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The state of Kentucky has opened registration for the third-annual Kentucky e-Health Summit.

The event is a gathering of business, technology, health care, academic and government leaders interested in the development of a statewide electronic medical records system. It is being presented by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Kentucky e-Health Network Board.

The summit will be held Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the Hyatt Regency Louisville.

“The promise of improving the lives and health of Kentuckians is the driving force to developing a health information exchange,” Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Janie Miller said in a news release. “The goal of Kentucky’s efforts is to improve health care by using technology and collaboration to provide Kentuckians with health information that will improve quality of care, reduce medical errors and save lives.”

The summit will include discussions on health care reform and the role of health information technology, and federal stimulus funding available through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

There will be representatives on hand from the Office of the National Coordinator, as well as the World Health Organization, the National Governors Association, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and other health information technology organizations.

Online registration can be found at http://ehealth.ky.gov/board/Pages/e-HealthSummit2009.aspx.