VBA Winter Mtg
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The VBA's Annual Winter Meeting will be held again this year at the beautiful Wintergreen Resort in Wintergreen Virginia on February 8th 2008.
This year we are having three all day sessions which will be:
1) The Joint Commission-2008 Patient Safety Goals, EOC Surveys, & Compliance
Joseph Flannery, MS, MHA. will be a featured speaker once again. He will discuss general findings from the surveys, performance improvement processes, indicator monitoring, and experiences with the new unannounced inspections. This class is especially relevant to anyone who may experience a Joint Commission inspection in the next 12 months, since we now have no idea exactly when that will be. Joe has years of survey experiences and will enhance his formal presentation with anecdotes from his survey experiences. He will have just completed Annual Surveyor Training at The Joint Commission Headquarters in Chicago before the meeting date.
2) ECRI- Handling Adverse Incidents, Accident Investigation, and Recent Case Reports
Albert de Richemond, M.S., P.E. Mr. de Richemond, the Associate Director of the Accident & Forensic Investigation Group will discuss Handling of Adverse Incidents, Accident Investigations, and Recent Case Reports. He attended graduate school at Virginia Tech. His duties include assisting in managing the Accident and Forensic Investigations Group, and investigating medical device failures and fires caused by medical devices in the critical care and surgical settings. He also writes for Health Devices and other ECRI publications.
3) Sonora Medical Systems, Inc. - Ultrasound basics for the Biomed
James D. (Jim) Carr is the Vice President of Operations, Quality and Regulatory for Sonora Medical Systems Inc. He has 35 years of experience in diagnostic imaging and ultrasound in manufacturing, field service, quality assurance, regulatory affairs, engineering and technical support, with companies including Technicare, Johnson and Johnson Ultrasound and Acuson. For the past 8 years he has been the VP of Operations at Sonora Medical Systems in Longmont, CO.
Ultrasound Basics for the Biomed
In this one-day session, you will learn of the basic design architecture and characteristics of modern diagnostic ultrasound systems and transducers. The attendee will receive training on:
- Common terminology and clinical applications of ultrasound;
- The need and rationale for evidence based quality assurance;
- Techniques for integrating QA into maintenance activities;
- Methods and tools for maintaining ultrasound systems, and the frequency of maintenance for ultrasound systems in general.
For more information and registration information please go to http://www.vabiomed.org/winter.htm
