See you at the HIT Marketing Conference in Vegas

After several years of trying, John Lynn — host of the Healthcare Scene blog network, of which this blog is a part — has finally gotten me to speak on a panel at his Health IT Marketing and PR Conference, April 5-7 in Las Vegas. I’ve had schedule conflicts or disinterested bosses in the past, but now that I’m mostly unemployed, hey, let’s do it! I will be on the panel entitled, “The Best Ways to Interact with the Health IT Press,” along with some familiar names: Author and freelance journalist Dan Munro; Scott Mace of H3.Group, publisher of HealthLeaders, DecisionHealth, HCPro, Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare and ACDIS; conference host John Lynn; and session moderator Shahid “The Healthcare IT Guy” Shah. The panel takes place April 6 at 1:30 p.m. PDT at the SLS Las Vegas, which I’m told is far nicer than the hotel it replaced on the south end of the Strip, the Sahara. Some of you PR and marketing types might find this ironic because I’m notoriously prickly when it comes to dealing with some of you, particularly in the weeks leading up to HIMSS each year. I can’t speak for the other panelists, but I’m hoping that this discussion can help shed some light on how I think when dealing with a seemingly endless flow of pitches, how journalists and publicists can make best use of each other’s time and how we can forge better working relationships. I haven’t decided exactly what I’m going t...
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