ICIS Quarterly Meeting: Take ownership of your future! Where have we come from, where are we now, and where are we headed?

• Salt Lake City, Utah at the IASIS Healthcare Salt Lake Regional Medical Center;
  
• Boise, Idaho at the St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center; and, 
  
• WEBEX provided by Fluke Biomedical (for members who live more than 50 miles from the meeting location.)
  

HTM professionals’ capabilities can have a dramatic impact on the acquisition, use, maintenance, and retirement of technology in their organizations. Ray Laxton, Chair of AAMI’s Board of Directors, will take you back to the beginning, when a 1971 Ralph Nader article provided a huge boost to the fledgling profession. Laxton asserts that we’re now on the precipice of another seismic event that could radically change the field—and we MUST be prepared for the inevitable changes. Put simply, you’ll have to change your future, or it’ll be changed for you!

About Ray Laxton

Mr. Ray Laxton is Vice President, Strategic Partnerships at ARAMARK Healthcare Management Services, Clinical Technology Services, where he is responsible for ensuring operational and financial performance and compliance for 14 District Managers, more than 180 accounts, and more than $160M in annualized revenue. In addition to his role as Chair of the AAMI Board of Directors, Mr. Laxton serves on AAMI’s Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Investment Committee, Nominating Committee, AAMI Foundation Board of Directors, and AAMI’s Committee on Standards Strategy. He has previously held positions as Chair of the Technology Management Council (TMC), Co-Chair of the Annual Program Committee, and was a member of the Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology Editorial Review Board. He has served on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Biomedical Association, including terms as Vice-President and President, and is a member of the Indiana Biomedical Association. In 2001, he received AAMI’s Education Award.