New activities will be added as they are confirmed.
Check back frequently for updates.

March

Strategies to Reach Quality, Services, and Financial Goals for Laboratories
Monday, March 31, 2008 / 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM, ET

APRIL

Quality Management in Action
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 / 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, ET

Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) audioLab Series: Practical Guidelines
Module 1:  What are the Options for my Vintage LIS?
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 / 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, ET

MAY

Lab Reimbursement and Regulatory Flashpoints: Telling It Like It Really Is!
(Converted from ThinkLab '08: Session 623)
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 / 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, ET

Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) audioLab Series: Practical Guidelines
Module 2: I've Decided to Buy, Now What?
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 / 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, ET


JUNE

Coaching: The Tool for Influencing Outstanding Performance and Inspired Achievement
(Converted from ThinkLab '08 session 626 – audioLab lecture simultaneously broadcast from the Central NY Chapter meeting)
Friday, June 13 / 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM, ET

Patient Safety audiolab Series

Module 1: Ripped From The Headlines

Wednesday, June 25  /  3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, ET

JULY

Best Practices for Bedside Bar Code Labeling
Tuesday, July 15 / 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM, ET

Town Hall Meeting: Legislative, Regulatory, and Reimbursement
(Converted from ThinkLab 08 session 700)
Wednesday, July 23, 2008  /     2:00 PM – 3:30 PM, ET    

AUGUST

The Experience Economy: How to Use It in Your Laboratory to Improve Employee Engagement and Increase Customer Satisfaction.
Wednesday, August 6 /  3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, ET

Patient Safety audiolab Series
Module 2: Beyond MRSA: The Strategic Value of the Laboratory in the Control of Health Care Associated Infections.
Wednesday, August 27 /  3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, ET

SEPTEMBER

A Successful Collaborative Six Sigma Study Between
The Laboratory and Emergency Departments
(Converted from ThinkLab 2008 Session 631)
Thursday, September 25, 2008:   /  11:00 AM – 12:30 PM, ET

OCTOBER

Restructuring Laboratory Quality Assurance (QA)
at Maryland General Hospital
Tuesday, October 7   /  2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, ET

Power and Influence for Lab Managers

Registration information coming soon!)
Presented by Ronald Booth Pickett, MS, Principal, Pickett Associates
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 – Chicago Chapter Meeting
(Time to be announced)

Step Outside the Lab
(Registration information coming soon!)

*Audio Only

Tuesday, October 14    /   (Time to be announced)

Patient Safety audiolab Series
Module 3: Benchmarking for Patient Safety

Wednesday, October 29   /   3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, ET

NOVEMBER

Patient Safety audiolab Series
Module 4: National-International Strides To Patient Safety and Quality
Wednesday, November 12   /  3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, ET

Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) audioLab Series: Practical Guidelines
Module 3: Negotiation Tips: Should I Sign this Contract?
Wednesday, November 19   /  3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, ET

DECEMBER

Reducing Errors in the Laboratory: A Lean Systems Approach(Registration information coming soon!)
Tuesday, December 2, 2008     /     2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, ET

Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) audioLab Series: Practical Guidelines
Module 4:  Implementation Strategies for your New LIS
Wednesday, December 17   /   3:00 PM- 4:30 PM, ET