Newsletter #2 - November 11, 1999

In this issue:

• Upcoming Events
• Membership Update
• Review of business plan and bylaws

The following CIC events are scheduled in the next four weeks:

• International CIC Briefing - November 18 at Medica
  Time: 9:30AM to 11:30AM
  Location: MS Helvetica, Duesseldorf, Germany
  Presentation of the CIC objectives, status and timeline to European and Asian provider and vendor organizations. Roche Diagnostics has generously offered to host this meeting on their boat, the MS Helvetia.
• LIS Executive Briefing - December 2 at RSNA
  Time: 7:00AM to 9:00AM
  Location: Sheraton Towers, Chicago
  Sunquest Information Systems will host this meeting, and will invite LIS executives to review the CIC's objectives, status and timeline.
• Consortium Launch Event - December 2 at RSNA
  Time: 11:00AM to 4:00PM
  Location: Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Chicago
  A draft agenda for this meeting will be published on the web site for review by Friday, Nov. 12.

As of November 9, 4:00 PST, the following organizations have indicated their intent to become members of the CIC. If your organization is not on this list, and you believe it should be, please send an e-mail to jeff_perry@labs.agilent.com.

Core VENDOR Members

• Agilent Technologies
• Instrumentation Laboratory
• LifeScan, Inc.
• Medical Automation Systems
• Radiometer Medical A/S
• Roche Diagnostics
• SCC*
• Sunquest*

Supporting VENDOR Members

• Avocet Medical, Inc.
• Cholestech
• CITATION Computer Systems
• FluorRx
• GE-Marquette Medical Systems
• i-STAT Corporation
• International Technidyne
• SpectRx
• STC Technologies, Inc.
• VIA Medical Corporation

Core PROVIDER Members (Institutions, or Healthcare networks)

• Johns Hopkins
• Mayo Clinic*
• Mount Sinai Medical Center
• PennState-Giesinger
• Profil GmbH
• UCSF-Stanford Healthcare

Affiliate Members (Standards organizations, Regulatory/Oversight bodies)

• Medical Devices Agency, United Kingdom Department of Health

* indicates verbal commitment

If your organization is interested in membership in the CIC, please send your feedback to info-cic@iis.fraunhofer.de.

Revisions to this document are scheduled for the following dates:

• November 10 (members' comments due by November 17)
• November 22 (members' comments due by November 24)
• December 2 (members' final approval)

Best regards,

Jeff Perry
CIC Vice-President, Chief Technical Officer
Representing: Agilent Technologies