TBOP Program
Networks and Quality in Pathology
Pathology Queensland: Australia’s First Single State-wide Pathology Service
Peter Lewis-Hughes, Executive Direct, CaSS, Queensland, Australia; and
Michael Whiley, Director, Pathology Queensland, Queensland, Australia
PathWest, Laboratory Medicine WA: an Integrated State-wide Service
Peter Flett, Chief Executive, PathWest, Perth, Western Australia
NSW Pathology Clusters: An Incremental Approach to Addressing the Challenges of a State-wide Path Service
Ken Barker, Chief Financial Officer, NSW Department of Health, NSW, Australia
PACLAB Network Laboratories - A Regional Approach
Stewart Adelman, General Manager, PacLab Network Laboratories, Washington, USA
Quality Use of Pathology – Why Tests are Requested
Michael Harrison, MBBS, BSc(Med), FRCPA; General Pathologist; Managing Partner & CEO, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Queensland, Australia
IT in Laboratories – Is Australia Behind the Game?
The Business of Pathology IT: Is There Room for the Patient?
Dr Glenn Edwards, MBBS MD FRCPA MAACB; St John of God Pathology, Perth, Australia
Electronic Medical Record Connectivity
Robert Atlas, CEO, Atlas Development Corporation, Calabasas, USA
Making IT Serve the Pathology Business
Richard Jones, BA, MA, BM BCh, MRCP(UK), DM (Oxon), FRCPath; Senior Lecturer in Chemical Pathology, University of Leeds, UK
The Great Australian Interoperability Project
Michael Harrison, MBBS, BSc(Med), FRCPA, General Pathologist; Managing Partner & CEO, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Queensland, Australia
The Management of Quality: Are we Spending Too Much?
A debate facilitated by Ross Vining with Australian and overseas Participants
FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER
Challenges of Healthcare Reform
The Australian Perspective
Dr Lesley Russell, Menzies Foundation Fellow, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney / Australian National University, NSW, Australia
The US Perspective with Focus on Reimbursement
Robert Michel, Editor In Chief, the dark report, Spicewood, Texas
Evidence Based Medicine and Links to Reimbursement
Lee Hilborne, MD, MPH, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Changes in Pathology Practice
Innovations in Surgical Pathology, Implications for Centralization of Resources
Professor Anthony S-Y Leong, MB, BS, MD (Adelaide), FRCPA, FRCPath, FCAP, FASCP, FHKAM (Pathol), Honorary FHKCPath, Honorary FRCPT; Medical Director, Hunter Area Pathology Service and Chair of Anatomical Pathology, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Real-Time Histopathology
Dr. Stephen Vernon, Pathology Faculty of the University of Miami School of Medicine, USA
Achieving Zero Adverse Events with a Project Targeting Patient ID & Irradiated Blood Products
Priscilla Cherry, MBA, MT(ASCP); President, Laboratory Services, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, USA
Meeting the Challenges of Workforce Management
Registration of Clinical Scientists
Dr Ian Watson, MSc, PhD, FRCPath, FACB, FIBMS, DipMedTech, MCMI, CSci, EurClinChem; Chairman, Association for Clinical Biochemistry, Consultant Biochemist and Toxicologist, Dept Clinical Biochemistry, Liverpool, UK
Distance Learning in Australia
Associate Professor Ralph Green BAppSci(Medical Technology), BSc(Medical Science), FAIMS; Head, Discipline of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Internal Training and Internal Fellowships
Peter Flett, Chief Executive, PathWest, Perth, Western Australia
Distance Learning in the United States of America
Teresa Johnson, MT(ASCP); Association Director, Core Laboratory Services, Oregon Medical Laboratories, Oregon, USA; and Gloria Foust, Director of Human Resources, and Organizational Development, Oregon Medical Laboratories, Oregon, USA