15th
Annual Executive War College
April 27-28, 2010
| New Orleans, LA | Sheraton
New Orleans
CONFIRMED
SPEAKERS TO DATE
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Using Lean, Work Flow Redesign, and Similar Methods
to Improve Quality and Efficiency in Transfusion Services and
the Blood Bank
Priscilla
Figueroa, MD, Head, Section of Transfusion Medicine and
Director Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Lab
Cleveland
Clinic - Cleveland, OH
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| Priscilla
I. Figueroa, MD |
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Kelley
Mitcham
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Donna
Beasley
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Achieving "Best in Class" Performance in How
Your Lab Uses Automation
Denny Lamb, Lab Process Consultant
Roche
Diagnostics Corp - Indianapolis, IN
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Denny
Lamb
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| Jack
Shaw |
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Every Lab's Stock-out and Customer Supply Conundrum: Five
Proven Ways to Manage Supplies and Reduce Lab Costs
Rachel
Stoll, Director of Supply Chain Solutions
Cardinal Health
- Roanoke, TX |
Rachel
Stoll
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State of the Market for Medical Technologists: Current
Trends in Compensation, Recruitment, and Retention
Peggy
McKee, Owner/Recruiter
PHC Consulting
- Celina, TX
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| Peggy
McKee |
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| Mark
Klimek |
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It's All New! How We Used Lean, Automation, and Informatics
for State-of-the Art Histology Workflow
Roberta E. Provencal, Director of Laboratory Services
Catholic
Medical Center - Manchester, NH |
| Roberta
E. Provencal |
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| Thomas
Grogan, MD |
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| Kent
Lewandrowski, MD |
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Optional Post Conference Course - Lean
For Lab Leaders
Nora Hess, MBA, Operations Managing Consultant
Chi
Solutions, Inc. - Ann Arbor, MI
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| Nora
Hess, MBA |
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Review of Lab and Pathology Deals Closed in Past 12 Months,
Plus Lab Valuation, Capital Availability
Christoper Jahnle, Managing Director and Owner
Haverford
Healthcare Advisors - Paoli, PA
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| Chris
Jahnle |
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Anne
Daley
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How UCLA Is Combining Pathology and Radiology to Offer
Physicians and Patients an Integrated Cancer Diagnostic Service
Scott
Binder, MD, Director, Pathology Clinical Services; Pritzker
Professor of Clinical Pathology and Dermatology
Geffen-UCLA
School of Medicine - Los Angeles, CA |
| Scott
Binder, MD |
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Using LOINC to Foster Integration of Clinical Data: Lessons
Learned at the Veteran's Administration
Philip Foulis, MD, MPH
VA Hospital
- Tampa, FL |
| Philip
Foulis |
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| Trent
Ritzenthaler |
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Real
Time Management of All Operational Domains and Workflows in Your
Laboratory
Chris Christopher, MBA, Vice President Global Customer Solutions
Siemens
Healthcare Diagnostics - Rock Hill, SC
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| Chris
Christopher |
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Achieving
Integrated Healthcare and Personalized Medicine: Factors in Favor
of a Centralized Testing Delivery Model
David King, Chairman and CEO
Laboratory Corporation
of America - Burlington, NC |
| David
King |
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Lab
Medicine's Appointment with Destiny: Skyrocketing Utilization,
Inadequate Funding, and the Incredible Diagnostic Value of Molecular
Diagnostics
Robert
L Michel, Editor-in-Chief
The Dark
Report - Spicewood, TX |
| Robert
Michel |
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Maintaining
Your Lab's Cash Flow: Ways to Legally Neutralize Emerging Federal
Policies that Will Be Financially Corrosive to Laboratories
Lale
White, Executive Chairman and CEO
XIFIN, Inc
- San Diego, CA |
Lale
White
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Taking
the HITECH Ground – Understanding Meaningful Use, Health
Information Exchange (HIE) and the future of Lab Outreach
Rob
Atlas, CEO
Atlas Medical
- Calabasas, CA
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| Rob
Atlas |
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| Rich
Cornell |
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Taking
Back Control of Reference and Send-out Laboratory Testing Costs:Bay
State's Success Story
Jason
Newmark, Director, Diagnostic Services
Baystate
Medical Center - Springfield, MA |
Jason
Newmark
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2010
Compensation and Benefits Survey For Clinical Laboratory CEOs
and Executives
Adam
Slone, CEO/President
Slone Partners
- Miami Beach, FL
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Adam
Slone
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New
Ways for Labs to Deliver EMR-Centric Lab Orders/Lab Results and
"Meaningful Use" to Outreach Physicians
Pat
Wolfram, Vice President, Marketing & Customer Services Ignis
Systems Corporation - Wilsonville, OR |
Pat
Wolfram
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| Susan
South |
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The
role of Labs in Meaningful Use: How Opportunities created by Meaningful
Use Will Impact the Competitive Lab Testing Marketplace
Ravi Sharma, CEO
4Medica -
Culver City, CA |
Ravi
Sharma
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Letting
the Right Metrics Tell Your Lab's Story to Hospital CEOs: The
Savvy Lab Manager's Guide to Best Use of Data
Sandy
Hood, Administrative Director Laboratory
Riverside
Methodist Hospital - Columbus, OH
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Sandy
Hood
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Fast-Moving
Legal Issues: Staying Current with New Developments in Laboratory
Compliance and Managed Care Contracting
Jane Pine Wood,
Attorney and Partner
McDonald
Hopkins LLC - Dennis, MA |
Jane
Pine Wood
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| Michael
Snyder |
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Earl
Buck
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ARRA
and Stark Legislation: Opportunities and Challenges for your Laboratory
Outreach Business
Kelly Feist, Vice President of Marketing
Sunquest
Information Systems - Tucson, AZ
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Kelly
Feist
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Understanding
Ireland's Radical Outsourcing and Restructuring of the Nation's
Clinical Lab Testing
Tom Moloney, Executive Officer
Academy
of Medical Laboratory Science - Dublin, Ireland
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| Tom
Moloney |
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Chief
Information Officer Roundtable
David
Moore, Principal Consultant - Greensboro, NC
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| David
Moore |
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Boosting
the Value of Lab Testing: How HEDIS Uses Lab Data to Drive Improvement
in Health Outcomes
Cindy
Ottone, MHA, Director HEDIS Policy
NCQA - Irmo, SC
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| Cindy
Ottone |
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| Eric
LaFleche |
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Using Latest-Generation Lab Automation to Drive Performance
to Optimal Levels
James D. Peele, PhD, Director of Clinical Chemistry
Baptist
Medical Centers - Jacksonville, FL
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| James
D. Peele, PhD |
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How Laboratories Need to Prepare for Pre-Authorization
of Genetic and Molecular Tests by Payers
Matt Zubiller, VP & GM, Advanced Diagnostics Mgmt
McKesson - San Francisco, CA |
| Matt
Zubiller |
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How to Do Less and Accomplish More By Going Beyond Lab
Automation
Susan Dawson, Laboratory Manager
Swedish
Covenant Hospital - Chicago, IL |
Susan
Dawson
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Sharon
Scott
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| Ana
Stankovic, MD, PhD |
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Panelist on the topics of "Laboratory Transactions
during 2009-10, Current Laboratory Valuations, Capital Availability"
and on "Best Structures to Laboratory Sales Transactions"
Doug
Brown, Managing Director
Lazard Middle
Market LLC
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| Doug
Brown |
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| Mark
Chandler, PhD |
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Using the Step-by-Step Automation Approach to Achieve
Sequential Performance
Jay Hupp, Laboratory Technical Services Manager
St.
Francis Health System - Tulsa, OK
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| Jay
Hupp |
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Today's Hottest Molecular Technologies in Infectious Disease
Testing, with a Review of What's Best in Next Generation Tests
Joel Lefferts, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Medical Center - Lebanon, NH |
| Joel
Lefferts, PhD |
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How Multidisciplinary Collaboration Led to a Reduction
in Red Blood Cell Usage by More than 25% in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Marisa B. Marques, MD, Professor of Pathology
University
of Alabama - Birmingham, AL
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| Marisa
B. Marques, MD |
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Translating the Vision of Remote Process Control into
Reality: How Informatics and Other Tools Can Boost Staff Productivity
While Improving Clinical Quality
William Hermann, MD
Memorial
Hermann Memorial City Medical Center
- Houston, TX |
| William
Hermann, MD |
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Using Newest Generation Laboratory Automation to Reduce
Operational Costs by as Much as 20%
Marilyn Nelson, Director of Laboratory Services
Ingalls Memorial
Hospital - Harvey, IL
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Marilyn
Nelson
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| Michael
Egholm, PhD |
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| Fritz
Kiechle, MD |
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Disruptive Technologies in Histology and Digital Pathology
John Gilbertson, MD, Associate Chief of Pathology,
Director of Pathology Information
Massachusetts
General Hospital - Boston, MA
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| John
Gilbertson, MD |
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How to Best Prepare for Digital Pathology: A Primer
on Technologies, Applications, and Clinical Contributions
Keith Kaplan, MD
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| Keith
Kaplan, MD |
The
final speaker and times will be posted soon, please check back...
Working
Agenda:
Our program is under development. If you have
suggestions for sessions or speakers, please email us at info@darkreport.com.
Our
tentative agenda and confirmed speakers for 2010…
Monday,
April 26, 2010
5:00pm – 7:00pm Welcome Reception
Tuesday,
April 27, 2010
8:00am – 12:00pm Master Classes, General Sessions
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 5:00pm Concurrent Breakouts
5:00pm – 5:45pm General Session
5:45pm – 7:30pm Grand Reception
Wednesday,
April 28, 2010
7:00am – 12:00pm Master Classes, General Sessions
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 3:00pm Concurrent Breakouts
3:00pm – 4:00pm Closing General Session
Thursday,
April 29, 2010 - Optional Post-Conference
Courses
8:00am – 4:00pm Optional Courses
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
A. Disruptive Technologies in Histology and Digital Pathology
(separate registration required)
B.
Molecular for Community Hospital Labs
(separate registration required)
C.
Lean Boot Camp - Lean for Lab Leaders
Achieving
Mastery with Concepts, Implementation, and Outcomes
(separate registration required)
Also...
Special Events Roundtables!
CFO
Roundtable
CIO Roundtable

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