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This document provides an agenda for a two-day healthcare IT forum taking place on September 2nd and 3rd, 2007. Day one includes presentations on e-health initiatives in the Eastern Mediterranean region, implementing a unified hospital information system across multiple hospitals, smart health centers in Saudi Arabia, evaluating the return on investment of digital health programs, user training, adopting electronic health records, using RFID and wireless technologies in healthcare, and considering e-health and home care. Day two focuses on change management for IT implementation, criteria for selecting hospital information systems, challenges in health information system implementation, project management best practices, automating providers and payers, and improving nursing practice through technology.