Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that registration for the first annual Workshop on Health IT and Economics (WHITE) is now open. The conference features over 40 research presentations and promises to be an an intellectually stimulating event. A preliminary program is also available online. Please check the WHITE website for more details.

Registration:  http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/chids/white/registration.aspx
Program: http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/chids/white/program_details.aspx

We appreciate the strong support from our academic community, and look forward to seeing you at this exciting inaugural conference.

Best regards,

Ritu Agarwal (Chair)
Guodong (Gordon) Gao and Jeffrey S. McCullough (Program Co-chairs)


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The First Annual Workshop on Health IT and Economics
October 8-9, 2010, Washington, DC

The Workshop on Health IT and Economics (WHITE) will expand the frontiers of health IT research. This workshop will provide a forum for leading researchers to disseminate their work and network within a growing and vibrant community. WHITE will also foster collaborations between academia, government, and industry.
The first annual WHITE meeting will be held in Washington DC in October 8-9, 2010. The workshop will be hosted by the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS) at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park. CHIDS (www.rhsmith.umd.edu/chids) was established in 2005, and is the first academic research center focused on health information and decision systems in a leading business school. 
Please check the conference website for more details: http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/chids/white



Ritu Agarwal
Professor and Dean's Chair of Information Systems
Director, Center for Health Information and Decision Systems
Robert H. Smith School of Business
4327 Van Munching Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-1815
301.405.3121 TEL
301.405.8655 FAX
ragarwal@rhsmith.umd.edu
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/faculty/ragarwal