1. Inaugural Conference April 28-30, 2005 Omni Hotel at CNN Center Atlanta, GA Robert Martin, DrPH, Director Division of Public Health Partnerships

2. TM 2005 Quality Institute Introduction Alignment with futures initiative Keynote speakers Ken Kizer, MD Dennis O’Leary, MD Awards Recipients Helped make clear the history behind the efforts in improving quality in health care.

3. TM Issues Currently, no compelling case for quality and therefore, difficult to implement. Laboratory medicine needs to be an integrated part of health care. Focus of efforts should emphasize pre- and post-analytic phases of testing. Quality improvement needs to be an essential business strategy.

4. TM Questions Who will do the work – it doesn’t happen until somebody does it? Is IQLM in the right place at the right time? What changes are needed?

5. TM Laboratory Professionals Clinicians Patients Manufacturers Government Accrediting Bodies Improve Laboratory Testing and Services Institute for Quality in Laboratory Medicine Teamwork Payers

6. TM Questions Who will do the work? Is IQLM in the right place at the right time? What changes are needed?

7. TM Questions Who will do the work? Is IQLM in the right place at the right time? What changes are needed?

8. TM Today’s Agenda Workgroup Reports: –Development of Monitoring Networks –Development of a Set of Quality Laboratory Indicators –Outline of National Report on Quality of Laboratory Services Business Case for Quality Best Practices Field Experiences

9. Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee February 16, 2005 Keynote Address – Dr. Dennis O’Leary, President Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations