BREAKING: HIMSS 20 Canceled Amid Coronavirus Concerns

	The annual meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), has been canceled due to concerns surrounding the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
	"It is clearly necessary to cancel the 2020 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition," HIMSS said in a statement.
	Several companies, including Cisco, Amazon, and Microsoft, decided to withdraw from the conference, which typically draws around 45,000 attendees, due to concerns about the coronavirus.
	President Donald Trump was scheduled to address the conference next Monday.

HIMSS 20, the annual meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), has been canceled due to concerns surrounding the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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