AAMI 2012 Conference & Expo

Conference At A Glance

FRIDAY, MAY 31
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm	Welcome Reception (Sponsored by USOC Medical)

SATURDAY, JUNE 1
TIME	PATIENT SAFETY	CE-IT CONNECTIVITY	IMAGING	BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT	THE BIG PICTURE	ALARM MANAGEMENT
						WIRELESS CHALLENGES
8:00 am–noon	Clinical Engineering Symposium: Innovative and Disruptive Technologies—Positioning CEs for Success in the Face of New Challenges (Presented by ACCE)
8:00 am–noon	Technology Management Symposium; Balancing the Demands of Your Job with Preparation for Your Future—Are You Looking Ahead?
8:30 am–5:30 pm	BMET Evaluation and Review Course (Part I)
12:30 am–1:30 pm	Welcome and Keynote Session: Solving Clinical Challenges Through Better Integration—A Visionary's Perspective, James Mault
1:45 pm–3:00 pm	Human Factors 101 (Part I): Designing Safety into Healthcare Systems	Managing Medical Equipment via Integrated Systems	Radiographic DR Imaging	Using Real-Time Locating Technologies to Enhance Patient Care and Increase Operational Efficiency	Aging in Place: Bringing Medical Devices into the Home—The Role of the Healthcare Technology Manager	Building a Strategy to Support Medical Device Integration and Alarm Management (Part I)
3:15 pm–4:30 pm	Human Factors 101 (Part II): User-Centered Design Tools for Healthcare Technology Management	Healthcare Technology Management's Evolving Role and Impact on Medical Device Security Compliance	Computed Radiography and Film Imagers: Preventive Maintenance and Troubleshooting		Overview of ANSI/AAMI EQ56:2013, and other standards that impact HTM professionals	Building a Strategy to Support Medical Device Integration and Alarm Management (Part II)
4:30 pm–7:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open (Grand Opening Reception, co-sponsored by ALLParts Medical LLC, Netech Corporation, and Philips Healthcare)
5:00 pm–6:50 pm	Product Showcases in the Exhibit Hall

SUNDAY, JUNE 2
TIME	PATIENT SAFETY	CE-IT CONNECTIVITY	IMAGING	BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT	THE BIG PICTURE	ALARM MANAGEMENT
TIME	PATIENT SAFETY	CE-IT CONNECTIVITY	IMAGING	BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT	THE BIG PICTURE	WIRELESS CHALLENGES
7:00 am–8:15 am	Breakfast Symposium (Presented by Covidien)
7:00 am–9:00 am	HTM Association Roundtable (Presented by AAMI’s Technology Management Council (TMC) and sponsored by Philips Healthcare)
8:30 am–5:30 pm	BMET Evaluation and Review Course (Part II)
8:30 am–9:45 am	Critical Safety Challenges for Electronic Medical Records: What You May Not Know	What Is Interoperability... Really? (Presented by HIMSS)	You've Decided to Bring Imaging Service In-House: Where Do You Start?	Deducing the End-of-Life for Healthcare Technology Devices (Presented by JSMI)	Technology Managers' Public Forum: The Ultimate HTM Department	An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Patient Safety and Reducing Nuisance Alarms
10:00 am–11:15 am	Strategic Management of Sterilization Equipment: HTM's Role in Transforming 21st Century Sterile Processing	Tackling Interoperability: What's Being Done?	Navigating Ultrasound: Tips and Tricks to Locating the Right Replacement Parts	Preparing Your Facility for the Unique Device Identifier (UDI) Rule (Presented by JSMI)	IT and Cybersecurity Challenges in a Medical Device World	Clinical Alarm Fatigue: Recognizing and Mitigating Risk to Patient Care
11:15 am–12:45 pm	Dwight E. Harken, MD, Memorial Lecture and AAMI Awards Luncheon: The Future of Health Information Technology and Medication Safety, David W. Bates (Lecture sponsored by PSICOR)
1:00 pm–2:15 pm	Joint Commission Update and Discussion (Part I)	Strengthening the HTM and IT Relationship: Communicating with the CIO (Presented by CHIME)	Radiation Safety with Medical Imaging	How to Raise Your Personal Profile as an HTM Leader		Learning From Others: What HTM Can Learn from Other Industries Regarding Alarm Management and More
2:30 pm–3:45 pm	Joint Commission Update and Discussion (Part II): Q & A	Developing Integrated Enterprise Support for Integrated Electronic Health Record Technology: A Case Study	Nuclear Medicine: Is It Really Unclear Medicine?	The Best of BI&T: Service Manuals and the Supportability of Healthcare Technology	New Health Software Standards: How to Deal with Software Applications as Medical Devices	The FCC’s Impact on Healthcare Technology Management
3:30 pm–5:00 pm	Educators Roundtable (Presented by AAMI’s Technology Management Council)
3:45 pm–7:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open (Happy Hour, sponsored by ARAMARK Healthcare Technologies)
4:00 pm–6:50 pm	Product Showcases in the Exhibit Hall

MONDAY, JUNE 3
TIME	PATIENT SAFETY	CE-IT CONNECTIVITY	IMAGING	BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT	THE BIG PICTURE	ALARM MANAGEMENT
TIME	PATIENT SAFETY	CE-IT CONNECTIVITY	IMAGING	BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT	THE BIG PICTURE	WIRELESS CHALLENGES
7:00 am–8:15 am	Breakfast Symposium: Optimizing Alarm Management on the General Care Floor—A Panel Discussion (Presented by Sotera Wireless)
8:30 am–9:30 am	General Session: Changing the Culture of Medicine—A Father's Powerful Message, Christopher Jerry
9:45 am–11:00 am	Understanding the FDA's Medical Device Surveillance System	Laying the Groundwork for Integrated Infusion Pumps	Roundtable Discussion: Imaging Issues	C-Suite Driven Clinical Engineering Operations	Evaluating the Impact of the New FDA Unique Device Identifier (UDI) Rule	The Top 10 Mistakes Hospitals Make with Wireless Technology and How to Address Them
11:00 am–2:30 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
11:30 am–1:20 pm	Product Showcases in the Exhibit Hall
2:30 pm–3:45 pm	The Misuse of Power Strips in Hospitals and the Dangers They Present	Roundtable Discussion on Alarm System Management		The Technical Iconoclast 2013	Changing From "Biomedical Engineering" to "Healthcare Technology Management"— What Does It Mean to You and Our Industry?	When Seconds Count: RTLS Network Considerations
4:00 pm–5:15 pm	Incident Investigation 101: The Essential Role of Healthcare Technology Management	Biomedical Device Integration: A Plan, Not Just a Project		Benchmarking Success Stories: Using Data to Improve Performance	Understanding and Applying Systems Engineering to Healthcare System Problems	How to Deploy a Successful mHealth System

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