AAMI 2012 Conference & Expo

Conference At A Glance

SATURDAY, JUNE 2
TIME	PATIENT SAFETY	CE-IT CONNECTIVITY	IMAGING	WIRELESS CHALLENGES	BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT	THE BIG PICTURE
8:00 am - noon	Clinical Engineering Symposium: Clinical Engineering and Healthcare Technology Management's Impact on Clinical Outcomes (Presented by ACCE)
8:00 am - noon	Technology Management Symposium: Professional Development Opportunities for the New (and Maybe Not-So-New) Healthcare Technology Professional
8:00 am - noon	Department of Defense Medical BMET Symposium (Presented by the Department of Defense)
8:00 am - 5:00 pm	Onsite Career Center
8:30 am - 5:30 pm	BMET Evaluation and Review Course (Part I)
11:00 am - noon	First-Time Attendee and New AAMI Member Orientation
12:30 pm -1:30 pm	Welcome and Keynote Session: Convergent Technologies—How They Can Improve Healthcare
1:45 pm- 3:00 pm	Mitigating Risks Associated with Administering Multiple IV Infusions	Clinical and Information Technology: A Case Study to Help You Prepare for Integration	Understanding and Troubleshooting the Modern, Technologically Intensive Ultrasound System	How to Build a Wireless Test Lab in Your Facility	Tips on Developing New Leaders and Succession Planning	Applying Formal Systems Engineering to Healthcare System Problems
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm	Water Quality Criteria Control (WQCC) of Dialysate: Meeting the ISO Standard(Presented by JSMI and JACET)	Clinical Engineering's Role in Implementing and Supporting an EMR	Understanding and Using Laser Speckle Imaging for Wound Monitoring	Identifying and Working to Resolve Conflicting Wireless System Requirements	The Realities of Project Management: When the Best Laid Plans Go Awry	An Overview of the New AAMI Recommended Practices for MDDS
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm	AAMI Annual Business Meeting
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open (Grand Opening Reception, co-sponsored by First Call Parts, Masimo, Netech Corporation, SONODEPOT, Inc., and others)
5:00 pm - 6:50 pm	Product Showcases in the Exhibit Hall
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	International Attendees Reception (for international attendees and invitees only)

SUNDAY, JUNE 3
TIME	PATIENT SAFETY	CE-IT CONNECTIVITY	IMAGING	WIRELESS CHALLENGES	BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT	THE BIG PICTURE
7:00 am - 8:15 am	Breakfast Symposium (Presented by Covidien)
7:30 am - 9:00 am	Biomedical Society Roundtable (Sponsored by Philips Healthcare)
8:00 am - 5:00 pm	Onsite Career Center
8:30 am - 5:30 pm	BMET Evaluation and Review Course (Part II)
8:30 am- 9:45 am	Alarm Management: What Are the Issues and What Are the Solutions? (Part I)	Achieving Open Interoperability: Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise - Patient Care Device Domain (IHE-PCD) (Presented by HIMSS)	The Physics of Mammography	Developing and Implementing a Wireless Technology Strategic Plan for Your Facility	Defining the Role of the Medical Equipment Safety Manager(Presented by JSMI and JACET)	Understanding the Impact of the New CMS Maintenance Rule
10:00 am - 11:15 am	Alarm Management: What Are the Issues and What Are the Solutions (Part II)	Roundtable Discussion: Dealing with MDDS	How to Use Your Laptop as an Ultrasound Troubleshooting and Maintenance Tool		The Technical Iconoclast 2012
11:15 am - 12:45 pm	Dwight E. Harken, MD, Memorial Lecture and AAMI Awards Luncheon (Lecture sponsored by PSICOR)
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm	Joint Commission Update and Discussion (Part I)	Using Technology to Maximize Patient Satisfaction and Outcomes	Building an Effective Compliance Program for Password Codes and Keys in Imaging	Roundtable Discussion: Wireless Challenges	Technology Managers' Forum	Horizon Scanning: What Does the Future Hold for Healthcare Technology Management?
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm	Joint Commission Update and Discussion (Part II)	IEC 80001: A Review of the Latest Developments, Pilot Programs, and More	Nuclear Medicine: Is it Really Unclear Medicine?	Validating Devices to Be Incorporated on Crowded Radio Frequency Networks	Roundtable Discussion: Business and Management Trends and Challenges	Meaningful Use and the Impact on Healthcare Technology Management (Presented by CHIME)
3:45 pm - 7:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open (Happy Hour, sponsored by ARAMARK Healthcare Technologies)
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Educators Roundtable
4:00 pm - 6:50 pm	Product Showcases in the Exhibit Hall

MONDAY, JUNE 4
TIME	PATIENT SAFETY	CE-IT CONNECTIVITY	IMAGING	WIRELESS CHALLENGES	BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT	THE BIG PICTURE
7:00 am - 8:15 am	Breakfast Symposium: Advances in Wearable Patient Monitoring—Cuffless Non-Invasive Blood Pressure(Presented by Sotera Wireless)
8:00 am - noon	Onsite Career Center
8:30 am - 9:30 am	General Session: Striving for Excellence in Healthcare
9:45 am -11:00 am		An Introduction to HL7	Roundtable Discussion: Imaging Issues	Network Security in a Wireless Environment: What You Need to Know	A Comparison of Healthcare Technology Benchmarking Products	Understanding and Building Assurance Cases
11:00 am - 2:30 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
11:30 am - 2:20 pm	Product Showcases in the Exhibit Hall
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm	The Best of BI&T: Interoperability— Reports From the Frontlines	Maintenance within Bio-safety Level 3 and 4 (Presented by Department of Defense)		Proprietary vs. Wireless: Wi-Fi Pros and Cons	Creating an Efficient In-House Approach to Technology Assessment and Acquisition	Roundtable Discussion: Event Reporting Mechanisms
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm	Roundtable Discussion: Patient Safety Issues	Out of Sight, Out of Control: Reversing Hidden Data Security Risks to Connected Medical Devices		Managing Network Change: How Does it Affect You?	Total Productive Maintenance in the Operating Room
5:15 pm	Adjournment

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