(formerly  Kansas - Missouri POCT Users Group)

The 14th HEART OF AMERICA POC NETWORK Meeting

will be held Friday, November 2, 2012

at St Luke’s Hospital Northland

at the Barry Medical Park Conference Center

in Kansas City, KS

 

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

AGENDA
7:00 – 7:30 AM
Registration, Networking, Breakfast
Sponsor: April Cobbs, Sekisui Diagnostics
(formerly Genzyme )

7:30 – 8:00 AM
Welcome and Introductions –

CLMA Moment

8:00– 9:15 AM
Future of POC, Dr. Angela Ferguson, Asst Director, Chemistry Lab
Sponsor: Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO

9:15– 10:00 AM
Break - Sponsor: Fisher HealthCare

10:00 -11:15 PM
Communication When there is Potential Conflict, Cherie Peterson, Distance Education Coordinator
Sponsor: ARUP Laboratories, Utah

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

1:15– 3:00 PM
Method Validation, Ruby Brower, KS CLIA Inspection Specialist
Sponsor: Lawrence Memorial Hospital, KS

3:00 – 4:00 PM
Q and A; Open Forum

RSVP

Pet.Maniquis@Providence-Health.org

VENDOR FAIR PARTICIPANTS:

  • Abbott Point of Care

  • Alere

  • Fisher HealthCare

  • Hemocue

  • KCCLMA

  • RALS- MAS

  • NOVA Biomedical

  • Physicians Reference Lab

  • Providence Medical Center

  • RadiometerAmerica

  • Roche - Diabetes

  • Roche Diagnostics – Coagulation

  • Sekisui Diagnostics

  • TELCOR

DIRECTIONS:

Barry Medical Park Conference Center is located on the Ground Floor of the Barry Medical Park building (NOT in the Hospital).

Click on the Campus Map for details >

From the North ( East):

  • Take I-29 South towards downtown.

  • Take Exit 8 for MO-9/NW Barry Road toward Parkville.

  • Turn left at NW Barry Road.

  • Turn left at NW Barrybrooke Drive .

  • Continue onto N Ambassador Drive.

  • Turn right to the parking lot of the Medical Park Building.

From the South (West):

  • Take I-29 North from Downtown.

  • Take Exit 8 for MO-9/NW Barry Road.

  • Turn right at NW Barry Road.

  • Turn left at NW Barrybrooke Drive .

  • Continue onto N Ambassador Drive.

  • Turn right to the parking lot of the Medical Park Building.

The building is located in front of St Luke’s Northland Hospital ( 5830 NW Barry Road) on the west side. Parking lots are in front of the Barry Medical Park building.

 

To get to the meeting Room: The Conference Room is located just inside the building.

NEXT MEETING DATE:
WEBINAR: Thursday, March 2013.

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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