Healthcare providers, Sprint and application developers take the lead in revolutionizing medical practices to save time, reduce costs and enhance care
Sprint Nextel:
WHAT: |  | Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse will deliver the opening keynote at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference and Exhibition. The first CEO of a major wireless company invited to speak at HIMSS, Dan's keynote will primarily focus on – |
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| -- The historic opportunity for wireless to transform healthcare by boosting efficiency, raising quality and reducing costs; | ||
| -- How wireless will serve as a key enabler of the overall transformation taking place in healthcare today; | ||
| -- Sprint 4G technology and innovative healthcare solutions in the future. | ||
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| The HIMSS Conference draws approximately 30,000 attendees from all areas of healthcare IT. | ||
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Editor's Note: A full transcript of Dan's script will be distributed after his keynote. Sprint 4G is available in Atlanta today. Please visit our booth #1413 at HIMSS to see Sprint 4G in action. | ||
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WHEN: | March 1, 2010 | |
| 8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. (EST) | ||
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WHERE: | HIMSS Annual Conference | |
| Thomas Murphy Ballroom | ||
| Georgia World Congress Center | ||
| Atlanta, GA | ||
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WHO: | Dan Hesse, CEO Sprint Nextel |
About Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two wireless networks serving more than 48 million customers at the end of the fourth quarter of 2009 and the first 4G service from a national carrier in the United States; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. The company's customer-focused strategy has led to improved first call resolution and customer care satisfaction scores. For more information, visit www.sprint.com.
Contacts:
Sprint
Sukhi Sahni, 703-592-7779
sukhi.sahni@sprint.com
or
Kristin
Wallace, 404-649-1625
kristin.c.wallace@sprint.com
