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Feb. 17, 2016—Two microbiology leaders will take part in a live, online panel discussion, “Tackling the U.S. Healthcare System’s Infectious Disease Management Problem,” Feb. 23, noon Central time. They will explore approaches to reducing antibiotic resistance, rapidly identifying pathogens in their patients, and controlling infectious disease in the hospital and the community. One approach that will be covered is the role of advanced molecular diagnostics in the clinical microbiology laboratory. Register.

Speakers at the online panel will be: Margret Oethinger, MD, PhD, medical director of microbiology at Providence Health and Services in Oregon; Susan E. Sharp, PhD, regional director of microbiology and the Molecular Infectious Disease Laboratories in the Department of Pathology for Kaiser Permanente Northwest in Oregon and president-elect of the American Society for Microbiology; and L. Eleanor J. Herriman, MD, chief medical informatics officer at Viewics.

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