NYS Health Information Technology Week is October 2^nd – 6^th, 2017

For the third year in a row, Susan Rueckwald, New York State (NYS) HIMSS Chapter Co-Secretary, worked with NYS Senator Kemp Hannon, Chair of the NYS Senate Health Committee, on the Legislative Resolution for NYS Health Information Technology (IT) Week 2017.

NYS Health IT Week is October 2^nd– 6^th, 2017. The purpose of NYS Health IT Week, which coincides with National Health IT week, is to increase awareness of health information technology. The resolution helps formalize and validate the importance of Health IT in healthcare. For more information on National Health IT Week, see http://www.healthitweek.org/.

Photo: Senator Hannon presenting the Legislative Resolution for NYS Health IT Week 2017 to Susan Rueckwald, NYS HIMSS Chapter Co-Secretary, in the NYS Capitol Building on May 22^nd, 2017.