Cat and group- I am an anesthesiologist that has been involved in implementing blood management programs for 20 years, I am past president of the Indiana State Association of Blood Banks, I am on the MAC for the Indiana Blood Center, and I am on the AABB Perioperative Standards Committee. I try as I can to post info on discussion boards like this and on LinkedIn. In full disclosure, I established a consulting group 7 years ago that develops and helps continuously improve comprehensive blood management programs (Strategic Healthcare Group). I didn't go to medical school to be a consultant, but I was continually asked by hospitals to help them with the difficult task of changing embedded behaviors and cultures among doctors and nurses, then making the change stick. My team is front line doctors and nurses with significant blood management experience, and our approach is evidence based, patient centered, data driven and systems oriented. As an MD, I am extremely proud that what we do rapidly and sustainably improves patient safety and quality of care; as a business owner, I am also very proud that what we do rapidly and measurably returns value with a substantial ROI. For those hospitals who prefer to build their own program, we have a world class set of online tools as well as training and support program for TSOs and program leaders. The tool set include access to our proprietary Analytics to benchmark and track blood use compared to centers of excellence (a true benchmark, not just an average), a knowledge management system with a repository of articles, policies, guidelines and best practices, and a learning management system that includes 24 hours of live CME Webinars a year, 60 hours of online training, and a train the trainer program at our HQ in Indianapolis. With regards to client references, we strive to make every hospital fully satisfied and we garner superlative recommendations. We have worked with over 100 hospitals and hospital systems across the US, both academic and community, from 150 beds to 1000 beds. I apologize for the commercial message, but I take great pride in what we do and would be very pleased to work with any of your hospitals to improve transfusion safety and blood management. If you would like more information, you can reach out to me directly at thannonmd@gmail.com, or check out our web site www. BloodManagement.com, which has quite a bit of information as well as case studies. Best regards, Tim Hannon, MD