WHAT: Cisco Systems® will demonstrate innovative healthcare solutions, including a new Cisco Medical-Grade Network Assessment tool and e-Radiology offering. Interested press and industry analysts will see how Cisco® wireless, network security, Internet Protocol (IP) telephony, and IP video conferencing technologies help improve provider productivity and patient care by visiting Cisco booth #4545, which houses demonstrations of an e-Radiology Suite, the Critical Care Setting and the Physician's Office, all with technologies in use.

WHO:John Chambers, president and CEO, Cisco Systems, will deliver a keynote presentation that addresses some of the top issues facing the healthcare industry and highlights how technology can help transform healthcare by creating productivity and quality improvements. Chambers will speak on Tuesday, February 15 at 8:30 a.m. CT in the Auditorium of the Dallas Convention Center.

Pierre-Paul Allard, vice president, Enterprise Marketing, Cisco Systems, will deliver a presentation on how to e-improve healthcare delivery using wireless and mobile technologies. He is available to meet with press and industry analysts on February 16 and 17. Those interested in a briefing should contact JoAnn Johnston.

Other Cisco healthcare executives available to meet with the press from February 14-17 at HIMSS include: Jeffrey Rideout M.D., M.A., F.A.C.P., vice president, Healthcare practice of Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) and corporate medical director. Dr. Rideout plays an influential role in working with healthcare and public sector leaders to help them use technology to accelerate transformation of the healthcare industry. He also provides leadership regarding healthcare IT policy and health benefit value purchasing decisions for Cisco and its 65,000 employees and dependents worldwide; Kent Gray, global healthcare solutions manager; and Terri Wimms, healthcare industry marketing. Those interested in a press briefing with Rideout, Gray or Wimms should contact JoAnn Johnston.