Roundtables
Outcomes and Conduct of Industry POC and Home Testing Product Evaluations
Larry W. Clark, MS, Bayer Corp., Diagnostic Division, Elkhart, IN

Practical Management of Point-of-Care Testing
James H. Nichols, PhD, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD

Costs and Benefits - Evaluating New Point-of-Care Tests
Petrie M. Rainey, MD, PhD, Yale Univ. School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Ionized Magnesium: Clinical Importance & Measurement
Terry Shirey, Nova Biomedical, Waltham, MA

Edutraks
Chipping Away: What's New in Molecular Technologies for Clinical Laboratories
(This EduTrak, developed in cooperation with the Molecular Pathology Division, focuses on point-of-care DNA diagnostics.)

What's the Role of Cardiac Markers in Acute Coronary Syndromes?
(This EduTrak includes a major focus on point-of-care tests for cardiac markers.)

Roundtables
Managing POCT Programs for Quality: Guidelines for the Development of a QA
Program.
Catherine Cox, MD, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN

Point-of-Care Testing for Medical Transport
Paula J. Santrach, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Lactate Interpretation in Critically Ill Patients
Terry Shirey, PhD, DABCC, Nova Biomedical, Waltham, MA

Intraoperative PTH Measurements
Lori J. Sokol, PhD, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD

Roundtables
Implementation and Monitoring of Point-of-Care Testing
Ellis Jacobs., PhD, DABCC, FACB, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

Workshops
Point-of-Care Testing: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Practical Management
Paula Santrach, MD, Mayo Clinic,Rochester, MN;
Ellis Jacobs, PhD, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY;
James H. Nichols, PhD, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Roundtables
Blood Lead Analysis: The Old & the New
Robert L. Jones, PhD, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA

EduTrak:
Information Management for Point-of-Care Testing
(Developed in cooperation with the Point-of-Care and the Laboratory Information Systems Divisions and supported by an educational grant from Lifescan, Inc.)

Moderator: James H. Nichols, PhD, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD

Information System Requirements in the Critical Care Environment
Kenneth E. Blick, PhD, DABCC, ACS, Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Ctr., Oklahoma City, OK

Point-of-Care Data Management in an Integrated Delivery Health Care System
Jay B. Jones, PhD, DABCC, Penn State Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA

LIS & Instrument Vendor-Supported Approaches:
Point-of-Care Data Management for the Rest of Us
Raymond D. Aller, MD, MDS Laboratory Services, Snellville, GA

Using the Internet to Monitor & Manage Disease in Patients' Homes
Holly B. Jimison, PhD, Oregon Health Sciences Univ., Portland, OR