Thanks to all who helped make ReadySetRaise! for Health ™ a success!

This year's speakers included:

	Esther Dyson, Editor, Release 1.0, CNET Networks (keynote)
	Bradford C. Burkett, Managing Director, Co-Head Healthcare And Technology Group, Scott-Macon, Ltd.
	Richard Forman, Managing Partner, Health Venture Group
	Katy Henrickson, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research
	Kerry Hicks, President and CEO, HealthGrades
	David J. Lenihan, Chairman and CEO, CareGain, Inc.
	Chris McFadden, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
	Paul Sheils, President and CEO, Aetna Health Information Solutions
	West Shell III, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Healthline Networks Inc.

ReadySetRaise! For Health™ is the premier conference for the revolutionary sector of Consumer Directed Health Care (CDHC) and your best chance to scout the latest developments in CDHC Technology by today’s most innovative companies, as well as hear from a panel of experts on the current and future needs of this burgeoning industry. 

Consumers represent the new force in healthcare.  U.S healthcare spending today is close to $2 trillion and averages $6300 per individual per year.  Healthcare spending is rapidly growing as a total of our GDP, representing almost 16% in 2004 versus 7.2% in 1970.  The federal government is focused on the expansion of Consumer Directed Health Care.

In response to the need to reduce healthcare costs to the consumer and to improve quality/access to care, three major trends have emerged:

1. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
2. Portability of personal health informtion
3. Consumer medical decision support tools

This year's ReadySetRaise! ™ for Health explored: the role technology is playing in healthcare delivery to consumers and the emerging trends and applications that are changing the relationships between consumers, healthcare providers and insurance companies.