Top 50 Health IT Conferences to Attend in 2020, Part 2
Chief Medical Officer
Find Part 1 of our Top Health It Conferences list, here.
As global technology continues to evolve, so does the healthcare industry’s appetite for heightened connectivity and interoperability, which empower healthcare organizations to streamline patient care delivery and provide more efficient, better-quality care. According to data compiled by Health IT Dashboard, 96 percent of all non-federal acute care hospitals possessed certified health IT in 2017. But widespread health IT adoption aside, facilities must not rest on their initial investments to see them through the next decade – or potentially even the next few years. In order to compete in this ever-evolving landscape, the healthcare industry must be willing to collaborate and take an active role in its IT implementation.
To support this mission, we’ve compiled a list of the 50 best health IT conferences to attend in 2020. These events are designed to connect healthcare professionals working in a variety of unique disciplines, touching on hot-button topics for today’s healthcare organizations, from connectivity to interoperability, digital health apps, cybersecurity, the rise of blockchain (and its potential to impact the healthcare industry), Artificial Intelligence, and other health IT trends and innovations.
3rd Quarter Health IT Conferences
33. AHA Leadership Summit
July 19 – 21, 2020 San Diego, CA
The 2020 AHA Leadership Summit, July 19-21, promotes a revolution in thinking among health care leaders that reflects a steady wave of disruptive strategies and unexpected solutions for future success. Focusing on transformational strategies and approaches for achieving financial sustainability while delivering greater value through operational excellence, creative partnerships, and redefined delivery models, the Summit convenes the field’s leading thinkers and doers – as well as those innovators who are shifting traditional business models.
Cost to Attend: Contact for attendance cost
34. SHSMD Connections 2020
September 13 – 16, 2020
Chicago, IL
The Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development of the American Hospital Association is hosting SHSMD Connections 2020, an annual event that will be held in the early fall at in Chicago. The conference acts as a gathering ground for some of the best and brightest thought leaders working in HIT and patient experience today. Organizers are currently working on this year’s schedule. Check the conference website for more information on the agenda, as well as the venue.
Cost to Attend:
- Member: $995
- Non-member: $1,195
- Groups of 8 or more: 10% off
35. Chief Nursing Officer Summit 2020
September 14, 2020 Orlando, FL
Nursing leaders have consistently gone through a significant amount of challenges due to a variety of influences both internal and external. Through these challenges, nursing leaders are tasked with providing quality care, reducing costs while improving patient experiences– a challenge that requires strong leaders at the helm of their organizations. Nursing administrators know this cannot be done alone, but with partners and peers to develop novel approaches and strategies to overcome these challenges.
The Chief Nursing Officer Summit brings together senior nursing executives from hospitals, healthcare systems, long-term health facilities and outpatient clinics to collaborate and strategize ideas with other administrators from around the country. The peer-driven content allows thought leaders to share best practices, have open and candid conversations while exploring novel approaches to work in a more efficient and productive manner.
Cost to Attend: Contact for attendance cost
36. HIMSS Health 2.0
September 16-18, 2020 San Francisco, CA
HiMSS Health 2.0 Con showcases cutting-edge innovation that’s transforming the healthcare system. Health 2.0 brings together the best minds, compelling panels, discussions and product demonstrations that you won’t find anywhere else.
Cost to Attend: Sign up to receive updates as registration information is announced.
37. EXPO.health
September 29 – October 1, 2020 Las Vegas, NV
EXPO.health, is a healthcare IT conference that brings a down-to-earth approach to the seminar world, offering “practical innovation” to the mass health market. The three-day event offers educational and collaborative opportunities on a range of topics, including healthcare IT analytics, healthcare security, patient engagement, EHR optimization, and more. Each day is filled with conference programs and focus groups, followed by networking events in the evening hours. EXPO.health is organized by Healthcare Scene, a community of leading healthcare IT professionals.
Cost to Attend:
- Healthcare Provider, Non-profit and Government Pricing: Super Early Bird: $295 (Ends 4/17/20); Early Bird: $445 (Ends 6/19/20), Regular: $595 (Ends 8/28/20)
- Health IT Vendor Pricing: Super Early Bird: $695 (Ends 4/17/20), Early Bird: $995 (Ends 6/19/20), Regular: $1195 (Ends 8/28/20)
38. AdvaMed: The MedTech Conference
October 5 – 7, 2020 Toronto, ON
Featuring world‑class plenary speakers, cross‑cutting educational programming, valuable networking and business development opportunities, The MedTech Conference is a must‑attend event for the industry’s prominent and most promising companies.
Cost to Attend: Contact for attendance cost
39. The MedTech Conference
October 5 – 7, 2020
Toronto, ON
Featuring world‑class plenary speakers, cross‑cutting educational programming, valuable networking and business development opportunities, The MedTech Conference is a must‑attend event for the industry’s prominent and most promising companies.
Cost to Attend: Contact for attendance cost
40. HLTH
October 11 – 14, 2020 Las Vegas, NV
HLTH (pronounced “health”) is a one-of-a-kind ecosystem event for the health industry, and we’re on a mission to bring together 7,000+ senior leaders to solve the most pressing problems facing healthcare today and actualize the most promising opportunities to improve health.
We bring together senior leaders from across payers, providers, employers, investors, fast-growing startups, pharma, policymakers and innovation centers to ask one question: how do we create the future of health?
Cost to Attend: Contact for attendance cost
41. Becker’s 6th Annual Health IT + Revenue Cycle Conference
October 13-16, 2020 Chicago, IL
Join the brightest minds in Health IT and the Revenue Cycle - great networking - learn more in 48 hours than you can all year! This exclusive conference brings together hospital and health system CIO and IT executives to discuss the Role of the CIO, Social Media, Data Analytics, Mobile Health, EMR Issues and Health IT Issues. Come listen and network with Hospital Executives as our speakers discuss their biggest concerns and how they are addressing them.
Cost to Attend:
- First attendee: $900
- Second attendee: $850
42. AHIMA Convention and Exhibit
October 14-17, 2020 Atlanta, GA
The 2020 AHIMA Convention and Exhibit is an event that brings together thousands working in HIT and HIM. While an agenda has yet to be made available for this conference, organizers have announced that the five-day event will be filled with plenty of educational and collaborative opportunities that will prove helpful to individuals working in a variety of sectors.
Cost to Attend: Contact for attendance cost
4th Quarter Healthcare IT Conferences
43. Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit (DHIS)
Dates TBA Location TBA
DHIS, the Digital Healthcare Information Summit, gathers together the world’s most important innovators, investors, payers, providers, and policymakers currently shaping the digital health spectrum. 2018 speakers included a healthy range of care providers, venture capitalists, CEOs, and healthcare consultants.
Cost to Attend: Contact for attendance cost
44. Connected Health Conference
October 16-18, 2019
Boston, MA
The Connected Health Conference is an event that is famous for “balancing technology and the human element.” This conference attracts a range of professionals and elite sponsors representing powerful global organizations, like the National Institute of Health, Intel, Partners Healthcare, and HP. Attendees can expect to mingle with 3,000+ of their peers hailing from 50+ countries. Connected Health Conference will be held in Boston. Check the event’s website for venue details as they are made available.
Cost to Attend: Contact for attendance cost
45. CHIME Fall CIO Forum
Dates TBA Location TBA
The CHIME Fall CIO Forum is a four-day event that is organized by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. It will be held at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort and Spa in the fall. Organizers are currently hard at work developing an agenda. Check the event’s website for more details as they emerge.
Cost to Attend: Contact for attendance cost
46. Exponential Medicine
Dates TBA Location TBA
Exponential Medicine, an event hosted by Singularity University, is a four-day conference that “gathers world-class faculty, innovators and organizations from across the biomedical and technology spectrum to explore and leverage the convergence of fast-moving technologies in the reinvention of health and medicine.” To get a taste of the Exponential experience, be sure to watch its 2018 event videos. Exponential Medicine will be held at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego.
Cost to Attend: Contact for attendance cost
47. Forbes Healthcare Summit
Dates TBA Location TBA
Forbes Live hosts the Forbes Healthcare Summit, a gathering that is billed as being the “world’s most influential healthcare event.” Though details have yet to be made available about the 2020 event, we do know that last year’s conference focused heavily on the ever-evolving world of HIT, and the ways in which heightened connectivity makes it stronger.
Cost to Attend:
- Standard: $1,950
48.RSNA Annual Meeting
November 29 – December 2, 2020 Chicago, IL
The 106th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, RSNA 2020 will be held in Chicago, Illinois between 29 November - 04 December 2020. We are dedicated to building the future of our profession, whether that’s through our Research & Education Foundation, which has funded $60 million in grants since its inception, our solutions to support standards development or educational outreach to low-resource nations.
Cost to Attend: Contact for attendance cost
49. AWS re:Invent
November 30 – December 4, 2020 Las Vegas, NV
Cost to Attend: Contact for attendance cost
50. Healthcare Informatics Health IT Summit Series
Multiple Dates
Multiple Locations
The Healthcare IT Summit Series, organized by Healthcare Informatics, includes ten events over nine states: the Midwest Health IT Summit, the Texas Health IT Summit, the Florida Health IT Summit, the Southeast Health IT Summit, the Rocky Mountain Health IT Summit, the Mid-Atlantic Health IT Summit, the California Health IT Summit, and more. Each of these series aims to provide education and healthy debate in regards to the future of HIT. 2020’s topics include value-based care, population health, cybersecurity, AI, data analytics, clinical workflow, and telehealth.
Cost to Attend: Contact for attendance cost