(formerly  Kansas - Missouri POCT Users Group)

The 9th  HEART OF AMERICA

POC  NETWORK Meeting & Vendor Fair

is Friday, November 7, 2008

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
 
8:00– 9:30AM                                      
The Future of Patient Care Diagnostics: Survive and Thrive Using
POC to Work Positively for your Laboratory 
Terence Smith,  Abbott Point of Care Specialist
Sponsor:  Abbott Point of Care
 
9:30– 9:45 AM                                     
Break 
Sponsor:  Fisher HealthCare
 
9: 45 -11:15 PM 
Key Considerations for a Compliant POCT Program
Dr. Thomas I.  Koshy, Regional Scientific Affairs Director   
Sponsor: Biosite
 
11:15  – 1:45 PM
Vendors Fair, Networking and Lunch
 
1:45– 3:15 PM
Inpatient Glycemic Management- The Role of Data from POC Testing
Dr. Lois Book,  Director, PMC Diabetes Center
Sponsor:    LifeScan Inc

RSVP

SPONSORS OF THIS MEETING

  • Abbott POC Division

  • Biosite

  • Cardinal Health

  • Fisher HealthCare

  • KC CLMA

  • LifeScan, Inc

  • Physicians Reference Lab

  • Providence Medical Center   

  • Roche  -  Diabetes Division

VENDORS FAIR (in addition to the sponsors above)

  • Abbott Diabetes

  • Hemocue

  • Integra Surgical

  • MAS

  • Nova Biomedical

  • RNA Medical

  • Response Biomedical

  • Siemens

  • 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, April 24, 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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