Dan Paoletti to speak at Ohio LinuxFest

Dan Paoletti, Interim CEO at Ohio Health Information Partnership, and Vice President, Data Services, The Ohio Hospital Association, will be speaking at Ohio LinuxFest on September 9 at 3pm at the Gr4eater Columbus Convention Center. His talk will be titled "The Vision: By 2015 the Spotlight is on Ohio for the Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology."

Medical Providers, clinics and hospitals are joining the electronic revolution across Ohio, implementing EMRs, as well as planning for state wide interoperability (sharing health information using national “direct” standards.) Services are being offered to clinicians in Ohio to securely move clinical data around the state and outside of the state. The future is discussed in “The Vision: By 2015 the Spotlight is on Ohio for the Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology”. Mr .Paoletti will outline the plans for Ohio to be a national leader in this area, and offer information on the funding available to support this effort.

The Ohio LinuxFest Corporation is an 501c(3) non-profit corporation registered in the state of Ohio to promote the education of Linux and Free and Open Source software. The corporation was founded by people from various Linux User Groups in the Midwest to promote and manage the Ohio LinuxFest. The corporation is non-profit and is an all-volunteer organization.

Media Contact: Kevin O'Brien Publicity Director, Ohio LinuxFest pr@ohiolinux.org http://www.ohiolinux.org