How 2002's Acquisitions Changed the Lab Profession: Turmoil and Tension Cloud Opportunity

• Robert Michel, Editor-in-Chief, The Dark Report, Lake Oswego, OR

Alverno Clinical Laboratories, Hammond, Indiana (Lab automation, hospital lab outreach)

• James C Sparks, PhD, President & CEO, Alverno Clinical Laboratories, Hammond, IN

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Laboratories, Nashville, Tennessee

• Martha Miers, Executive Director, Diagnostic Laboratories, Vanderbuilt Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Case Study: PacLab Network Laboratories, Washington State

• Stu Adelman, COO, GM, PacLab, Belview, WA

Michigan Co-Tenancy Laboratories, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Shared reference laboratory venture owned by 18 hospitals)

• Dennis Hodges & Stephen Zawacki
  Manager of Business Development/Chief Financial Officer, Michigan Co- Tenancy Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI

Concurrent Breakout Session 1

Vermont Lab Network Uses Value-Added Lab Test Information To Improve Clinical Outcomes

• Diana Scalise, Business Development and Information Services, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT

Convincing Hospital CEOs to Fund Med Tech Training: How 15 Labs Raised $1.5 Million

• Susie Lu, VP, Clinical Laboratory Services, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA

Academic Center Laboratory Embraces Accelerated Change

• Rick Panning, Admininistrative Director, Lab Services, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN

Secrets of Turning Forced Pathology Group Mergers Into Happy Marriages

• Edward Catalano, MD, Chairman, Pathology Service Associates, Colombia, SC

Concurrent Breakout Session 2

New Budget-Busting Threat: Strategies to Cope With High-Priced Specialty Testing

• Jack Shaw, Executive Director, Joint Venture Hospital Labs, Detroit, MI

Building Profitable Revenues by Marketing Local Pathology to Physicians' Offices

• Paul A Johnson, DBA, CEO, Innovative Pathology Services, LLC, Knoxville, TN

Practical Ways to Simplify HIPAA Compliance in the Laboratory

• Roger May, Product Line Manager, eHealth, Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corp, Exton, PA

Seven Legal Landmines Every Clinical Lab Ignores at Its Peril

• Richard S Cooper, ESQ, Partner, McDonald, Hopkins, Burke & Haber, Cleveland, OH

Concurrent Breakout Session 3

How Health Partners Cut Its Laboratory Expenses 50% in One Year

• Nancy Butala, Senior Director, Laboratory & Radiology Services, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, MN

Applying Co-Tenancy Concepts To Multi-Hospital Lab Testing Ventures

• Dennis Hodges, Manager of Business Development, Stephen Zawacki, Chief Financial Officer, Michigan Co-Tenancy Laboratory, Gary Assarian, MD, Director Hospital Consolidated Labs, Southfielf, MI

Integrating Lab Services From Order to Results and Billing

• Robert Browning, Executive Director, Laboratory Services, Baptist Hospital of East Tennesse, Knoxville, TN

Five Hot Legal Issues Facing Every Anatomic Pathology Group

• Richard S Cooper, ESQ, Partner, McDonald, Hopkins, Burke & Haber, Cleveland, OH

General Session

Panel: Vendor's View: Management Traits Common To Top Performing Laboratories

• Moderator: Robert Michel, Editor-in-Chief, The Dark Report; Panel: James Ellis, Director Laboratory Consulting, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics & Chris Christopher, Vice-president, Global Health Care Consulting

Reception

Why Employers Are Prodding Healthcare Providers To Adopt New Management Systems

• Joseph A De Feo, President & CEO, Juran Institute, Inc., Wilton, CT

Disease Management Programs Come of Age

• Kathy Kirk, Senior Vice President, American Healthways, Inc., Brentwood, TN

Predictive Genetic Testing: What Myriad Genetic's Experience Teaches

• Gregory C. Critchfield, MD, President, Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT

Case Study: Geisinger Health System Laboratories, Danville, Pennsylvania

• Conrad Schuerch, MD, Chairman, Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger, Danville, PA

Case Study: Esoterix, Inc., Brentwood, Tennessee Division

• Jay Weiss, PhD, Director Immunoassay Development, Esoterix, Inc., Brentwood, TN

Case Study: Cunningham Pathology, Birmingham, Alabama

• Scot A Cardwell, CEO, Cunningham Pathology, Birmingham, AL

Concurrent Breakout Session 4

Patient Safety Hits the Laboratory Industry: Early Findings from the CDC

• Ana Stankovic, MD, PhD, Medical Officer, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA

Making Lab Automation Pay Big Dividends in the Hospital Without TLA

• Herbert Auerbach DO, Chairman & Dep of Pathology, Abington Hospital, Abington, PA

Using Electronic Web-Orders From Doc's Office to Drive Laboratory Business Processes

• George Engelberg, Senior, VP and IT Chief Information Officer, MDS Laboratory Services, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA

"LEAN" Management Triggers Big Gains in Hospital Core Chemistry Laboratory

• Martha Sunyog, Administrative Director, DSI Laboratories, Naples, FL

Concurrent Breakout Session 5

Energizing Productivity and Quality in the Large Hospital Laboratory

• Marilynn Bartel, Laboratory Manager, Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa, OK

Sorting Through the Healthcare IT Revolution: Ten Survival Strategies for Laboratories

• Bruce A Friedman, MD, Director Ancillary Information Systems, Professor of Pathology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI

Making Point-of-Care Testing Succeed in the Multi-Hospital Health System

• Lou Ann Wyer, Clinical Specialist, Testing & Quality Management, Sentara Health System, Virginia Beach, VA

Starting From Scratch: Building a Profitable Lab Outreach Program on a Shoestring Budget

• Gary V Catarella, Corporate Director of Laboratory Services, Meridan Health System, Neptune, NJ

The Wrap: Lessons and Unexpected Themes From This Year’s Executive War College

• Robert Michel, Editor-in-Chief, The Dark Report, Lake Oswego, OR

Executive War College Ends