{"id":54503,"date":"2020-03-04T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hitconsultant.net\/?p=54503"},"modified":"2020-03-10T14:40:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T18:40:54","slug":"coronavirus-outbreak-medicomp-systems-cancels-himss20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hitconsultant.net\/2020\/03\/04\/coronavirus-outbreak-medicomp-systems-cancels-himss20\/","title":{"rendered":"Due to Coronavirus Outbreak, Medicomp Systems Pulls Out of HIMSS20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/hitconsultant.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus.jpg\" alt=\"XRHealth to Deliver VR Therapy to Coronavirus Patients in Quarantine in Israel Coronavirus Outbreak\" class=\"wp-image-54445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hitconsultant.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/hitconsultant.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hitconsultant.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-290x145.jpg 290w, https:\/\/hitconsultant.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What You\nNeed to Know: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Medicomp Systems cancels its participation in the HIMSS 2020 conference\u00a0due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak posing an unacceptable health risk for its staff. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicomp.com\/\">Medicomp Systems<\/a>, a Washington, D.C.-based provider\nof clinician-driven, point-of-care solutions that fix <a href=\"https:\/\/hitconsultant.net\/category\/emr-ehr\/\">EHRs<\/a>, announced today that the company is\ncanceling its participation in the 2020 HIMSS Global Health Conference &amp;\nExhibition, March 9\u201313, 2020 in Orlando to protect the health and safety of its\nstaff from the growing spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Medicomp plans\nto reschedule meetings with its customers and partners who were scheduled for\ndemonstrations at HIMSS20 of its new integrated solution with emtelligent\u2019s NLP\nand preview of Holy Name\u2019s state-of-the-art HIS, powered by Medicomp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cIn light of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, we have concluded that our attendance at HIMSS poses an unacceptable health risk for our staff and their families,\u201d said David Lareau, Medicomp CEO. \u201cAt a global event that draws more than 40,000 people, and in a state where the governor has declared a public health emergency, it seems inevitable that the virus will be circulating in the exhibit hall, hotels, and\/or airports. Despite the significant financial and people investments we\u2019ve made in advance of the conference, we feel it is our moral imperative to put the health and safety of our people and communities first.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 130 cases of deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed across the nation with the U.S. death toll reaching 11. Today, the House and GOP-led Senate came to a compromise deal that will provide $8.3B to fight the spread of coronavirus in the U.S. and help treat those affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What You Need to Know: Medicomp Systems cancels its participation in the HIMSS 2020 conference\u00a0due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak posing an unacceptable health risk for its staff. 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