The SOA Consortium(TM), Object Management Group(TM) (OMG(TM)), and Health Level Seven (HL7), today announced that the "SOA in Healthcare: Realizing Quality of Care, Business Value and Delivery on IT's Promise," workshop will be held April 15-17, 2008 at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare in Chicago, IL. Registration details may be found online at www.omg.org/hc-ws-std-pr.

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) adoption is viewed as a key enabler for the 21st century enterprise due to increased opportunity for productivity and integration, and requires significant changes for both IT and business executives. The goal of the workshop is to raise the dialogue about SOA and its use in healthcare, especially as pertaining to healthcare quality.