2024 Events

July 28

CPOCT Division Executive Committee Meeting
Date and time: Sunday, July 28th at 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Chicago Marriott Marquis, Analysis
This meeting is for CPOCT Division officers only.

July 30

CPOCT Business Meeting & Afterglow: Taking POCT to New Heights!
Date and time: Tuesday, July 30 at approximately 6:00 PM (Afterglow will take place following the Division's business meeting and awards recognition program at ~7:00pm)
Location: Chicago Marriott Marquis, Great Lakes Ballroom FG
Information and registration link

August 1

22nd Annual Point-of-Care Coordinators Forum: Driving Growth in your POC Program: Getting Buy-In, Using Big Data, and Conquering the Freestanding ED/Urgent Care Frontier
Date and time: Thursday, August 1 at 7:30am - 10:00am
Location: Chicago McCormick Center, S406b
Registration Page

Agenda

7:30 – 8:15 Breakfast8:15 – 8:25 Forum Introduction and Business Meeting update

8:25 – 8:50 RESPECT! Gaining Institutional Support for your POCT Program

8:50 – 9:15 PLANNING: Considerations for Implementing A Freestanding ED/UC

9:15 – 9:40 Unleashing Healthcare Growth: Harnessing Big Data and Laboratory/POCT Analytics to Create Value

9:40 – 10:00 Panel discussion and Q&A with all speakers

Speakers:

Alisha Ezell, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM | Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Kathleen David, MT(ASCP) | TriCore Reference Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

Nam Tran, PhD, HCLD(ABB), FADLM |University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA

 

2021 Events

September 30

19th Annual Point-of-Care Coordinators Forum: Pivot, Don’t Panic! How POC Stopped Scurrying and Learned How to Manage the Pandemic with Aplomb
Georgia World Congress Center, C-108-C109, Atlanta, GA
7:30am-10:00am
2.0 ACCENT credits

September 29

CPOCT Division Poster Walk
Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA
1:30pm-2:30pm

September 28

Critical and Point-of-Care Testing Division Member Meeting, Awards Ceremony, and Afterglow
The Westin Peachtree Plaza, Augusta Ballroom A-H, Atlanta, GA
6:00pm-10:30pm
The Afterglow event "Outer Space: Live Long and POCsper" will begin at approximately 7:00pm, immediately following the CPOCT Division Meeting and Awards Recognition.  

2020 Events

December 17

18th Annual Point-of-Care Coordinators Forum and CPOCT Division Business Meeting & Awards Recognition
8:30am-11:00am Central US time

The virtual 18th Annual POCC Forum will address existing barriers to healthcare access – highlighted by the ongoing pandemic – which prevent many people from receiving care. Speakers, Allison Chambliss, PhD, Brett Feldman, MSPAS, PA-C, Morgan Hutchinson, MD, and JoAnn Crain, MS, will discuss how POCT is ideally suited to address some of these issues and the challenges of implementation outside a hospital setting. Prior to the Forum program, the CPOCT Division chair will present a brief business program and 2020 CPOCT Division award winners will be recognized for their achievements. 

Supported by TELCOR, Instrumentation Laboratory (IL), Nova Biomedical, Abbott, and Whitehat Communications

October 2

International CPOCT Symposium
The Latest Point-of-Care Technologies: Preparing for An Era of Change
Join experts for a one-day virtual meeting to discuss new and emerging CPOCT applications and technologies. 6.0 ACCENT credits

2019 Events

August 8

17th Annual Point-of-Care Coordinators Forum: Point of Care Testing: From Research to the Clinical Setting
Anaheim Convention Center, Ballroom E
Anaheim, CA
7:30am-10:00am

August 7

CPOCT Division Poster Walk
Anaheim Convention Center, Expo Show Floor in Hall A
12:30pm-1:30pm

August 6

Afterglow 2019: Defenders of Health
Anaheim Marriott, Orange County Ballroom
Anaheim, CA
7:00pm-10:30pm