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<font face="'times new roman', serif"><b>The <span>2nd</span> <span>Annual</span> <span>Workshop</span> <span>on</span> <span>Health</span> <span>IT</span> <span>and</span> <span>Economics</span></b></font></p>
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<font face="'times new roman', serif"><b>October 21-22, <span>2011</span>, Washington, DC</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;text-align:-webkit-auto;border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px" align="center">




<font face="'times new roman', serif"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><a href="http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/chids/white" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/chids/<span>white</span></span></a></span></font></p>


<br><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Dear colleagues and friends,</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><br>
</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">We are pleased to let you know that the <b>detailed program</b> of the <a href="http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/chids/white/" target="_blank">2nd Annual Workshop on Health IT and Economics (WHITE 2011)</a> is now available on the workshop website. <br>


<br>Also a kind reminder that the deadline for <b>early registration</b> and hotel reservation is <b>Sept 30</b>. Please click <a href="http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/chids/white/WHITE%202011/Registration_2011.aspx" target="_blank">here</a> to register. <br>


<br></span></font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">This year's WHITE is sponsored by AHRQ and AcademyHealth. </span></font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Last year WHITE attracted nearly 100 participants from 40 leading 
universities and research institutes. </span></font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">We hope this year's event will be even more exciting 
with your participation. <br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">WHITE is hosted by the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS) at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park. </span></font><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif"></span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Please check the WHITE website for more details: <a href="http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/chids/white/" target="_blank">http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/chids/white/</a><br>


<br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse">Best regards,</span></font></div>
</div><div style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div><div style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ritu Agarwal (Chair)</div>
<div style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px">Guodong (Gordon) Gao <span>and</span> Jeff McCullough (Program Co-chairs)</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;text-align:-webkit-auto;border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px" align="center">




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</div></div><br>-- <br>Guodong (Gordon) Gao<br>Assistant Professor<br>Decision, Operations and Information Technologies<br>Robert H. Smith School of Business<br>4325 Van Munching Hall<br>University of Maryland<br>College Park, MD 20742-1815<br>

TEL 301-405-2218<br>FAX 301- 405-8655  <br><a href="mailto:ggao@rhsmith.umd.edu" target="_blank">ggao@rhsmith.umd.edu</a> <br><a href="http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/faculty/ggao/" target="_blank">http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/faculty/ggao/</a><br>

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