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Northeast Region Conference and Exhibition

CLAS New England Chapter
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NERCE 2010 an AACC, CLMA, CLAS event is scheduled for 13-14 April 2010 at the Boxborough Holiday Inn, 242 Adams Place, Boxborough, MA (RT 495). Information.

vist NERCE web site | download exhibitor package | download brochure

Regsiter for 2010 meeting on-line

DAY ONE MEETING INFORMATION:

Management

Laboratory Audits for Quality Improvement 9:00-10:00AM
Lucia M. Berte, MA, MT (ASCP)
Ongoing Competence Assessment of Laboratory Staff 11:00 - 12:00PM
Lucia M. Berte, MA, MT (ASCP)
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

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
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

 

Management

Benchmarking Performance:
How to Become a Leader in Labor Productivity and Expenses
9:00-10:00 AM
Paul Camara & Sharon M. Brommer
Benchmarking Performance II
11:00 - 12:00 PM
Paul Camara & Sharon M. Brommer
Benchmarking III
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Paul Camara & Sharon M. Brommer
Benchmarking IV 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Paul Camara & Sharon M. Brommer

HANDOUTS (IF AVAILABLE) ARE LISTED ADJACENT TO THE SPEAKER NAME. [ADOBE PDF FORMAT]
ALL HANDOUTS ARE COPYRIGHT ©

Quality

Challenges and Opportunities
in Molecular Diagnostics of Cancer
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Dan Jones, MD, PhD

Using Barcode Technology to Improve Patient Safety 11:00 - 12:00 PM
Nancy Smith

Laboratory Quality Control Based Upon Risk Management
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Dr Jan S. Krouwer
Meeting the Challenges of Early Morning Phlebotomy Draws and
The Need for Rapid Turnaround Times
3:30 - 4:30 PM
Mary Ellen Cortizas, Lori Zanin, Stacey Melanson

Point of Care Testing Workshop

How Do We Achieve Concordance
Between POCT and Central Lab Test Results

Sponsored by
Nova Biomedical
Point of Care Glucose Testing How Do We Measure Up, What Standards Apply and Where Are We Headed? 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Jeffrey Dubois, Ph.D., FACB
Are Glucose Meters Accurate and Precise Enough
to Meet Clinical Needs?
11:00 - 12:00PM
Martha E Lyon, Ph.D., DABCC, FACB
POCT for Creatinine: Benefits and Challenges 2:00 - 3:00 PM
William A Clarke, Ph.D., MBA, DABCC

Biomarkers

Progress in Prenatal Screening for Down Syndrome 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Geralyn M. Messerlian, Ph.D.

Emerging Technologies

High Throughput SMA Carrier Testing and Prenatal Diagnosis:
Reference Laboratory Based Clinical Testing Program
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Narasimhan Nagan, PhD, FACMG, DABCC.
Addressing Sample Integrity Issues with Proper Sample Selection and Novel Blood Collection Tubes 11:00 - 12:00PM
Jeffrey Chance PhD
Update on autoantibody testing: Anti-CCP, ANA testing, and the rest of the alphabet soup 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Michael Astion, MD, PhD

Emerging Technologies for the Laboratory Diagnosis
of Clostridium difficule Infection
3:30 - 4:30 PM
Denise Geiger, Ph.D.

Phlebotomy

Pre Analytical Variables in Laboratory Testing 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Kathleen Finnegan
Challenging Case Studies in Hematology 11:00 - 12:00 PM
Kathleen Finnegan
How Pre-Analytic Measures Can Affect Test Results...
Let Me Count the Ways
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Becky Socha
Phlebotomy: An Update on Education 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Becky Socha

A Free Wine and Cheese Social Hour will be held Tuesday evening April 13th at 5PM in the Atrium. (Day 1)
All attendees are invited to this event.
Sponsored by AACC

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