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Session: Session Name Session Day of Week Session Start Date & Time Session End Date & Time Room/Location Track Presenter Name Presenter Account Session Description

Breakfast Monday 7/11/2016 7:00 7/11/2016 8:00 AZ 6-7

Newcomers Breakfast Monday 7/11/2016 8:00 7/11/2016 9:00 San Luis 1-2

PowerPath - Beginner Crystal Reports Workshop - Daniel Davis

Monday 7/11/2016 8:00 7/11/2016 8:50 AZ 1 PowerPath Daniel Davis Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Learn how to develop custom Crystal Reports for your PowerPath database.

AMP 2.0 Workshop Monday 7/11/2016 8:00 7/11/2016 8:50 AZ 2 PowerPath Abigail Armstead Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Interactive AMP 2.0 workshop! Participants will have the opportunity to experience the enhanced workflow enabled by AMP 2.0.

Micro Troubleshooting - what did I miss?

Monday 7/11/2016 8:00 7/11/2016 8:50 AZ 11 Gen Lab/Microbi-ology

James Schnebel University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

This presentation will use various methods to troubleshoot some of the common issues in Microbiology.

Newcomers Session Monday 7/11/2016 8:00 7/11/2016 8:50 AZ 12 Debra Walters Adventist Health System

Are you a first-time attendee to SUG? Want to learn more about the Sunquest User Group (SUG Inc), Special Interest Groups (SIGs), Regional User Groups (RUGs), and how to connect with fellow Sunquest users? Sign up for the Newcomers Session to learn all the ins and outs of SUG!

Executive Summit Monday 7/11/2016 8:00 7/11/2016 17:00 Tucson A-B General Session

The Sunquest Nameserver Monday 7/11/2016 8:00 7/11/2016 8:50 Tucson C Gen Lab/Microbi-ology

Robbie Luman Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

How Sunquest Laboratory applications and processes are able to identify where other processes are running via the Sunquest Nameserver

Interfacing the Cellavision DI60 without WAM

Monday 7/11/2016 8:00 7/11/2016 8:50 Tucson D Lab-General Maxine Brown Adventist Health System

Interfacing the Cellavision DI60 to Sunquest without WAM

PowerPath - Advanced Crystal Reports Workshop - Daniel Davis

Monday 7/11/2016 9:00 7/11/2016 9:50 AZ 1 PowerPath Daniel Davis Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

For those with Crystal and SQL experience this is the opportunity to take your report writing to the next level

Billing features Monday 7/11/2016 9:00 7/11/2016 9:50 AZ 10 Lab-General Marty Gardner Adventist Health System

Miscellaneous Billing, Billing Hold, Using Ad hoc for billing reports.

Ortho Vision-The Next Gen Blood Bank Instrument

Monday 7/11/2016 9:00 7/11/2016 9:50 AZ 11 Lab-Blood Bank Keith Mullins Ohio State University Hospitals

Installation and Interfacing of the Ortho Vision Blood Bank System, cover setup, IX mainte-nance, etc.

Automating Your Daily Lab Admin Tasks with SmarTerm

Monday 7/11/2016 9:00 7/11/2016 9:50 Tucson C Gen Lab/Microbi-ology

Robbie Luman Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Using SmarTerm functionality to automate daily tasks in Laboratory.




Basics of Instrument Interfacing Monday 7/11/2016 9:00 7/11/2016 9:50 Tucson D Brandon Johnson Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

The presentation will walk through the process of installing and setting up an instrument interface. It will address the customer facing maintenance needed for all instrument interfaces and point out common pitfalls. Members of the Instrument Interfacing team will be on hand to answer questions after the presentation.

CoPath Infomaker Reporting Refresher

Monday 7/11/2016 10:00 7/11/2016 10:50 AZ 1 CoPathPlus Drew Meyer Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Using PowerBuilder to create and modify Infomaker reports in CoPathPlus can sometimes be a daunting task, especially if you’re not having to do it frequently. Don’t feel like you have to wipe the dust off your training materials the next time your pathologists ask for a custom report. Instead, I’ll show you that Infomaker reporting really is like riding a bike. Grab a refresher in basic SQL statements, copying/editing current reports and making reports available to all users.

Sunquest Anatomic: Designing Solutions

Monday 7/11/2016 10:00 7/11/2016 10:50 AZ 2 Anatomic Pathology

Emily Smith Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This is a two part session highlighting the Agile development process used by Sunquest Innovation Teams. In the first session, the team will present a feature to be developed in a future Sunquest Anatomic version and work as a hands on session with the AP customers to design a rough wireframe and requirements. In part two, the team will present a prototype of the solution to the clients and discuss changes necessary to further refine the design.

Ensuring Accurate Results Part 1: Instrument Maintenance

Monday 7/11/2016 10:00 7/11/2016 11:50 AZ 10 Lab-General Melissa Tone Tucson Medical Center

An overview of the main points of results data manipulation from the point it leaves the instrument to the point of resulting (OEM/GUI/Autofiling).

Collection Manager v6.0 Imple-mentation

Monday 7/11/2016 10:00 7/11/2016 10:50 AZ 11 Collection Manager Lisa Dwyer Henry Ford Health System

This is an overview of our CLM v6.0 implementation. It will discuss our experience as a First Customer Ship client for this product and explain how we utilized the new “Result” feature at our go-live.

GUI Result Entry Monday 7/11/2016 10:00 7/11/2016 10:50 Tucson C Lab Workflow Transformation

Stephanie Reynolds Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Review of GUI resulting and the various changes from RnS to GUI that may impact workflow.

Troubleshooting and correcting dynamic result queuing on Sunquest Lab

Monday 7/11/2016 10:00 7/11/2016 10:50 Tucson D Lab-General Martha Lundgren Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

The presentation will enable the system manager and staff to perform basic troubleshoot-ing for failure of data transfer of orders, receipt status messages, result activity messages, results, and cancels.

Billing Overview for new System Manager

Monday 7/11/2016 11:00 7/11/2016 11:50 AZ 1 CoPathPlus Jennifer Kiss MedFusion Introduction to Billing on Sunquest CoPath AP System




Sunquest Anatomic: Designing Solutions


Emily Smith Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This is a two part session highlighting the Agile development process used by Sunquest Innovation Teams. In the first session, the team will present a feature to be developed in a future Sunquest Anatomic version and work as a hands on session with the AP customers to design a rough wireframe and requirements. In part two, the team will present a prototype of the solution to the clients and discuss changes necessary to further refine the design.

Electronic Blood Product Pickup Slip

Monday 7/11/2016 11:00 7/11/2016 11:50 AZ 11 Lab-Blood Bank Kathy Hocking Adventist Health System

Describe process for creating electronic Blood Product Pickup slip.

GUI Rules 101 Monday 7/11/2016 11:00 7/11/2016 11:50 Tucson C Gen Lab/Microbi-ology

Thomas Philpott Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

What can you use GUI rules for and how do you write them? We will cover the basic writing of rules and outline all of the actions that GUI rules can carry out. We will show you basic troubleshooting techniques and give you the tools you need to start building rules.

When instrument data is not cross-ing to Sunquest: Troubleshooting connectivity

Monday 7/11/2016 11:00 7/11/2016 11:50 Tucson D System Administra-tion & Support

Martha Lundgren Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Attendees will learn how to troubleshoot situations where the instrument should be transmitting results but they aren?t showing up in Sunquest.

Chicago RUG Monday 7/11/2016 12:00 7/11/2016 13:00 AZ 1

Chesapeake Bay RUG Monday 7/11/2016 12:00 7/11/2016 13:00 AZ 2

Great Plains RUG Monday 7/11/2016 12:00 7/11/2016 13:00 AZ 3

Michigan RUG Monday 7/11/2016 12:00 7/11/2016 13:00 AZ 4

Mid-Atlantic RUG Monday 7/11/2016 12:00 7/11/2016 13:00 AZ 5

New England RUG Monday 7/11/2016 12:00 7/11/2016 13:00 AZ 8

New York Metro RUG Monday 7/11/2016 12:00 7/11/2016 13:00 AZ 9

Ohio River Valley RUG Monday 7/11/2016 12:00 7/11/2016 13:00 AZ 10

Red River RUG Monday 7/11/2016 12:00 7/11/2016 13:00 AZ 11

Tri-State RUG Monday 7/11/2016 12:00 7/11/2016 13:00 AZ 12

Western RUG Monday 7/11/2016 12:00 7/11/2016 13:00 Tucson C

Southeastern RUG Monday 7/11/2016 12:00 7/11/2016 13:00 Tucson D




Lunch Monday 7/11/2016 12:00 7/11/2016 13:00 AZ 6-7

Troubleshooting the Distribution Server


Timothy King Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Troubleshooting the Distribution Server

Engraver Interface for New System Manager

Monday 7/11/2016 13:00 7/11/2016 13:50 AZ 2 CoPathPlus Jennifer Kiss MedFusion Introduction to the basics in setting up an engraver interface in the Sunquest CoPath AP system.

Ensuring Accurate Results Part 2: Calculations and Error Trapping

Monday 7/11/2016 13:00 7/11/2016 14:50 AZ 10 Lab-General Melissa Tone Tucson Medical Center

An overview of basic calculation maintenance, not so basic calculation maintenance, and the consequences of not error trapping calculations properly.

Beginning UNIX - AIX and Linux Monday 7/11/2016 13:00 7/11/2016 13:50 Tucson C System Administra-tion & Support

Kevin Flynn

Ad Hoc Report Troubleshooting Monday 7/11/2016 13:00 7/11/2016 13:50 Tucson D Ad Hoc Christopher Martin Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Tips and tricks for troubleshooting AdHoc report issues

Distribution Server ? Creating custom queues


Timothy King Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

The session will go over how to create, modify and test print and fax queues in Powerpath

Voice Recognition/Dictation with CoPath

Monday 7/11/2016 14:00 7/11/2016 14:50 AZ 2 CoPathPlus Mark Hersh SUNY at Stony Brook, University Hospital

Provide an overview and the advantages of using voice recognition and dictation with CoPath. Also, provide suggestions on implementing voice recognition/dictation in CoPath.

Testing Sunquest Admin Tools Monday 7/11/2016 14:00 7/11/2016 14:50 AZ 11 Gen Lab/Microbi-ology

Gary Kasperek Henry Ford Health System

Henry Ford Health System after going live on 7.2 set up the required infrastructure for using the Administrative Tools application. We have spent time testing the application and will share our experience in preparing it for use at our site.

AIX Performance Monitoring Monday 7/11/2016 14:00 7/11/2016 14:50 Tucson C System Administra-tion & Support

Kevin Flynn

Essential Ad Hoc Formulas Monday 7/11/2016 14:00 7/11/2016 14:50 Tucson D Ad Hoc Christopher Martin Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

A look into some of the more important and time-saving AdHoc formulas when creating new reports.




Secretary-mimicking AI that inter-acts seamlessly with PowerPath


Jay Ye Dahl Chase Pathology Associates

A secretary-mimicking artificial intelligence (SMILE) that I have developed and used for 2 and a half years. SMILE cuts down my report preparation time by over 90% and significantly reduces the report error rates. PowerPath version 10 is uniquely suited for interaction with SMILE. For more information, see 3 references listed below under Comments. This is a brand new way of doing report preparation; as a result, it may be hard to conceptualize what SMILE is. Reading the listed references will help. Also, please feel free to contact me with any question. SMILE and PowerPath really work in harmony.

AdHoc and CoPath: It is possible! Monday 7/11/2016 15:00 7/11/2016 15:50 AZ 2 CoPathPlus Brian Johnson MedFusion Introduction to the use of Crystal Reports with the Sunquest CoPath AP System.

Setting up and Using Micro Other Tests

Monday 7/11/2016 15:00 7/11/2016 15:50 AZ 11 Gen Lab/Microbi-ology

Andrew Darmitzel Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This presentation is an introduction and overview of the Micro Other Test Maintenance and use in the microbiology module, which allows the addition and resulting in MRE of tests that are not in the MC department.

Introduction to Empower Commu-nities and Knowledge

Monday 7/11/2016 15:00 7/11/2016 15:50 Tucson C General System Use (End Users)

Scott Hawkins Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Introduction to Communities and Knowledge features in Empower, how to use them, and tips for using them effectively. The session includes time for Q&A from users about the new products.

A new way to look at TAT with Crystal

Monday 7/11/2016 15:00 7/11/2016 15:50 Tucson D Ad Hoc Steve Young Verity Health System of California

Using Crystal Reports, this will demonstrate a new way to examine test Turn around time using a Binning technique into 15 minute intervals.

PowerPath: Outbound Interface Options

Monday 7/11/2016 16:00 7/11/2016 16:50 AZ 1 PowerPath Debbie Atwood Cape Cod Healthcare Explore the world of PowerPath outbound interfaces. Do you think that results can only be reported through an HL7 interface? What about options for PDF results? Or mime-encoded PDF results through an HL7 interface? Outbound interfaces include billing file generation.

VoiceOver DoOver, an exercise in Change Management

Monday 7/11/2016 16:00 7/11/2016 16:50 AZ 2 CoPathPlus Dustin Bruso The University of Vermont Medical Center Inc.

UVMMC (UVMMC (MHV) ) relaunched Voicebrook in 2015 to increase useage by Patholo-gists. The relaunch included a shift to a FAT deployment of Copath, new dedicated hardware, enhanced support, and another round of on-site training from VoiceBrook UVMMC (MHV) deployed VoiceBrook 2013 but there was a general reluctance to transition away from transcriptionists this resulted in a lower than expected usage rate. Much of the discontent was due to technical issues related to our Citrix installation of Copath and a fat client installation of VoiceBrook. Teaching workflows (specifically DERM) were not easily managed using VoiceOver.

Keys to a successful AP/CP implementation

Monday 7/11/2016 16:00 7/11/2016 16:50 AZ 3 CoPathPlus Thomas Reid An overview of an AP/CP implementation.




Application Interfacing 5.0 Monday 7/11/2016 16:00 7/11/2016 16:50 AZ 10 Meaningful Use Patricia George Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

A summary of the meaningful use features associated with the Application Interfacing 5.0 release.

Blood Bank 8.0 including Emer-gency Release

Monday 7/11/2016 16:00 7/11/2016 16:50 AZ 11 Lab-Blood Bank Rosela Mendoza Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Review v8.0 Blood Bank Enhancements

Scripting for GUI Using AutoIT Monday 7/11/2016 16:00 7/11/2016 16:50 Tucson C Other Joe Lestochi Aria Health Demonstration of an automated script to assist with bulk patient merges in Sunquest. The script was built using the Auto-IT v3 scripting application.

Replacing HRP with Crystal Reports

Monday 7/11/2016 16:00 7/11/2016 16:50 Tucson D Ad Hoc Steve Young Verity Health System of California

Replacing HRP Error Logs with Crystal reports

Opening Reception - Vendor Exhibition

Monday 7/11/2016 17:30 7/11/2016 19:30 AZ 6-7

Breakfast Tuesday 7/12/2016 6:30 7/12/2016 8:00 AZ 6-7

Opening General Session Tuesday 7/12/2016 8:00 7/12/2016 10:00 Tucson E-J

Vendor Exhibition Tuesday 7/12/2016 10:00 7/12/2016 11:30 AZ 6-7

mTuitive reports in CoPath Tuesday 7/12/2016 11:30 7/12/2016 12:20 AZ 1 Anatomic Pathology

Angelica Lamberton Health Network Laboratories

Use of mTuitive templates in CoPath to complete CAP cancer checklists.

VUE Focus Group and Roadmap Tuesday 7/12/2016 11:30 7/12/2016 12:20 AZ 2 Vue Janice Caputo Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

VUE Focus Group and Roadmap

Molecular Genetics 101 Tuesday 7/12/2016 11:30 7/12/2016 12:20 AZ 3 Molecular/GI Amber Fehrs-Battey Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Molecular terminology, applications, instrumentation and challenges

Diagnostic Communities: from Paper to GUI results

Tuesday 7/12/2016 11:30 7/12/2016 12:20 AZ 5 Diagnostic Com-munities

Anne Miller University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

From paper to GUI Results, bringing up a specialty community lab in Sunquest with labels, orders, instrument interfaces and results.

Sunquest Product Security Tuesday 7/12/2016 11:30 7/12/2016 12:20 AZ 8 Regulatory Meghan Dobson Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Overview of the different elements Sunquest is building in to the products and services- this will include encryption, user access, authentication, and development security. Also included will be database and hosting security, and an outline of how Sunquest products work smarter to keep you and your patients safer.




The Dollars and Sense of Transfu-sion Safety and Blood Utilization Guidelines

Tuesday 7/12/2016 11:30 7/12/2016 12:20 AZ 9 Patient Safety Kelly Elmhorst-Lanning Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Transfusion is one of the most common, and most costly interventions in America’s hospi-tals. This presentation will provide a current review of transfusion literature, evidence based blood product utilization philosophies, evolving composition and use of Massive Transfusion Protocols, and an introduction to “Hemotherapy Care Maps”.

Collection and Transfusion Manag-er: A Breakout Year

Tuesday 7/12/2016 11:30 7/12/2016 12:20 AZ 10 Jonathon Northover Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Over the past year, Collection Manager has evolved into Clinical Collect, with a new user experience on new devices with new functionality, and Transfusion Manager adoption has increased exponentially. This interactive session will demonstrate the new design, and will discuss what is available now and what is coming in 2016 and 2017 for these core point of care products.

Clinical Validation for General Laboratory

Tuesday 7/12/2016 11:30 7/12/2016 12:20 AZ 11 Lab-General Gail Johnson Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Overview of the functionality to queue and process general laboratory results for secondary review.

Using Medical Necessity in the Clinical Financial product

Tuesday 7/12/2016 11:30 7/12/2016 12:20 AZ 12 Clinical Financial Paige Pennington Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

The presentation is designed to provide an overview how to use Medical Necessity checking in the Clinical Financial product.


Tuesday 7/12/2016 11:30 7/12/2016 12:20 Tucson C General System Use (End Users)



New Features in Sunquest Applica-tion Manager

Tuesday 7/12/2016 11:30 7/12/2016 12:20 Tucson D Other Patricia George Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Introduction to the latest features released for the Sunquest Application Manager (SAM)

Lunch Tuesday 7/12/2016 12:30 7/12/2016 13:30 AZ 6-7

Understanding Case Processes Tuesday 7/12/2016 13:30 7/12/2016 14:20 AZ 1 PowerPath Timothy King Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Understanding Case Processes

CoPathPlus Focus Group and Roadmap

Tuesday 7/12/2016 13:30 7/12/2016 14:20 AZ 2 CoPathPlus Janice Caputo Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

CoPathPlus Focus Group and Roadmap

How Sunquest Molecular Can Help Your Lab

Tuesday 7/12/2016 13:30 7/12/2016 14:20 AZ 3 Molecular/GI Megan Schmidt Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Molecular functionality: How it can help your lab overcome common challenges. Includes demonstration

Epic Interface Implementation Experience

Tuesday 7/12/2016 13:30 7/12/2016 14:20 AZ 4 Gen Lab/Microbi-ology

Brittney Mailhot Boston Medical Center Corporation

Boston Medical Center’s experience going live with Epic, worklfows, maintenance, and lessons learned.




Utilization Optimization Tuesday 7/12/2016 13:30 7/12/2016 14:20 AZ 5 Diagnostic Com-munities

michelle del guercio Atlas Medical Atlas Medical smart ordering product overview

Navigating Organizational Risk Tuesday 7/12/2016 13:30 7/12/2016 14:20 AZ 8 Regulatory Kelly Castaneda Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

SIG: Blood Bank Tuesday 7/12/2016 13:30 7/12/2016 14:20 AZ 10 Kathy Hocking Adventist Health System

The Laboratory Transaction Processor and Crash Recovery

Tuesday 7/12/2016 13:30 7/12/2016 14:20 AZ 11 Lab-General Rick Haase Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This presentation is an introduction to the laboratory transaction processor and tools that are used to monitor. Details about system crash & recovery will also be covered.

Overview of Housekeeping in Clinical Financial

Tuesday 7/12/2016 13:30 7/12/2016 14:20 AZ 12 Clinical Financial Sherry Lanier Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This presentation is designed to provide the Clinical Financial users with an overview of the tools that are provided for housekeeping and patient archiving in the Clinical Financial application.

Monitoring the Sunquest Labora-tory System

Tuesday 7/12/2016 13:30 7/12/2016 14:20 Tucson C System Administra-tion & Support

Rick Haase Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This presentation focuses on monitoring the Sunquest Laboratory application on an AIX platform, but the methodology can be applied to other Sunquest products/platforms.

Using BI to Support Lab Operations and Processes

Tuesday 7/12/2016 13:30 7/12/2016 14:20 Tucson D Other Kim Asamoto Cleveland Clinic We are currently using Kofax Insight to gather Sunquest data as well as other data sources. We are able to provide dashboards and assembled data to provide operational metrics, critical value metrics, dynamic pending logs and utilization metrics in near real time. We can also provide summary statistics over an extended, user-selected time range.

Sunquest VUE Workshop Tuesday 7/12/2016 14:30 7/12/2016 15:20 AZ 1 Vue Erika McMahan Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Hands on workshop session for clients to explore the Sunquest VUE product. Sunquest CoPathPlus, Sunquest PowerPath, Sunquest Laboratory and Sunquest VUE workstations will be set up for clients to understand the full workflow and interoperability between Sunquest VUE and those applications.

Focus Group and Roadmap: Pow-erPath Specimen Management ( AMP and SMART)

Tuesday 7/12/2016 14:30 7/12/2016 15:20 AZ 2 PowerPath Janice Caputo Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Focus Group and Roadmap: PowerPath Specimen Management

Flu testing: moving from Micro to Molecular

Tuesday 7/12/2016 14:30 7/12/2016 15:20 AZ 3 Molecular/GI Anne Miller University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Moving Flu testing from Sunquest Micro to Sunquest Molecular application.




CoPath SMART in Cytology Tuesday 7/12/2016 14:30 7/12/2016 15:20 AZ 4 CoPathPlus Ken Sundberg Health Partners Site GHP has successfully adapted CoPath 6.0 SMART to work in Cytology for Non-gyn and FNA cases.

Diagnostic Communities Overview Tuesday 7/12/2016 14:30 7/12/2016 15:20 AZ 5 Diagnostic Com-munities

Patty Sollman Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Information Security Tuesday 7/12/2016 14:30 7/12/2016 15:20 AZ 8 Regulatory Meghan Dobson Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Help us help you stay secure! A presentation on how Sunquest implements information security controls to protect patient information.

Keeping things simple is a very complex job

Tuesday 7/12/2016 14:30 7/12/2016 15:20 AZ 9 Regulatory Dan Thompson Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Lean empowers you to simplify your processes so information is provided more efficiently. This is accomplished by evaluating routine situations, using creative problem solving, and implementing innovative solutions. Lean is more than the relentless reduction of waste; it is about creating customer value.

SIG: General Lab Tuesday 7/12/2016 14:30 7/12/2016 15:20 AZ 10 Pattie Harrill Bon Secours Health System Inc.

Unix System Administration for Clinical Financial users

Tuesday 7/12/2016 14:30 7/12/2016 15:20 AZ 12 Clinical Financial Chad Arnold Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This presentation is designed to provide information on the most commonly used Unix commands such as checking print queues, enabling/disabling print queues, etc. that the Clinical Financial users may find helpful.

Sunquest High Availability Solutions

Tuesday 7/12/2016 14:30 7/12/2016 15:20 Tucson C System Administra-tion & Support

John Steiner Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Discuss the Sunquest High Availability Solutions for the Sunquest Caché and Sybase databases.

Lab Compendium using Crystal Reports

Tuesday 7/12/2016 14:30 7/12/2016 15:20 Tucson D Ad Hoc Steve Young Verity Health System of California

Presentation will show how to link three views and then create a Compendium of Orderab le test codes. Will discuss the different components available for inclusion in the final report

Integration Roundtable Tuesday 7/12/2016 15:30 7/12/2016 17:20 AZ 3 Molecular/GI Megan Schmidt Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Integration Roundtable including Diagnostic Communities, Anatomic Pathology and Precision Medicine tracks

SMART Troubleshooting Tuesday 7/12/2016 15:30 7/12/2016 16:20 AZ 4 SMART Mike Mulaski University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Learn how to troubleshoot SMART issues by using ANIQ, ^LUSMRT0 utility (function SPOT), ^ZSMR1 (function SMR) and transaction searches.

Clean Orders and Clean Results Tuesday 7/12/2016 15:30 7/12/2016 16:20 AZ 5 Diagnostic Com-munities

michelle del guercio Atlas Medical focus on the benefits to the lab ? workflow efficiencies, competitiveness, better billing, and improved customer/physician satisfaction. By Atlas Medical

Client Compliance Services Tuesday 7/12/2016 15:30 7/12/2016 16:20 AZ 8 Regulatory Kelly Castaneda Sunquest Informa-tion Systems




Patient Safety Roundtable Tuesday 7/12/2016 15:30 7/12/2016 16:20 AZ 9 Patient Safety JoAnne Scalise Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Roundtable with client and Sunquest patient safety experts and advocates to discuss pressing issues and new recommendations. Participate to share knowledge and discuss this important healthcare issue.

SIG: Microbiology Tuesday 7/12/2016 15:30 7/12/2016 16:20 AZ 10 Brittney Mailhot Boston Medical Center Corporation

SIG: Collection Manager Tuesday 7/12/2016 15:30 7/12/2016 16:20 AZ 11 Bob Berdik University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Unix System Administration for Clinical Financial users

Tuesday 7/12/2016 15:30 7/12/2016 16:20 AZ 12 Clinical Financial Chad Arnold Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This presentation is designed to provide information on the most commonly used Unix commands such as checking print queues, enabling/disabling print queues, etc. that the Clinical Financial users may find helpful.

Sunquest Admin Tools Tuesday 7/12/2016 15:30 7/12/2016 16:20 Tucson C Gen Lab/Microbi-ology

Dawn Fichtner Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

A description of what Sunquest Admin Tools is and how it can assist you during your upgrade. How it can assist you with your testing, how it can assist you with your downtime recovery and how it can be used to ensure accurate maintenance transfer from test to live.

Crystal Reports with Excel and use of V-lookup

Tuesday 7/12/2016 15:30 7/12/2016 16:20 Tucson D Ad Hoc Scott Schneider Great Plains Health Use of Crystal Reports to extract build data to MS Excel and then use V-Lookup to verfiy accuracy.

Displaying Cellavision Results via a link in our EMR system

Tuesday 7/12/2016 16:30 7/12/2016 17:20 AZ 4 Lab-General Jeff McHugh University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Displaying Cellavision results for patients via a link in our EMR(Cerner Powerchart) for Physicians

Month End and Year End Reconcili-ation in Clinical Financial

Tuesday 7/12/2016 16:30 7/12/2016 17:20 AZ 5 Clinical Financial Paige Pennington Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This presentation is designed to assist the Clinical Financial users in the proper steps for month end reconciliation and year end closing.

Solution Adoption Systems Team Q & A

Tuesday 7/12/2016 16:30 7/12/2016 17:20 Tucson C Michael Tone Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Solution Adoption Systems Team Q & A

SIG: Ad Hoc Reporting Tuesday 7/12/2016 16:30 7/12/2016 17:20 Tucson D Scott Schneider Great Plains Health

Breakfast Wednesday 7/13/2016 6:30 7/13/2016 8:00 AZ 6-7

General Session Wednesday 7/13/2016 8:00 7/13/2016 10:00 Tucson E-J

Vendor Exhibition Open Wednesday 7/13/2016 10:00 7/13/2016 11:30 AZ 6-7




SUG Inc. Lunch Wednesday 7/13/2016 11:30 7/13/2016 13:00 AZ 6-7

PowerPath 10.2 features and Intro-duction to AP CP convergence

Wednesday 7/13/2016 13:00 7/13/2016 13:50 AZ 1 Anatomic Pathology

Shilpa Hegde Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This presentation will give the attendees an overview about the various features in Power-Path 10.2 including Synoptic Reporting, HPV and Introduction to AP CP convergence.

CoPathPlus v6.3 Features and Function

Wednesday 7/13/2016 13:00 7/13/2016 13:50 AZ 2 CoPathPlus Dori Dupuy Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

An overview of the features and functionality included in CoPathPlus v6.3

SIG: Molecular Genetics Wednesday 7/13/2016 13:00 7/13/2016 13:50 AZ 3 Molecular/GI Anne Miller University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Join the inaugural meeting of the Molecular Genetics SIG, with a focus on Sunquest products Molecular and GeneInsight

SIG: SMART Wednesday 7/13/2016 13:00 7/13/2016 13:50 AZ 4 Mike Mulaski University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Leveraging information technolo-gy for laboratory outreach

Wednesday 7/13/2016 13:00 7/13/2016 13:50 AZ 5 Outreach J. Mark Tuthill Henry Ford Health System

This session will present an integration platform between Sunquest-Atlas-Epic to allow for seamless flow of laboratory orders, results, and billing in support of laboratory and hospital outreach.

Client Compliance Services Wednesday 7/13/2016 13:00 7/13/2016 13:50 AZ 8 Regulatory Kelly Castaneda Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

You Be the Judge - Escalation or Risk Evaluation?

Wednesday 7/13/2016 13:00 7/13/2016 13:50 AZ 9 Patient Safety Amy Beyer Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Join in an interactive discussion about the difference between non-regulatory escalation and regulatory risk evaluation. What types of issues require which.

SIG: Billing Wednesday 7/13/2016 13:00 7/13/2016 13:50 AZ 10 Marty Gardner Adventist Health System

Collection Manager - ED Wednesday 7/13/2016 13:00 7/13/2016 13:50 AZ 11 Collection Manager Tony Douventzidis Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Implementing Collection Manager in the ED and it’s impact on TAT.

Roundtable: ICD10 Aftermath & Electronic Secondary billing in Clinical Financial

Wednesday 7/13/2016 13:00 7/13/2016 13:50 AZ 12 Clinical Financial Sherry Lanier Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This roundtable is designed for the Clinical Financial users to focus a discussion on ICD10 aftermath and electronic secondary billing.

Tempo Install - Follow the beat of a proactive monitor

Wednesday 7/13/2016 13:00 7/13/2016 13:50 Tucson C Tempo Sharen Lang Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Find out what you need for a Tempo install. What server and thresholds you can proactively monitor. How you receive a proactive notification (alert) and what to do with the informa-tion.




SAM Console 101: Perform routine tasks in SAM 5.0 and higher

Wednesday 7/13/2016 13:00 7/13/2016 13:50 Tucson D System Administra-tion & Support


Attendees will be able to use functionality available in the SAM console. Experienced analysts and system managers can also use this presentation to train their operations team

Preanalytic AP Specimen Man-agement.


Peter Nimmo Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Discuss the challenges and opportunities involved with tracking of preanalytic AP Specimen assets and management.

Sunquest Anatomic Integration with HPV Instrumentation


Dori Dupuy Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This presentation will showcase the integration between Sunquest Anatomic Pathology solutions and Data Innovations Instrument Manager, with a focus on HPV Instrumentation.

Enhancements to Molecular for Lab 8.1

Wednesday 7/13/2016 14:00 7/13/2016 14:50 AZ 3 Molecular/GI Donna Ellis Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Describes enhancements to Molecular for Lab 8.1 that will allow you to increase the scope and complexity of tests run on Protocol Manager.

SIG: Epic Wednesday 7/13/2016 14:00 7/13/2016 14:50 AZ 4 Silvia MacMurdo Boston Medical Center Corporation

Clinical Financial Roundtable Wednesday 7/13/2016 14:00 7/13/2016 14:50 AZ 5 Clinical Financial Michelle Vandenberg Tenet Healthcare roundtable discussion/idea sharing

The Inspector is Coming, What do I need to know?

Wednesday 7/13/2016 14:00 7/13/2016 14:50 AZ 8 Patient Safety Anne Miller University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

CAP inspections: what do I need to know? I don’t know how to answer the questions!

Who let that nurse in here? Wednesday 7/13/2016 14:00 7/13/2016 14:50 AZ 9 Patient Safety JoAnne Scalise Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

How the Lab can Ensure Quality in the Nurse-Managed Pre-Pre Analytic Specimen

Collection Phase for Patient Safety, Nurse Safety and Optimal Lab Outcomes

Blood Bank 8.0 including Emer-gency Release

Wednesday 7/13/2016 14:00 7/13/2016 14:50 AZ 10 Lab-Blood Bank Rosela Mendoza Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Review v8.0 Blood Bank Enhancements

Multiplex PCR Result Entry in Urinalysis Mode

Wednesday 7/13/2016 14:00 7/13/2016 14:50 AZ 11 Gen Lab/Microbi-ology

Debra Paris Loyola University Medical Center

The FilmArray Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel is a qualitative multiplexed nucleic acid-based in vitro diagnostic test intended for use with the FilmArray Instrument. The GI Panel can simul-taneously detect and identify 22 pathogen gene targets directly from stool samples in about 1 hour. Currently the FilmArray Respiratory Panel is set up in the Microbiology Module. All results are put in manually, and this result method does not allow for upload of results. Even though a custom keyboard was set up clerical errors continue to occur.

SIG: Cerner Wednesday 7/13/2016 14:00 7/13/2016 14:50 AZ 12 Bakul Thakkar UIC Medical Center




Roundtable Discussion of Tempo- Key Performance Indicators

Wednesday 7/13/2016 14:00 7/13/2016 14:50 Tucson C Tempo Sharen Lang Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Discussion of Tempo Key Performance Indicators -What works well, what doesn?t and what needs to be added?

Understanding the relationship between SAM and Lab

Wednesday 7/13/2016 14:00 7/13/2016 14:50 Tucson D System Administra-tion & Support


Troubleshoot the differences between HL7 format on Lab interface and SAM interface

Client Experience Roundtable Wednesday 7/13/2016 15:00 7/13/2016 17:00 Tucson E-J General Session

RUG Team Building Wednesday 7/13/2016 18:30 7/13/2016 20:30 AZ 6-7

Fun Run Thursday 7/14/2016 6:00 7/14/2016 7:00 Ballroom Lawn

Breakfast Thursday 7/14/2016 6:30 7/14/2016 8:00 AZ 6-7

SUG Inc. Election General Session Thursday 7/14/2016 8:30 7/14/2016 9:00 Tucson E-J Debra Walters Adventist Health System

Unified Rules Engine Thursday 7/14/2016 9:00 7/14/2016 9:50 AZ 1 PowerPath Abigail Armstead Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Overview of the development of an expanded rules engine for PowerPath Client that will drive workflows throughout the laboratory with conditional and automatic firing of rules.

VUE 1.0 Overview Thursday 7/14/2016 9:00 7/14/2016 9:50 AZ 2 Vue Emily Smith Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Overview of the current features available in Sunquest VUE v1.0 and the future features under development. Focus on the value that the product will provide to your organization.

How GeneInsight Can Help Your Lab

Thursday 7/14/2016 9:00 7/14/2016 9:50 AZ 3 Molecular/GI Amber Fehrs-Battey Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Functionality with demo and how your can overcome common challenges

Callback Roundtable/Focus Group Thursday 7/14/2016 9:00 7/14/2016 9:50 AZ 4 System Administra-tion & Support

Jeff Kinkead St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center

Join fellow clients for a discussion about Callback: from pending Enhancement Requests, to issues and future development

Integrating Epic, Sunquest and Atlas to Support Laboratory Outreach

Thursday 7/14/2016 9:00 7/14/2016 9:50 AZ 5 Outreach J. Mark Tuthill Henry Ford Health System

This session will describe how HFHS worked with Sunquest, Epic and Atlas to integrate labo-ratory outreach orders and results as well as standardizing patient identity management.

Interfacing Sunquest Lab to Cern-er?s Nursing Specimen Collection System

Thursday 7/14/2016 9:00 7/14/2016 9:50 AZ 8 General System Use (End Users)

Kathy Hocking Adventist Health System

Share FHO’s experience with implementing Sunquest interface with Cerner Bridge - Speci-men Collection and Transfusion Administration




Sunquest Product Security Thursday 7/14/2016 9:00 7/14/2016 9:50 AZ 9 Regulatory Meghan Dobson Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Overview of the different elements Sunquest is building in to the products and services- this will include encryption, user access, authentication, and development security. Also included will be database and hosting security, and an outline of how Sunquest products work smarter to keep you and your patients safer.

Implementing Collection Manager in Emergency Departments

Thursday 7/14/2016 9:00 7/14/2016 9:50 AZ 10 Collection Manager Barbara Hayes University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Laboratory v8.0/v8.1 Upgrade Review

Thursday 7/14/2016 9:00 7/14/2016 9:50 AZ 11 Gen Lab/Microbi-ology

Michael Tone Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

What’s new in Clinical Financial v6.4.3

Thursday 7/14/2016 9:00 7/14/2016 9:50 AZ 12 Clinical Financial Musthaq Shaik Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Overview of CR’s addressed in Clinical Financial v6.4.3.

Report Servers Thursday 7/14/2016 9:00 7/14/2016 9:50 Tucson A Multi-product Brian McVeigh

Focus Group: Next Generation Reporting, Ordering and Billing.

Thursday 7/14/2016 9:00 7/14/2016 9:50 Tucson B Anatomic Pathology

Janice Caputo Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

this session is a focus group open to any Anatomic Pathology personnel. We will have a panel of nine Sunquest personnel asking questions and listening to your suggestions and input on what is needed for an Anatomic Pathology solution to be successful. Specific areas we are seeking your opinion as users and subject matter experts are: Reporting, Ordering and Billing. This is not a “how to workshop” it is a workshop where you can mold the future of the products


Thursday 7/14/2016 9:00 7/14/2016 9:50 Tucson C General System Use (End Users)



SIG: HIS/AI Thursday 7/14/2016 9:00 7/14/2016 9:50 Tucson D Roseann Hyman University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

PowerPath 10.2 Features and Functions

Thursday 7/14/2016 10:00 7/14/2016 10:50 AZ 1 PowerPath Abigail Armstead Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Description and demonstrations of the features and functions included in the PowerPath 10.2 Release: Accessioning Allocation Rules Engine Schedule Management with Qgenda Connector Synoptic Reporting HPV workflow utilizing Data Innovations




CoPath SMART Round Table Thursday 7/14/2016 10:00 7/14/2016 10:50 AZ 2 Anatomic Pathology

J. Mark Tuthill Henry Ford Health System

This sessions will be an open discussion moderated by Mark Tuthill in conjunction with Sunquest development to explore user experience with the CoPath SMART specimen tracking system. User experience is key to successful implementation of this functionality. This session will explore best practices, workflow design, successes and challenges with CoPath SMART

Using GeneInsight to Report on Inherited Disease

Thursday 7/14/2016 10:00 7/14/2016 10:50 AZ 3 Molecular/GI Samantha Baxter Sunquest / Gene-Insight

GeneInsight users discuss experiences reporting inherited and rare disease testing in the laboratory

Sunquest Results in Cerner Millennium PowerChart

Thursday 7/14/2016 10:00 7/14/2016 10:50 AZ 4 Multi-product Debra Walters Adventist Health System

How Sunquest Lab results display in a downstream EMR system directly influences how the Lab is viewed by the entire organization. Come learn how Florida Hospital Orlando displays Lab results from Sunquest GenLab, Blood Bank, Microbiology, and CoPath in the EMR system Cerner Millenium PowerChart.

Hitting the Door Running Thursday 7/14/2016 10:00 7/14/2016 10:50 AZ 5 Diagnostic Com-munities

Jan Esakov Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Inc.

How we implemented an orders interface with Atlas, including a bi-directional interface with Epic for a new CSN and MRN if it’s a new patient

Making Patients Safer...Transfusion Manager: Closing the Loop

Thursday 7/14/2016 10:00 7/14/2016 10:50 AZ 8 Joshua Ogbeide Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Closing the loop on patient safety, a demonstration of Transfusion Manger’s usability.

Redefining Patient Safety Economics

Thursday 7/14/2016 10:00 7/14/2016 10:50 AZ 9 Patient Safety Kelly Elmhorst-Lanning Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Improving patient safety and clinical outcomes in America’s hospitals through the elimi-nation of preventable medical errors has been a “hot topic” since the 1999 IOM publication of “To Err is Human”. However, Sunquest’s clients often have difficulty securing capital budget approvals for Collection Manager (Clinical Collect) and Transfusion Manager (Clinical Transfuse) purchases. During this interactive session, adjunct metrics of patient/provider ex-perience as well as the use of qualitative measures of clinical care quality will be discussed.

Having a Smooth POC Nursing Implementation

Thursday 7/14/2016 10:00 7/14/2016 10:50 AZ 10 Collection Manager Mark Paddy SUG Vendor Account Having a Smooth POC Nursing Implementation- the presentation would center on how to work with nursing for CLM and TRM roll out. The past two years I’ve been asked to go into an CLM implementation after CLM/TRM was rolled out. If I can present some steps/methods prior to rollout it would help the customer.

What’s new in Lab v8.1 Thursday 7/14/2016 10:00 7/14/2016 10:50 AZ 11 Lab-General Joella Potter Hospital Adjustments Overview of new features available with Laboratory version 8.1

Overview of Split Billing in Clinical Financial

Thursday 7/14/2016 10:00 7/14/2016 10:50 AZ 12 Clinical Financial Chad Arnold Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This presentation is designed to provide an overview of the split billing feature in the Clinical Financial product.




Administrating Cache users for Ad Hoc Report Writer

Thursday 7/14/2016 10:00 7/14/2016 10:50 Tucson A Ad Hoc Christopher Martin Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

How to create and manage users in Cache to use with the AdHoc Report Writer

PowerPath Roadmap and Round-table Focus Group

Thursday 7/14/2016 10:00 7/14/2016 10:50 Tucson B PowerPath Janice Caputo Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

review of PowerPath Roadmap and roundtable/focus group

Laboratory Device Maintenance and Definitions

Thursday 7/14/2016 10:00 7/14/2016 10:50 Tucson C Gen Lab/Microbi-ology

Erik Baird Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

A beginner’s look into defining devices such as printers and fax devices in Sunquest Laboratory.

SIG: Instrument/Automation Thursday 7/14/2016 10:00 7/14/2016 10:50 Tucson D Keith Mullins Ohio State University Hospitals

PowerPath 10.2 Features and Functions

Thursday 7/14/2016 11:00 7/14/2016 11:50 AZ 1 Anatomic Pathology

Abigail Armstead Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Description and demonstrations of the features and functions included in the PowerPath 10.2 Release: Accessioning Allocation Rules Engine Schedule Management with Qgenda Connector Synoptic Reporting HPV workflow utilizing Data Innovations

Single Specimen Workflow for Gyne Cytology

Thursday 7/14/2016 11:00 7/14/2016 11:50 AZ 2 CoPathPlus Brian Johnson MedFusion How NLC implemented a single specimen workflow for Gynecological Cytology specimens.

Scaling Genetics with GeneInsight and Sunquest CoPathPlus

Thursday 7/14/2016 11:00 7/14/2016 11:50 AZ 3 Molecular/GI Megan Schmidt Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Learn how a pediatric hospital is using GeneInsight integrated with Sunquest CoPathPlus to scale their exome-level genetic testing

SIG: PowerPath Thursday 7/14/2016 11:00 7/14/2016 11:50 AZ 4 Christine Schramm IHC Health Services, Inc.

Sunquest CRM/Sunquest Mobile - what’s new?

Thursday 7/14/2016 11:00 7/14/2016 11:50 AZ 5 Diagnostic Com-munities


Information Security Thursday 7/14/2016 11:00 7/14/2016 11:50 AZ 9 Regulatory Meghan Dobson Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Help us help you stay secure! A presentation on how Sunquest implements information security controls to protect patient information.

Blood Bank - 2016 and Beyond Thursday 7/14/2016 11:00 7/14/2016 11:50 AZ 10 Lab-Blood Bank Jonathon Northover Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

2016 is a big year for Sunquest Blood Bank. This interactive session will review both what we have developed and released to market, and what we are planning to release in 2016 and 2017.

Autofiling: Where to Start Thursday 7/14/2016 11:00 7/14/2016 11:50 AZ 11 Lab-General Melissa Tone Tucson Medical Center

An overview of the considerations that must be made, the maintenance that must be com-pleted and the training that should be provided before any site should consider autofiling.




Electronic Claims Submission using 5010 in Clinical Financial


Overview of using electronic claims submission (aka ECS) with ANSI 5010 in the Clinical Financial product.

Using the Cache Studio for Ad Hoc Report Writer

Thursday 7/14/2016 11:00 7/14/2016 11:50 Tucson A Ad Hoc Robbie Luman Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

How to use the Cache Studio for manipulating AdHoc mappings

What’s New to Case Worksheets Thursday 7/14/2016 11:00 7/14/2016 11:50 Tucson B Anatomic Pathology

Tim Weiss Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Explore the use of PowerPath case worksheets, including licensing from CAP for use of synoptic reports, how Sunquest has improved the design, other uses for worksheets and exploring new functionality available in version 10.2

SIG: CoPath Thursday 7/14/2016 11:00 7/14/2016 11:50 Tucson D Angelica Lamberton Health Network Laboratories

Lunch Thursday 7/14/2016 12:00 7/14/2016 13:00 AZ 6-7

New SUG Inc., Leadership Boot Camp Lunch

Thursday 7/14/2016 12:00 7/14/2016 13:00 Tucson E-J

The PowerPath Upgrade Process- Getting the Best Results


Tim Weiss SydPath Solution Adoption will discuss how to prepare for an upgrade, from hardware needs to staff time requirements.

Powerbuilder Review Thursday 7/14/2016 13:00 7/14/2016 13:50 AZ 2 CoPathPlus Peter Nimmo Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This class will review PowerBuilder fundamentals as it relates to CoPathPlus Window modifications, Patient Report Writing and Infomaker Reports

CellNetix: Using GeneInsight and NofOne to report cancer genetics

Thursday 7/14/2016 13:00 7/14/2016 13:50 AZ 3 Molecular/GI Megan Schmidt Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

How a pathology group in the Pacific Northwest is using GeneInsight and NofOne to support cancer

Epic Issues/Solutions Roundtable Thursday 7/14/2016 13:00 7/14/2016 13:50 AZ 4 System Administra-tion & Support

Silvia MacMurdo Boston Medical Center Corporation

Come join fellow clients for a discussion of issues your site may be having interfacing to Epic HIS, and hear about solutions other clients have discovered

Diagnostic Communities Focus Group



Anatomic Pathology Super Session Thursday 7/14/2016 13:00 7/14/2016 17:00 AZ 8 Christopher Garcia Partners Healthcare System, Inc

Anatomic Pathology Super Session




Random Acts of Kaizen Thursday 7/14/2016 13:00 7/14/2016 13:50 AZ 9 Regulatory Dan Thompson Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Under the appearance of good intentions process improvements can do more damage than good. Unfamiliarity with the process, no prior planning, incorrect stakeholders, and weak problem statements are just some of the ways a good process improvement can go awry. In this presentation I will show you ways to recognize an improvement project that is going awry and what steps you can take to correct it.

GUI Rules - Uses in Microbiology Thursday 7/14/2016 13:00 7/14/2016 13:50 AZ 10 Gen Lab/Microbi-ology

Thomas Philpott Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

We will show you can use rules in Microbiology to automate reporting of susceptibility results, apply abnormal flags and append comments to organisms and results. We will offer tips and tricks to help you with the creation of rules and how to best utilize rules to improve your processes.

Collection and Transfusion Manag-er: A Breakout Year

Thursday 7/14/2016 13:00 7/14/2016 13:50 AZ 11 Jonathon Northover Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Over the past year, Collection Manager has evolved into Clinical Collect, with a new user experience on new devices with new functionality, and Transfusion Manager adoption has increased exponentially. This interactive session will demonstrate the new design, and will discuss what is available now and what is coming in 2016 and 2017 for these core point of care products.

Overview of PAMA in Clinical Financial


This presentation is designed to provide an overview of the new enhancement for PAMA reporting developed for the Clinical Financial product.

Implementing a CoPath Orders Interface with Epic Hyperspace

Thursday 7/14/2016 13:00 7/14/2016 13:50 Tucson B Anatomic Pathology

Ron Brown Henry Ford Health System

This session will describe the trials and tribulations of implementing an orders interface be-tween Sunquest CoPath plus 6.1.1 and Epic Hyperspace 2014. While the are many benefits of implement such an interface the are several complexities and surprises you might want to know about in advance. This session will describe our experiences at site HFH.

Benefits of Agile Software Development

Thursday 7/14/2016 13:00 7/14/2016 13:50 Tucson C Multi-product Ken Pemberton Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

A very quick overview of the evolution of software development, a summary of why agility is important, a peek at Scrum, then some focus on the effects it’s had on delivered products. Emphasis is on the targeted, rapid delivery of smarter healthcare and safer patients. A compelling argument for why we’re the world leader, and how we never rest on our laurels.

SIG: User Programming Thursday 7/14/2016 13:00 7/14/2016 13:50 Tucson D Wayne Body Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

How to Have a Successful 10.2 Upgrade


Tim Weiss SydPath We will review the new implementation process for PowerPath v10.2 and discuss ways to increase your successful installation of the new version 10.2. This session will include both Sunquest implementation staff and clients involved in the first customer installations.




Clinical Laboratory Integration through AP/CP

Thursday 7/14/2016 14:00 7/14/2016 14:50 AZ 2 CoPathPlus Dori Dupuy Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This presentation is an overview of enhancements and improvements made to AP/CP functionality in CoPathPlus

Molecular Genetics Send-Outs Thursday 7/14/2016 14:00 7/14/2016 14:50 AZ 3 Molecular/GI Jesus Ellin Yuma Regional Medical Center

How to support your lab when Molecular Genetics is not done in-house

Navigating Organizational Risk Thursday 7/14/2016 14:00 7/14/2016 14:50 AZ 9 Regulatory Kelly Castaneda Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

TAT and Collection Manager Thursday 7/14/2016 14:00 7/14/2016 14:50 AZ 10 Ad Hoc Tony Douventzidis Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Real time reporting of a Collection Manager implementation in the ED and it’s impact on TAT. Also tracking use by hour.

What’s coming in the future for Laboratory

Thursday 7/14/2016 14:00 7/14/2016 14:50 AZ 11 Lab-General Gail Johnson Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Overview of what new features are being considered for future Laboratory releases.

Clinical Financial Roadmap Thursday 7/14/2016 14:00 7/14/2016 14:50 AZ 12 Clinical Financial Patty Sollman Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Introduction to Windows PowerShell

Thursday 7/14/2016 14:00 7/14/2016 14:50 Tucson C System Administra-tion & Support

Kevin Doblosky PowerShell is an extremely powerful tool that is available in all modern versions of Windows. It is a command-line shell and scripting language, which is integrated with Windows, and supported by many server products, including VMware, Citrix, SQL Server, Azure, and more. It can be used to automate many tedious system administration tasks, and is useful as a general scripting language for quickly developing small programs and utilities. Microsoft is integrating it more deeply with Windows with each version, so understanding it is increasingly crucial for any technical professional who uses Windows. At first glance, PowerShell can be intimidating to learn for newcomers. It has a syntax very different from previous Microsoft scripting languages such as batch files or and VBScript. This session will help get you past that initial learning curve. PowerShell has built in discoverability features that make it simple to learn more. Once you learn the basics, PowerShell is easy to use, and can make you significantly more productive on Windows.

Application Interfacing Assessments - The Blueprint to the project

Thursday 7/14/2016 14:00 7/14/2016 14:50 Tucson D Multi-product Dawn Lev Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Describe the assessment offering in the Application Interfacing department that delivers a written document outlining the steps needed to change HIS vendors, or change a configura-tion for lab (standalone blood bank)




Enhanced Metrics and Reporting Thursday 7/14/2016 15:00 7/14/2016 15:50 AZ 1 PowerPath Abigail Armstead Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Overview of current metrics collected by laboratories for Quality Assurance, CAP and CLIA compliance and how the new applications in PowerPath 10.2 and AMP 2.0 will be leveraged to assist in capturing those metrics.

Integration of CoPath & Sunquest Lab and Using AP/CP

Thursday 7/14/2016 15:00 7/14/2016 15:50 AZ 2 CoPathPlus Mark Hersh SUNY at Stony Brook, University Hospital

Overview of the interfacing between CoPath and Sunquest Lab including the use of AP/CP integration. Topics include the implementation and use of the new AP/CP integration as well as other related interfacing between the 2 systems.

Bring It On: The ROI on Bringing Molecular Genetic Testing In-House

Thursday 7/14/2016 15:00 7/14/2016 15:50 AZ 3 Molecular/GI Josh Ricketts The ROI on Bringing Molecular Genetic Testing In-House

Planning for an Optimal ROI: A Lab Leader’s Guide to Metrics and Analysis

Thursday 7/14/2016 15:00 7/14/2016 15:50 AZ 9 Other JoAnne Scalise Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This presentation will present metrics, calculations, and other considerations for estab-lishing a business case for new applications, and specifically specimen and transfusion management.

Microbiology Enhancements Thursday 7/14/2016 15:00 7/14/2016 15:50 AZ 10 Gen Lab/Microbi-ology

Brittney Mailhot Boston Medical Center Corporation

A roundtable discussion of potential microbiology enhancements for the upcoming “Micro-biology” release from Sunquest

GUI Results Thursday 7/14/2016 15:00 7/14/2016 15:50 AZ 11 Tara Brown University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

SIG: Clinical Financial Thursday 7/14/2016 15:00 7/14/2016 15:50 AZ 12 Michelle Vandenberg Tenet Healthcare

Behind the Virtual Curtain - Virtualization in the Sunquest Environment

Thursday 7/14/2016 15:00 7/14/2016 15:50 Tucson C System Administra-tion & Support

Kevin Flynn

HL7 Messages: What?s in them for you

Thursday 7/14/2016 15:00 7/14/2016 15:50 Tucson D System Administra-tion & Support

Martha Lundgren Bluewolf Test Account REMODIFIED

Learn the HL7 data items interfaces use to post patient data to Sunquest Lab.

CoPath Order Entry Interface (HIO) Thursday 7/14/2016 16:00 7/14/2016 16:50 AZ 1 CoPathPlus Mark Hersh SUNY at Stony Brook, University Hospital

How to go about implementing the CoPath order entry interface (HIO)? Providing things to consider when implementing the CoPath HIO.

Monitoring a Windows Sybase Servers

Thursday 7/14/2016 16:00 7/14/2016 16:50 AZ 2 CoPathPlus Carol Yager Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This presentation will outline general Sybase monitoring with a focus on a Windows Sybase server.




Charging for Genetic Testing Based on Usage

Thursday 7/14/2016 16:00 7/14/2016 16:50 AZ 3 Molecular/GI Donna Ellis Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Learn how Sunquest will bill clients on a scalable model for molecular and genetic testing.

Troubleshooting SMART Routing issues

Thursday 7/14/2016 16:00 7/14/2016 16:50 AZ 4 Greg Block Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Troubleshooting tips and tricks for users to be able to find root cause of SMART routing issues using tools like ^ZSMR1 (route data), ^LUSMRT0 (SPOT info), GUI Route Tester, etc. as well as utilizing SMART-related globals and transaction searches.

Atlas LabWorks Implementation at Site OKH


Tanya Odle Tulsa Medical Laboratory, LLC.

CopathPlus Integration with Atlas LabWorks for a web based physician orders and results portal solution.

Micro Abnormal/Critical Flagging Thursday 7/14/2016 16:00 7/14/2016 16:50 AZ 10 Gen Lab/Microbi-ology

Andrew Darmitzel Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This presentation is an overview of Micro abnormal and critical flagging of results and how they can be designed to cross the interface in pre-/post-7.2 lab versions. This includes an overview of the rule maintenance and what needs to be done in interface adjustment for 7.2+ upgrades.

Implementing GUI Quality Control Thursday 7/14/2016 16:00 7/14/2016 16:50 AZ 11 Lab-General Stephanie Reynolds Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Presenting the GUI Quality control and the changes when transitioning from RnS to GUI.

HID add-on hints and tips Thursday 7/14/2016 16:00 7/14/2016 16:50 AZ 12 Lab-General Lisa Zebrowski Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

adding on HIDs to existing Lab clients

SecureLink: A Connection Like No Other

Thursday 7/14/2016 16:00 7/14/2016 16:50 Tucson A Multi-product Robbie Luman Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

How Sunquest connects to client systems using SecureLink, and how clients can make use of SecureLink functions for auditing and access control.

Implementing full Sysmex WAM within a complex environment

Thursday 7/14/2016 16:00 7/14/2016 16:50 Tucson C Lab-General Marge Stepanek Aurora Consolidated Laboratories

Planning, implementing and support of Sysmex WAM for large organizations.

It starts with a handshake: Troubleshooting Sunquest Lab/AI communication Issues

Thursday 7/14/2016 16:00 7/14/2016 16:50 Tucson D System Administra-tion & Support


Attendees will be able to monitor and diagnose simple common communication issues. Ex-perienced analysts and system managers can use this presentation to train their operations team in this important role.

SUG Banquet Thursday 7/14/2016 18:30 7/14/2016 23:00 Tucson E-J

Breakfast Friday 7/15/2016 7:00 7/15/2016 8:00 AZ 6-7

Tricks & Tips Using Shortcut Keys, Case Navigation

Friday 7/15/2016 8:00 7/15/2016 8:50 AZ 1 PowerPath Daniel Davis Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Tricks & Tips Using Shortcut Keys, Case Navigation and other tips to speed up your work




Upgrade CoPathPlus Servers Without New Hardware

Friday 7/15/2016 8:00 7/15/2016 8:50 AZ 2 CoPathPlus Carol Yager Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Outline the general process of upgrading your CoPathPlus Server?s Operating System and third party software without new physical server hardware and the best practices for a smooth implementation.

Unusual Interactions with Support Friday 7/15/2016 8:00 7/15/2016 8:50 AZ 3 Other Aaron Tindall Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Interactions with support sometimes go beyond a support ticket. Know what to expect from support under less common situations.

New Kiestra IX Automation Friday 7/15/2016 8:00 7/15/2016 8:50 AZ 11 Gen Lab/Microbi-ology

mary ann driscoll The Kiestra by BD Diagnostics has new functionality. Not only can we download from Sunquest to the Kiestra for plating, the Kiestra can upload workload and preliminary identifications. Also, Kiestra can upload no growth and final identifications that do not require susceptibilities.

Disaster Recovery Solutions Friday 7/15/2016 8:00 7/15/2016 8:50 Tucson C Multi-product Brian McVeigh Disaster Recover options for Sunquest Lab and Sunquest CoPathPlus

Best Practices for a Successful Import Project

Friday 7/15/2016 8:00 7/15/2016 8:50 Tucson D System Administra-tion & Support

Kevin Doblosky An Import Project is a means of importing patient, unit, donor, case, or other data from you site’s legacy system into a Sunquest system. The specific data to be imported will vary depending on the source, and which Sunquest system you are import into. However, there are elements in common between all import projects. This session will help you understand what you should expect with an import project, and some of the elements that are required to make your project a success.

PowerPath - Inbound Interfaces Friday 7/15/2016 9:00 7/15/2016 9:50 AZ 1 PowerPath Daniel Davis Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

An overall review of the various inbound interfaces available for PowerPath with basic troubleshooting techniques.

Introduction to the CoPathPlus System Server Hardware


This presentation will provide a basic overview of the CoPathPlus system and its servers.

SLPS Server Configuration and Status

Friday 7/15/2016 9:00 7/15/2016 9:50 AZ 3 SMART Aaron Tindall Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

SLPS Server Configuration and Status Monitoring

Using the BI Launchpad with AdHoc Report Writer and BOBI

Friday 7/15/2016 9:00 7/15/2016 9:50 AZ 4 Ad Hoc Robbie Luman Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Giving your users the ability to schedule and run existing AdHoc reports without needing Administrative access to BOBI.

Rules Basics Friday 7/15/2016 9:00 7/15/2016 9:50 AZ 10 Lab-General Ben Cheknis Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This presentation will cover the basics of how to create, test and troubleshoot rules in Sunquest Laboratory.




Troubleshooting and correcting dynamic result queuing on Sunquest Lab

Friday 7/15/2016 9:00 7/15/2016 9:50 AZ 11 Lab-General Martha Lundgren Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

The presentation will enable the system manager and staff to perform basic troubleshoot-ing for failure of data transfer of orders, receipt status messages, result activity messages, results, and cancels.

Application Interfacing Testing Friday 7/15/2016 9:00 7/15/2016 9:50 Tucson C Lab-General Dawn Lev Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Help guide the client into an effective plan to test the Application Interface to help insure that the interface is working as designed on the specifications.

Billing Support Utilities You Didn?t Know Exist

Friday 7/15/2016 9:00 7/15/2016 9:50 Tucson D Lab-General Carolyn Schwulst Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

Billing Support Utilities You Didn?t Know Exist The SA Billing group will demonstrate several helpful Billing support utilities that can make our clients day to day jobs easier and more ac-curate. These utilities can assist the clients with maintenance builds as well as help identify shortcomings and inaccuracies in their custom billing formatter routines.

PowerPath Implementation and Support Roundtable

Friday 7/15/2016 10:00 7/15/2016 10:50 AZ 1 Anatomic Pathology

Tim Weiss SydPath An open discussion with senior solution adoption and client support staff. We will have topic ideas available, but this is your chance to ask questions and brainstorm with Sunquest and fellow system users.

CoPathPlus 1-Step System Upgrade to All New Hardware


Outline the general process of a CoPathPlus 1-Step project and the best practices for a smooth implementation

Utilizing Transaction Searches for Troubleshooting

Friday 7/15/2016 10:00 7/15/2016 10:50 AZ 10 Lab-General Ben Cheknis Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

This presentation will teach you how transactions in Sunquest Laboratory are created, processed, and saved in the data structure, so you can use search functions for research and troubleshooting.

Laboratory v8.0/v8.1 Upgrade Review

Friday 7/15/2016 10:00 7/15/2016 10:50 AZ 11 Gen Lab/Microbi-ology

Michael Tone Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

The Sunquest Cloud Friday 7/15/2016 10:00 7/15/2016 10:50 Tucson C Multi-product Brian McVeigh

Using the Ad Hoc Report Writer Business Objects Business Intelli-gence Server

Friday 7/15/2016 10:00 7/15/2016 10:50 Tucson D Ad Hoc Robbie Luman Sunquest Informa-tion Systems

A beginner’s look into the Business Objects Business Intelligence (BOBI) server and how it is used with AdHoc Report Writer.

Closing General Session Friday 7/15/2016 11:00 7/15/2016 12:00 Tucson E-J

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