We are kicking off the 2015 Annual Meeting with the largest group of attendees in years! Usually we would say “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” but over the next four days, we’re offering an experience you will want to take home with you, from the lineup of sessions, to the 150+ exhibitors in the exhibit hall, three engaging keynote speakers, plenty of networking opportunities, and a theme party to cap everything off.

Is this your first Annual Meeting? Be sure to take advantage of the many opportunities to connect with your fellow members, starting with tonight’s Welcome Reception for New Members and First Time Attendees (in a NEW location: Zeno 4701), followed by the President’s Reception.

You can check out our blog, Link, for all the latest Annual Meeting news, photos, and more. Connect with us on Twitter (@ahraonline) and tweet us your thoughts and photos using hashtag #AHRA2015. Download the Annual Meeting app, generously sponsored by Radiology Protocols, to customize your schedule, access venue

maps and exhibitor info, connect on social media, read the latest Link posts, and more: www.ahraonline.org/app.

You must be on time to a session in order to be eligible for ARRT CE credit. If you arrive at a session after the speaker has started, you will not receive CE credit. The barcode on your badge will be scanned at the beginning and end of the session; you must receive both scans to receive CE credit, so make sure you stay for the entire session. Don’t forget your badge when you leave your hotel room each morning!

Session handouts for the Advanced Track and Exhibitor Symposia can be downloaded at www.ahraonline.org/handouts.

If you have any questions while you’re here, please don’t hesitate to flag down any of the Design Team members or AHRA staff members. We are here to make sure you have the best experience possible! You can spot the Design Team members by their fancy white button down shirts and red bow ties, and AHRA staff will be sporting their white AHRA polo shirts. Enjoy the next 4 days of education, networking, sun, and fun here in Sin City!

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Welcome to VEGAS and AHRA’s 43rd Annual Meeting!

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Welcome from the President . . 2-3 Sponsor Thanks . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Exhibit Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Volunteer Reception . . . . . . . .10 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

As the current president of AHRA, I want to personally welcome each of you to the AHRA’s 43rd Annual Meeting here in Las Vegas, a city with over 300+ days of guar-anteed sunshine and even more poker tables, craps tables, and slot machines.

I’m very confident that over the course of the next few days you will experience AHRA’s mission as “the resource and cata-lyst for the development of professional leadership in medical imaging manage-ment.” We take pride in developing our educational programs in congruency with our vision and mission, and thrive on assembling our national meetings with presentations by our peers on current medical imaging challenges that are im-mediately applicable in your own work environment.

Your presence here demonstrates your commitment to staying abreast of the latest challenges and opportunities in medical imaging management by con-tinually furthering your knowledge and implementing best practices in patient care, safety, and the impact that health-care reform is having on medical imaging.

WOW, there is a lot happening here! Today starts off with the 16th Annual Im-aging Classic Golf Tournament at the TPC Las Vegas. I’ll be making appearances at various holes to help promote our Educa-tion Foundation. Also beginning today are our three pre-conference workshops: the CRA Exam Workshop, the Leadership and Mentoring Workshop, and the Lean

Six Sigma Workshop.

Tonight is the New Member and First Time Attendee reception, followed by the President’s Reception where we officially kick everything off. I look forward to wel-coming each and every one of you; please stop by!

Fox’s “Tip o’ the Day”…If you haven’t already done so, download the AHRA Annual Meeting app. This will help you navigate workshops, breakout sessions, and the exhibit hall, and will allow you to customize your own schedule so you don’t miss a session. You can download it at www.ahraonline.org/app.

We have so much to offer this week, including three world class, inspirational keynote speakers, seven action packed exhibitor symposiums, the basic track for new managers, the advanced track for ex-perienced leaders, and my favorite…net-working opportunities galore!

The Exhibit Hall opens tomorrow at 11AM – please be sure to spend time with ex-hibitors during lunch. AHRA enjoys many long standing, productive relationships with corporate partners, and their gen-erosity and support of our educational programs allows us to offer the Annual Meeting at a great value and provide much needed scholarships to some of our members here with us today. Join me in demonstrating our gratitude by visiting their booths.

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Welcome from the President

AHRA StaffThe following AHRA staff are on site this week. If you have any questions, please

feel free to ask any of them for assistance: Edward Cronin, CEO; Kerri Hart-Morris, Associate Editor; Debra Murphy, Communications and

Publications Director; Sarah Murray, Executive Assistant; Jillian Nanof Membership Coordinator; and Mike Suddendorf, Marketing Director.

David Fox, CRA, FAHRA2014-2015 President

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Editors: Kerri Hart-Morris and Debra Murphy

Contributing Writers: David Fox, CRA, FAHRA

Photographer: Harry Butler

©2015 by AHRA. Maynot be reproduced in partor whole without writtenconsent from AHRA.

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If this is your first meeting or you have questions, you can get real-time answers from Annual Meeting Design Team Chair Gina Winters and her entire cast. You’ll recognize them by the white tuxedo shirts and red bowties, and you will spot at least one of them at every session and event throughout the week.

This has been a gifted year to serve as your president, and together with a strong AHRA Board of Directors, we have accomplished much. And the AHRA staff is incredible, what a team they are and they accomplish so much in keeping our association running! A special ‘thank-you’ to

both Sarah Murray, for keeping me on point all year, and Kerri Hart-Morris for filling in all the gaps that I leave open in my Link articles. Thank you, my friends, for the oppor-tunity to serve as your president; it has been an honor and the pinnacle of my medical imaging career. I look forward to welcoming you at the President’s Reception this evening!

On behalf of the AHRA and Education Foundation Board of Directors, AHRA staff, Annual Meeting Design Team, and our army of volunteers, I wish you an exciting, stimu-lating, and fun filled week.

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AHRA thanks the following sponsors who helped make this year’s Annual Meeting & Exposition possible. Thanks are also extended to all of the vendors who are exhibiting at this year’s meeting. Please make sure you stop by their booths and show your support!

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in-KinD SPonSoRSAscendian Healthcare ConsultingBeekley Medical, Inc.CarestreamChapel Hill SolutionsCoding Strategies, Inc.Columbus RadiologyCook Children’s Medical CenterGilk Radiology ConsultantsHeritage Valley Health System

IACIntegrated Medical Partners, LLCKonica Minolta Medical ImagingMach7 TechnologiesMARZMedQuest AssociatesMetrasensNuance CommunicationsOnQ

Philips HealthcareRAD-PlanningRaysSpeechCheck, Inc.The Health Law Partners, P.C.Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.West PhysicsZotec Partners

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Visit 150+ vendors in 100,000 square feet of exhibit space in the 2015 AHRA Exhibit Hall! Learn about the latest products and services by visiting as many exhibitors as possible. You’ll also have opportunities to win some great prizes! Many exhibi-tors are raffling prizes, and all you have to do is visit their booth, talk with their staff, have your badge scanned, or give them your business card. Look for the Hot Spot! booths and participate in the Product Showcase Passport to win cash! Please thank the exhibitors for being an im-portant part of AHRA’s Annual Meeting and Exposition by being a serious shopper and spending time with them.

Hot Spot companiesDon’t miss your opportunity to win $300 cash! The exhib-iting companies listed below are designated “Hot Spot” booths. You’ll have six chances to win a $300 cash draw-ing by being in the right booth at the right time. During six designated 15-minute periods (two drawings each day), a hot spot booth number will be randomly chosen and called out over the PA system. All attendees standing in that booth when the number is called will be eligible to win $300 right there in the booth. Business cards will be placed in a bowl, and the winner will be drawn. *By par-ticipating in Hot Spot drawings, you authorize your informa-tion to be distributed to the participating companies.*

company booth #Aegys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539Agfa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018Atirix Medical Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 1135Avreo, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727Barrier Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219Bayer HealthCare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829BD Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1535Canon USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619Commodity Resource & Environmental, Inc 1036Desert Radiologists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626Dolbey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328Guerbet, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1031Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc . . . 1221Hologic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430iCAD, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1539Infab Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Jamer Health Products, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 738Konica Minolta Medical Imaging . . . . . . . 324Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals . . . . . . . . . 822Medical Imaging Innovations . . . . . . . . 1621Metrasens, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1327Nautilus Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1636Nuance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428RadNet, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1538Rapid Radiology, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1136Samsung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1424Shimadzu Medical Systems USA . . . . . . 1217SpeechCheck, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824Universal Medical Resources. . . . . . . . . . 526Varian Medical Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 1634

Product Showcase Passport companiesParticipate in the Exhibit Hall Product Showcase Passport for your chance to win $500. Visit 10 of the companies listed below and have your passport stamped. Turn in the completed passport to the ballot boxes at Registration and in the Exhibit Hall for your chance to win. Passport materials can be found inside your tote bag. company booth #Aegys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .539AFC Industries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1732Barrier Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219Columbus Healthcare Products . . . . . . . . . . 1632Desert Radiologists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .626iCad, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1539Infab Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221Konica Minolta Medical Imaging . . . . . . . . . . .324Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals. . . . . . . . . . . . . .822MedInformatix, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .520Mednovus/SAFESCAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .940OrthoScan, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1440RamSoft, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .440Shimadzu Medical Systems USA. . . . . . . . . . 1217SpeechCheck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .824Varian Medical Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1634Viztek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .518

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Spy for a PrizeWednesday, July 22Play for the chance to win four free hotel nights, room and tax only, at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, TN during the 2016 Annual Meeting, or a gift basket from the city of Nashville which contains items worth over $1000! Use decoder glasses to view the hidden words on each sign, unscramble the sentence, and write it on your pro-vided card for your chance to win! Make sure you check your phone or email on Wednesday afternoon to see if you are a winner!

complimentary Water bottle Pick up your complimentary AHRA 2015 water bottle at Viztek (Booth #518). A ticket for the bottle can be found in your registration materials.

EXHIBIT HALL SCHEDULE

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday11am-2pm:

Hall Open 11:30am-11:45am: Hot Spot! Drawing

12:00 pm - 1:30 pmLunch Served in Exhibit Hall

12:45pm-1:00pm:Hot Spot! Drawing

Raffles throughout the day

Wednesday:1:30pm:

Product Showcase Passport Drawing & Announcement

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Exhibitor Symposium contestSeveral AHRA and AHRA Educa-tion Foundation partners host and present symposiums during the Annual Meeting. Because their corporate support is es-sential to funding AHRA mem-ber programs, we encourage all attendees to sit in on as many of

these educational symposiums as possible in a show of appreciation.

If you attend 5 or more exhibitor symposiums, you will be entered to win a FREE registration to the 2016 Annual Meeting in Nashville, TN. To be entered to win, simply attend 5 symposiums and make sure to have your badge scanned - you will be automatically entered in the drawing.

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Last night a reception was held to honor and acknowl-edge the members who have volunteered for AHRA over the past year. Volunteers are the backbone of AHRA - their contributions are vital to our success!

Volunteer opportunities with AHRA include:Write an article for Link or Radiology ManagementServe on a conference design teamHost a local/regional area meetingHelp out at the Annual MeetingServe on an educational/product committeeServe on the Editorial Review BoardHelp in AHRA’s efforts to recruit and retain membersServe as a host in our Partners in Learning program

If you are interesting in volunteering for AHRA, go to www.ahraonline.org/volunteer to see all opportunities and submit an application.

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Pictured below: Attendees enjoying last year’s (2014) Volun-teer Reception.

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MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE

Sunday, July 19, 2015

AHRA Education Foundation Golf Tournament*7:00 AM - 2:00 PM (TPC Golf Course, Las Vegas)

CRA Exam Workshop*7:30 AM - 6:00 PM (Marcello 4505)

Exhibitor Symposium: How Lung Cancer Screening is Changing the Role of the Imaging Department11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Lando 4205/4206/4305/4306)Generously sponsored by

Breakout Sessions 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMICD-10: Only 2.5 Months Away (Delfino 4003/4004/4103/4104)Patient Time-of-Service Collections: Maximizing Efforts and Reducing Bad Debt (Delfino 4001/4002)Building an Enterprise Radiology Team in a Large Hospital System (Delfino 4101/4102)Leading a Culture of Trust and Compassion (Lando 4201/4202)ACR Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence Journey (Lando 4203/4204)Risky Business: Provider Perspectives on Vendor Contracts (Lando 4301/4302)Road to the Executive Suite — A Panel Discussion of Differ-ent Roads to Get There (Delfino 4005/4006/4105/4106)

Pre-Conference Workshop: Lean Six Sigma White Belt Work-shop* 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM (Lando 4303/4304)Generously sponsored by

Pre-Conference Workshop: Leadership and Mentoring for Radiology Directors and Managers*1:30 PM - 5:30 PM (Marcello 4504)

Beverage Break (Level 4 Foyer)2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Breakout Sessions 2:30PM - 4:00PMInterventional Radiology Nurse Navigator: Improving Both Patient Satisfaction and Cost Efficiencies in the Radiology Department (Lando 4203/4204)

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Cutting Edge Legal Developments and Hot Topics Impact-ing Radiologists (Delfino 4005/4006/4105/4106)Healthcare Reform (Lando 4201/4202)Enterprise Imaging Transformation (Delfino 4101/4102)Coding Tips & Traps (Delfino 4003/4004/4103/4104)Clinical Decision Support: Boondoggle or Boon? (Delfino 4001/4002)

Beverage Break (Level 4 Foyer)4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Breakout Sessions 4:30PM - 5:30PMAHRA Regulatory Affairs Update: XR-29 and More! (Delfino 4003/4004/4103/4104)VNA for Enterprise Image Management—UnPAC Your Archives (Delfino 4001/4002)Challenges of a High Risk Breast/Ovarian Cancer Program (Delfino 4101/4102)Like a Good Neighbor, Community Radiology Is There! (Lando 4201/4202)Turn Your Workplace into a WOWplace (Delfino 4005/4006/4105/4106)“Right Size” Staffing Analysis, Lessons Learned in the Diagnostic Imaging Department (Lando 4203/4204)Laying the Foundation for Excellence — How Collaborating with Your Radiologists Can Drive Best Practice Outcomes (Lando 4301/4302)

First-Time Attendee & New Member Reception5:45 PM - 6:30 PM (Zeno 4701 - Please note NEW location)Generously sponsored by

President’s Reception6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (Palazzo Ballroom I-P)Generously sponsored by

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