(formerly  Kansas - Missouri POCT Users Group)

The 10th  HEART OF AMERICA

POC  NETWORK Meeting & Vendor Fair

is Friday, April 24, 2009

Providence Medical Center; Keenan Auditorium A, B and C

8929 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, KS 66112

AGENDA I RSVP I SPONSORS I VENDORS FAIR I DIRECTIONS I NEXT MEETING DATE

AGENDA
7:00 – 7:50 AM                                     
Registration,  Networking, Breakfast
Sponsor: Physicians Reference Lab
 

7:50 – 8:00 AM

Welcome and Introductions
Cardiac Biomarker Guidelines… What the Multidisciplinary Team MUST Know 
Richard K. Heitsman, Sponsor:  Siemens HealthCare Diagnostics
 

9:30– 9:45  AM
Break Sponsor:  Fisher HealthCare
 

9: 45 -11:15 AM 
Competency Validation

Gayle Deobald. MT (ASCP)
Sponsor: Mayo Laboratories
 

11:15 –1:15   PM
Vendors Fair, Networking and Lunch
Sponsor:  Cardinal Health     
 

1:15  - 2: 15  PM
Round Table Discussion Topics:   

  1. PPM/PPT Scenarios

  2. Calibration Verification and QC

  3. Quality Management

  4. Instrumentation

  5. Competency Monitoring

2: 15 – 3:45 PM
Getting Ready for CAP POC Inspection
Dr.  Alan  M. Luger , Laboratory Medical Director, VA Hospital
Sponsor:    VA Hospital –Columbia, MO    
 
3:45 – 4:00 PM

Wrap –Up ; Q and A

RSVP

SPONSORS OF THIS MEETING

  • Cardinal Health                      

  • Fisher HealthCare

  • KC CLMA

  • Mayo Laboratories

  • Physicians Reference Lab

  • Providence Medical Center

  • Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics

  • VA Hospital-Columbia, MO  

VENDORS FAIR (in addition to the sponsors above)

  • Abbott POC and Diabetes Div

  • Biosite

  • Helena Laboratories

  • Inverness

  • LifeScan, Inc

  • MAS

  • Orasure Tecnology

  • Radiometer America

  • Roche Coagulation Div

  • Roche Diabetes Div

  • TELCOR

DIRECTIONS

Providence Medical Center is located near the Kansas Speedway and the Legends West in Kansas City, Kansas 

 

From the North ( East)

  • Take I-35 South,  near downtown

  • take I-70 West. Exit on I-435 and exit to East Parallel Parkway up to 90th Street.

  • Take the first exit to the Medical Center, follow the sign  to the Main  entrance.

From the South (West)

  • Take I-35 North. Exit on I-435 and exit to East Parallel Parkway up to 90th Street.

  • Take the first exit to the Medical Center, follow the sign  to the Main  entrance. 

To get to the meeting Room

  • Park at the  at Lot D  of the Medical Center

  • Take the Main Entrance

  • Follow directional signs to Keenan Auditorium
    OR

  • Park at Lot B Out Patient Entrance

  • Follow directional signs to Keenan Auditorium

NEXT MEETING DATE:

 Friday, November 6, 2009

About the Heartland of America POCC Network

Serving  the  need  of Point-of-Care Coordinators throughout Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska and affiliated with Kansas City CLMA Chapter, our mission is to support the POC Coordinators goal to give excellent quality patient care in bedside testing. Through this network we will have  educational opportunities to share  ideas and information; evaluate  current practices , new technologies and trends; discuss accreditation and regulation guidelines;  and impact  POCT management strategies and performance improvement.

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