Please Come and Join Us

PLEASE COME AND JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT CONFERENCE

When: Friday, October 26, 2012 Time: 900 – 15:30 Where: Mountain Preserve Reception Center 1431 E. Dunlap Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85068, 602-943-2656 Parking and Entrance is on the west side of building Link to conferenc site: http://www.mprc.net/index.html

Vendors RSVP: August 31, 2011 to Bob Kaplanis: [email protected] or 602-685-5364

Members RSVP: August 31, 2011 to Cindy Bregman: [email protected] or 602-406-3482 We need to have an accurate head count.

Vendors are encouraged to stay for lunch and networking opportunities. Please let Bob know if you will be staying for lunch or not. There is a $300 fee for vendors to attend. The fee is for a 6 foot table to display your product, attend the lectures, breakfast and lunch for two people. Please bring an electrical cord if you require it.

Point of Care Arizona is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program. Lectures are frequently of interest to people in your organization that are not members of our group and we open our conference to them. Any member of our group can bring guests for $20. This will include the lecture and food.

FOOD Morning: Coffee, Herbal Tea, Juice, Fruit, Danish, Muffins, Bagels

Buffet Lunch: Spinach Salad with Sliced Mushrooms, Crisp Bacon and Dressing Fresh Seasonal Fruit Salad Vegetable Lasagna Broiled Breast of Chicken with White Wine Sauce Rice Pilaf Fresh Steamed Vegetable Medley Rolls, Butter, Coffee, Iced Tea and Soda Chef’s Choice for Desert

Agenda: 900 – 1000 Registration and Vendor Setup 1000 – Welcome 1000 – 1100 Visit the Vendors 1100 – 1200 Dr. Steven Berkowitz, Abbott POC, The new CMS core measures, why they were initiated, and how this publicly-reported data will impact hospitals financially moving forward. He also discusses what hospitals can do to improve these measures. 1200 – 1300 Lunch 1300 – 1500 Dr. David Koch, Emory University, Method evaluation, 6 month correlations tailored to POC 1500 – 1600 1600 - 1630 Break and Door Prize drawings Business Meeting – Voting to be by hand count 1. Thanks to Vendors 2. POCA Update and Financial Report – Deb Lefkowitz 3. Voting for POCA Officers 4. Question and answering session for group

Point of Care Arizona is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program.

Board Members Bob Kaplanis, President, Banner Health 602-723-5445 And Planning Bob Newberry, Vice President, YUMA Regional 928-336-7241 Committee: Deb Lefkowitz, Treasurer, Prescott VA 928-445-4860 X 7630 Cindy Bregman, Secretary, St. Joseph’s 602-406-3482 Jan Vittori, Planning Committee Volunteer, J.C. Lincoln 602-870-6060 X 1955 Chuck Rall, Planning Committee Volunteer, Radiometer 800-736-0600 X 52251 Diane Braune, Planning Committee Volunteer, Sekisui Diagnostics (formerly Genzyme) 858-531-7727

Point of Care Arizona is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program.