The complete 2018 Lab Quality Confab agenda is coming soon– watch this space for details!
In the meantime, download a copy of the 2017 agenda using the link at above right for a sampling of the can’t-miss speakers
and sessions Lab Quality Confab offers you and your lab staff!
Agenda
Tuesday, October 9th, 2018 (top)
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Essential Insights: Value Stream Mapping for Intermediate Practitioners, Prioritizing Projects and Selecting the Right Tools
Katja Lehmann, Ph.D.
Global Healthcare Consultant Becton, Dickenson and Company (BD) Sparks, MD
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How Our Lab used Lean and Collaborations with Clinicians to Contribute to Reducing Readmission Rates at our Health System
Sachin Gupta, Ph.D., MBA, MT(ASCPi)MB, Lean SSBB
Laboratory Quality and Informatics Lead BayCare Health System Tampa, FL
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It’s a Quality First for the Lab Industry! Lessons from Our Multi-Year Journey to Repeatedly Achieve Six Sigma Quality in Reducing Lost Specimens
Charles D. Hawker, Ph.D., MBA, FACB
Scientific Director, Automation & Special Projects (ret.) ARUP Laboratories Salt Lake City, UT
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Laboratory Certification and Accreditation: New Developments, Most Common Deficiencies, and Making Your Lab Assessment Ready
Nora L. Hess, MBA, MT(ASCP), PMP
Senior Consultant, Operations Management Chi Solutions, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI
Denise Driscoll, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Senior Director, Laboratory Accreditation and Regulatory Affairs College of American Pathologists Northfield, IL
Kathy Nucifora, MPH, MT(ASCP)
Director of Accreditation COLA Columbia, MD
Heather Hurley
Executive Director, Laboratory Business Development The Joint Commission Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Randall Querry
Accreditation Manager, Clinical American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) Frederick, MD
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018 (top)
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Using Data Analytics to Prove How the Popular Wisdom on Automation and Staffing is Often Wrong
Kim Collison
Director of Laboratory Services Spectrum Health Grand Rapids, MI
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Why Change and Transformation Are Not the Same Thing: What We’ve Learned and What is Evolving with Our Quality Management Initiatives
Bonnie Messinger, CPHQ
Process Improvement Manager ARUP Laboratories Salt Lake City, UT
David J. Layton, BS, MS
Improvement Engineering and Operations Leader ARUP Laboratories Salt Lake City, UT
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Why Your Lab Automation Regularly Fails to Meet Essential Turnaround Times and Other Similar Issues: Secrets to Optimize and Turbocharge Your Existing Instrumentation
Linda Flynn, MT, MS, MBA
Executive Consultant LS Flynn and Associates Florence, KY
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How Lows and Highs Propelled Our Anatomic Pathology Department’s Journey to Transform the Culture with Lean, Six Sigma, and ISO 15189
Michael B. Cohen, M.D.
Interim Chair and Professor, Pathology Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC
Rita D’Angelo, MS, ASQ, CQE, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
President and CEO D'Angelo ADVANTAGE, LLC Gibraltar, MI
Post-Conference Workshops (requires additional registration)
Thursday, October 11th, 2018|8:00 AM-5:00 PM (top)
Extend your stay an extra night and take your learning experience to the next level, with one of these information-packed post conference workshops! Lunch will be provided.
Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training and Certification (12 hours instruction)
Maureen Harte, MT(ASCP), LSSBB, Certified Myers Briggs Personality Type Instructor
Associate Professor, University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Executive Education President, HartePro Consulting Midvale, UT
Many thanks to our 2017 Lab Quality Confab sponsors
