch.com), Wolters Kluwer (www.wolterskluwer.com) and Yipes (www.yipes.com).

About CCS:

The 4th Annual Collaborative Communications Summit: Transforming Health Care through Health Information Technology is designed to help top-level executives, legislators, physicians, regulators and technologists come to grips with the swirling forces of technology change, policy development and changing business models, giving you unparalleled insight into the forces that shape tomorrow's health care information technology markets. www.ccsexpo.com

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