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

The SOA in Healthcare conference features real-world experiences and attendees will benefit from the lessons learned and challenges faced in these implementations. The workshop intentionally integrates the themes of SOA and health quality, and is targeted primarily to a health-IT savvy audience. This event is focused on healthcare’s challenges and SOA’s role in meeting them.