DAY 1

Day 1 Sessions / Topics / Educational Courses
at Northeast Region Conference and Exhibition 13 APRIL

Management| Marketing/Diagnostics/Autoimmune Diseases | Quality
Emerging Technologies | Phlebotomy/Emerging Technologies

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Day 1 Lunch Sponsored by: LabCorp

Management


Laboratory Audits for Quality Improvement	9:00-10:00AM
Lucia M. Berte, MA, MT (ASCP) (download handout)
Ongoing Competence Assessment of Laboratory Staff	11:00 - 12:00PM
Lucia M. Berte, MA, MT (ASCP) (download handout)
Health Care Reform and the Clinical Laboratory: Issues in 2010 and Beyond for Laboratory Professionals and Patients	2:00 - 3:00PM
Jeff Jacobs
Leveraging the Billing Process to Develop Your Outreach Program Successfully	3:30 - 4:30PM
P. Thomas Hirsch (download handout)

Marketing/Diagnostics/Autoimmune Diseases

Business Marketing and Planning in a Digital Age	9:00 - 10:00 AM
Daniella Priebatsch

Microchip Diagnostic Assays	11:00 - 12:00 PM
Dr. Anubhave Tripathi

Autoimmune Disease I: Predictive and Prognostic Value of Laboratory Tests for Autoantibodies Autoimmune Disease II: Vasculitis: A Difficult Diagnosis	2:00 - 4:00 PM
Dr. Eric Hoy

Quality

Revenue Cycle Lean Improvements	9:00 - 10:00 AM
Charity Robbins
Slashing Pap Smear Turnaround Time with Lean to Gain Competative Market Advantage	11:00 - 12:00PM
Jason Newmark & Karen Russett
Employee Engagement - What Does it Look Like?	2:00 - 3:00 PM
Glenn Surprenant
Sure-Fire Methods to Slash Your Lab's Reference and Send-Out Testing Costs	3:30 - 4:30 PM
Sharon Scott

Emerging Technologies

BhCG/Prenatal Testing Array CGH	9:00 - 10:00 AM
Chris Williams
Future Roles of Mass Spectrometry: Microorganism Identification & Immuno-MS	11:00 - 12:00 PM
Scott Kuzdzal PhD.
Therapeutic Drug Management in Oncology: Optimization of Chemotherapeutic Efficacy	2:00 - 3:00 PM
Salvatore Salamone PhD.
Imaging of Cardiovascular Physiology: Cardiac MRI Techniques	3:30 - 4:30 PM
Raymond Y. Kwong MD, MPH, FACC

Phlebotomy/Emerging Technologies

LEANing the Preanalytic Phlebotomy/Support Services	9:00 - 10:00 AM
Jonathan Park PhD (download handout)
An Approach to Adding Professionalsim in Phlebotomy	11:00 - 12:00 PM
Lyn romagnoli, Sue Antell, Michele Baker
Diagnostic Technologies Used in the Treatment of HIV	2:00 - 3:00 PM
John P. Hickey, MD
Hematology Case Studies: "Beyond the Cube"	3:30 - 4:30 PM
Dawn Robertson, MT (ASCP)

EVENING WINE AND CHEESE SOCIAL HOUR:

A Free Wine and Cheese Social Hour will be held Tuesday evening April 13th at 5PM in the Atrium.
All attendees are invited to this event.
Sponsored by Quest Diagnostics

Special Evening Session:

Translation of Proteomics Biomarkers into Clinical Practice for Ovarian and Prostate Cancer

Daniel W. Chan, Ph.D., DABCC, FACB.
Professor of Pathology, Oncology, Radiology and Urology
Director of Clinical Chemistry Division, Johns Hopkins University.

Pre-registration required! Separate Registration Fee includes Dinner: $35. Read More...

Sponsor: American Association of Clinical Chemistry

*Program/Sessions may change without notice. Check your brochure for speaker/time changes. Last minute changes will be announced at the meeting.