Learn, Connect, and Move with EHC Consulting at HIMSS26

Heading to HIMSS26, Mar 9-12, in Las Vegas? We’d love to learn, connect, and move with you! 

If Epic® on public cloud, application delivery, or modernizing infrastructure is on your 2026 roadmap, this is a great time to talk. Charles Knight, Mitch Duff, Dr. Tim Calahan, Luke Yerkovich, and Dan Kalina will all be onsite at HIMSS26 – including at the Microsoft Booth (2812).  

Read on to see where you can find us. 

Learn:  

Epic on Azure Lunch & Learn  

Wednesday, March 11 | 12:30–1:45PM  

Speakers: Dr. Tim Calahan (Founder, EHC Consulting), Chris Stewart (VP – Technology Services, Community Health Network), Patty Carrolo (CVP, US Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft), Thomas Balcavage (SVP/COO of IS&T, Jefferson Health)  

Register today to reserve your seat!  

• This session brings together executives with first-hand lessons from migrating EHR systems to Azure to enhance performance, security, resilience, and financial predictability. Learn how organizations approached readiness, governance, partner selection, and risk management—and how cloud adoption fuels system-wide innovation to unlock analytics and AI. 

Community Health Network: Modernizing Epic on Azure  

Thursday, March 12 | 10:00–10:20AM  

Microsoft Booth (2812) 

Speakers: Chris Stewart (VP – Technology Services, Community Health Network) and Mitch Duff (Founder, EHC Consulting) 

• This session explores a first-of-its-kind Epic migration to Microsoft Azure that delivered measurable results: $9M in avoided hardware costs, 20% faster response times, and 50% fewer exceptions. Learn how a phased deployment achieved zero failbacks, preserved ownership, and upskilled internal teams to independently operate a resilient, future-ready Epic platform. 

Connect: 

Meet & Greets at the Microsoft Booth (2812)  

Tuesday, March 10 | 1:20–2:50PM  

Wednesday, March 11 | 2:30–4:00PM  

Microsoft Happy Hour (Booth 2812)  

Tuesday, March 10 | 4:30–5:30PM  

Move: 

Pickleball  

Tuesday, March 10 | 7–8AM  

Plaza Hotel & Casino (paddles & balls provided) 

We can’t wait to see you there!