PARTNERS

NFTC Preferred Partnerships

The Foundation is developing partnerships with various organizations (private or public) who share the NFTC's vision for creating a better future for trauma care professionals and trauma centers. The NFTC's association with these organizations offers learning opportunities and resources that will help make NFTC members more effective and successful.

Potential preferred partners may submit an application to the NFTC for review and approval. The selection process for a preferred partnership includes a rigorous NFTC internal review and NFTC Board approval before any program or activity is accepted.

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Bishop+Associates

Bishop+Associates is the nation's most experienced consulting firm in trauma center development, finance and management. Bishop+Associates has developed the Trauma Center Economic Study, an assessment of the country's trauma centers; Trauma 2000, a coalition of business, health plans and trauma providers; and the Trauma Resource Network, a National Consortium of regional trauma centers which has evolved into the NFTC. B+A consultants provide off-site consulting to NFTC Members through on-the-spot phone calls, scheduled conference calls, and email. These expert trauma consultants can advise on issues such as physician contracting strategies, trauma surcharges, physician billing, and verification standards, etc.

Greg Bishop, President
Ph: (714) 838-9024
Email: greg@traumacare.com

MedSearch America

Physician and Healthcare Staffing Resources Medsearch America (MSA) is a physician search and sourcing company focusing on the recruitment of trauma and general surgeons. Recognizing that orthopedic care and neurosurgical availability are key to the success of any trauma program, MSA also provides access to physician resources in these specialties. MSA provides full service searching, candidate sourcing, and locum tenens coverage in trauma, orthopedics, and neurosurgery.

Aaron Risen, President
Ph: (866) 266-9211
Email: aaronrisen@aol.com

Patient Care Technology Systems

Patient Safety is Our Passion Patient Care Technology Systems (www.pcts.com) is a medical software services company focused on transforming healthcare providers' ability to improve the quality and safety of acute care medicine. Through the Amelior suite of software solutions, PCTS provides comprehensive emergency department information management, passive-based patient and asset tracking solutions for emergency departments and perioperative suites, and enterprise-wide asset tracking. PCTS solutions are currently at work in over 40 Emergency Departments and Trauma Centers nationwide.

Stephen Armstrong, Vice President Marketing
Ph: (949) 282-2571
Email: sarmstrong@pcts.com

The Adam Williams Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Initiative

The Adam Williams TBI Initiative is a nationally-acclaimed program focusing on educational outreach and continued research to improve TBI patient care. Guided by the Mission Innovation Institute (MII), the program seeks to assist other ACS- or State-verified Level I and II trauma centers to adopt the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) TBI guidelines, Mission Hospital's evidence-based protocols, and further the integration of brain oxygen monitoring into standard clinical management of TBI patients. This program won the JCAHO Codman Award in 2002.

Blain Tomlinson, Managing Director
Ph: (949) 364-1400 Ext. 5502
Email: btomlinson@missioninnovation.com