“HIMSS has long offered educational and other resources to support our members’ growth, and we’re pleased that we can now offer a home for diverse enterprises to take advantage of those resources and share strategies to develop their businesses, “said HIMSS President and CEO H. Stephen Lieber, CAE.

“The health IT business community has an unprecedented opportunity to make an impact with innovative solutions and services, job growth, and overall transformation of the health industry,” said Roundtable Co-Chair Peggy McShane. “Business leaders understand that this fundamental change can only occur when there is collaboration and partnership, which diversity-owned businesses deliver every day. The launch of the Roundtable could not have come at a better time.”

HIMSS has a wide range of resources to help its Corporate members capitalize on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding and other opportunities to grow their businesses, and invites entrepreneurs who want to be part of the healthcare transformation to join in the inaugural conference call of the Diversity Business Roundtable on Nov. 13 and to take part in networking events at HIMSS10 in Atlanta, March 1-4, 2010. (http://www.himssconference.org/registration)

The Roundtable will be co-chaired by Peggy McShane of Net New Growth (woman-owned), Rick Blake of Strategic Health Resources (minority-owned), and Keith Moore from Martin-Blanck (veteran-owned). For more information and to join, please visit himss.org.

Links:
HIMSS: www.himss.org
New Net Growth: www.netnewgrowth.com