Lab InfoTech Summit
  
Summit Continuing Medical Education (CME)

Conference Learning Objectives
· Describe new information technology products that will enable the clinical laboratories to operate more efficiently and effectively.
· Assess the various products available in the clinical laboratory software market by interacting with a large number of exhibitors.
· Understand workflow in the clinical laboratories and how lab software supports and facilitates the mission of the laboratories.

Continuing Education Credits

   AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
This activity was planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) and the Pathology Education Consortium. The AACC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The AACC designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 13.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ACCENT® Credits
AACC also designates this program for a maximum of 13.0 ACCENT® credit hours towards the AACC Clinical Chemist’s Recognition Award. AACC is an approved provider of continuing education for clinical laboratory scientists in the states of California, Florida, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and West Virginia.

Target Audience
   The target audience for Lab InfoTech Summit is pathologists, medical technologists, and clinical laboratory professionals with a special interest in the use of information technology (IT) and pathology informatics in the clinical laboratories and the clinical lab industry.