GLOBAL HEALTH CARE EVENTS: 2004

FOURTH ANNUAL PRIVACY AND DATA SECURITY SUMMIT Sponsored by International Association of Privacy Professionals February 18 - 20, 2004 Washington, DC www.PrivacyAssociation.org NATIONAL MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG CONGRESS Sponsored by Health Affairs, Harvard Health Policy Review, HealthLeaders, Inquiry, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law and the Milbank Memorial Fund February 25 - 27, 2004 Washington, DC www.MedicareCongress.com EIGHTH NATIONAL HIPAA SUMMIT Cosponsored inter alia by International Association of Privacy Officers, Health Insurance Association of America, American Medical Group Association March 7 - 9, 2004 Baltimore, MD www.HIPAASummit.com FOURTH ANNUAL MEDICAL RESEARCH SUMMIT The Leading Forum on the Law, Regulation and Ethics of Medical Research in the United States April 21 - 23, 2004 Baltimore, MD www.ResearchSummit.com THE PHARMA, BIOTECH AND DEVICE COLLOQUIUM Sponsored by Harvard Health Policy Review, Health Affairs, National Pharmaceutical Council and the Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum June 6 - 9, 2004 Princeton University Princeton, NJ www.PharmaColloquium.com IAPP/TRUSTe SYMPOSIUM: PRIVACY FUTURES Sponsored by Truste and International Association of Privacy Professionals June 9 -11, 2004 San Francisco, CA www.PrivacyFutures.org FIRST ANNUAL CONNECTING COMMUNITIES FOR BETTER HEALTH LEARNING FORUM AND EXHIBITION * Sponsored by Foundation for eHealth Initiative Co Sponsored by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, California HealthCare Foundation, Center for Information Technology Leadership, Health Resources and Services Administration, Markle Foundation's Connecting for Health initiative, Regenstrief Institute, and US Department of Health and Human Services June 24-25, 2004 Washington, DC www.ehcca.com/CCBH/index.html THE DISEASE MANAGEMENT COLLOQUIUM The Leading Forum on Innovations in Chronic Care and Disease Management June 27 - 30, 2004 Department of Health Policy Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia, PA www.DMConferences.com THE QUALITY COLLOQUIUM Cosponsored inter alia by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, American Society for Quality, Bridges to Excellence, JCAHO, National Patient Safety Foundation, National Quality Forum, NCQA, Patient Safety Officers Society August 22 - 25, 2004 Harvard University Cambridge, MA www.QualityColloquium.com NINTH NATIONAL HIPAA SUMMIT The Leading Forum on Healthcare EDI, Privacy, Confidentiality, Data Security and HIPAA Compliance September 12 - 14, 2004 Baltimore, MD www.HIPAASummit.com THE HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT A Leading Forum on the Electronic Health Records and Rapidly Emerging Health Information Technology Policy...both Globally and Nationally Co sponsored by eHealth Initiative and LIGHT Initiative October 20 - 23, 2004 Washington, DC www.HITSummit.com IAPP 2004 PRIVACY ACADEMY AND EXPOSITION Sponsored by International Association of Privacy Professionals October 27 - 29, 2004 New Orleans, LA www.PrivacyAssociation.org FIFTH ANNUAL PHARMACEUTICAL REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE CONGRESS Sponsored by Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum and PricewaterhouseCoopers November 14 - 17, 2004 Washington, DC www.PharmaCongress.com HEALTH CARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2004: ENHANCING CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY * Sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation and the University of California, Berkeley Center for Health Research November 18 - 19, 2004 San Francisco, CA www.CAHealthIT.com THE HARVARD CONFERENCE ON STRATEGIC ISSUES IN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE * Designed for Harvard School of Public Health November, 2004 Boston, MA THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND HEALTHCARE INNOVATIONS CONGRESS * November 29 - Dec 1, 2004 Wardman Park Hotel Washington, DC www.TETHIC.com