WOODLAND
HILLS, CA. (March
1, 2003) – Atlas
Medical Software, a
leading provider of
clinical connectivity
between physicians
and laboratories today
announced that its
CEO, Rob Atlas will
participate in the
Executive Officer Roundtable
at the 21st annual
Automated Information
Management in the Clinical
Laboratory (AIMCL)
meeting to take place
at the University of
Michigan Medical School,
May 22-23, 2003. Atlas
will join other industry
leaders for a frank
discussion on the future
of laboratory information
technology. Bruce Friedman,
MD, the course director
of the AIMCL event,
will moderate.
The AMICL conference
attracts laboratorians
from national and regional
hospital and reference
labs and academic institutions
who want to be informed
about the latest developments
in laboratory informatics. “We
want to provide attendees
with a fresh perspective
on the next wave of
technological innovation
in the field,” says
Dr. Friedman. “This
roundtable brings together
a number of executives
who are working at
the cutting edge in
developing next generation
software systems that
will change the way
labs operate. As the
head of a very innovative
company in the lab
IT space, Rob was a
logical choice for
the panel.”
Atlas welcomes the
opportunity. “I’m
very excited to be
participating. In my
more than twenty years
providing technology
to labs, I’ve
spent a great deal
of time looking beyond
the horizon. This offers
me the chance to share
some of my insights
with others in the
field.”
The panel will take
place on Thursday May
22, 2003, at 3:40 PM
at the Towsley Center
for Continuing Medical
Education on University
of Michigan Medical
School campus in Ann
Arbor. Further information
on attending the event
can be obtained by
calling the Registrar
at the Office of Continuing
Medical Education (800)
800-0666.
About Rob Atlas
Robert D. Atlas, CEO
of Atlas Development
Corporation, has been
involved in Lab IT
for more than two decades,
as a Manager of Information
Systems, a software
designer/developer
and an IT products
vendor. He is well-known
in the Caché/M
world, having spent
six years at InterSystems
Corporation, where
he was instrumental
in helping to evolve
its technology. He
served on the ANSI
SQL Development Committee
and also served as
Chairman of the InterSystems
Database End-users
Association for several
years. In 1989, he
co-founded Atlas Development,
which has developed
a number of high-performance,
mission critical applications
for healthcare industry
leaders. Rob is a graduate
of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
About Atlas Medical
Software
Atlas Medical Software
is a division of Atlas
Development Corporation,
a privately held software
development company
based in Woodland Hills,
CA. that specializes
in software solutions
for the healthcare
industry. Its flagship
product, Atlas LabWorks™,
is widely acknowledged
as one of the leading
integrated software
solutions for laboratory
remote order entry
and results reporting.
In addition to Atlas
LabWorks, the company
has developed numerous
healthcare software
solutions for health
care industry leaders,
including an award-winning
communicable disease
surveillance, tracking
and case management
system that electronically
links public health
officials with physicians,
hospitals and laboratories.
About AIMCL
AIMCL is a two-day
conference that was
developed by the Department
of Pathology, University
of Michigan Medical
School, more than twenty
years ago as a showcase
for the emerging laboratory
information system
industry. The event
combines lectures by
national experts in
the field of lab information
management and exhibitor
displays with about
twenty vendors participating.
This educational event
has become a meeting
place for hospital
and clinical laboratory
personnel who are in
the market for lab
IT solutions to hear
from peers about new
technical developments,
and to meet with vendors
to view their latest
offerings.