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SABM Spotlight

SUMMER 2017
ISSUE

The Society for the Advancement of Blood Management (SABM)
invites healthcare organizations worldwide to participate in this week dedicated to educating patients and healthcare professionals about patient blood management.

Download SABM's
Patient Blood Management Awareness Week 2017
Poster and Timeline

Printable Poster Timeline

 Donate to SABM

Please consider making a donation to your Society. Your donations will help us to improve the lives of people throughout the world through Patient Blood Management.

SABM 2017 Newsletter Publication Schedule

February | May | August | November

Editor
Carolyn Burns, MD

Associate Editor
Tiffany Hall, RN

Contributors
Carolyn Burns, MD
Nabil Hassan, MD
Tiffany Hall, RN
Mary Ann O’Brien RN, MSN, CCRN, CNE 
Becky Rock, RN
Kevin Wright 
Zac Zahara, MBA and team 

Transition Director
Sherri Ozawa, RN

SABM Officers and
Directors 

Continued Education

Certificate Course

In conjunction with the 2017 Annual Meeting, SABM will offer a Patient Blood Management Certificate Course on Wednesday, September 6^th, 2017.  Register right away to reserve your spot!

Executive Guide

The SABM EXECUTIVE GUIDE PDF (with video modules) shows how and why you should adopt a PBM program at your hospital.

GET THE GUIDE AND START EXPLORING WHAT LIES AHEAD!

• *NO COST TO SABM HOSPITAL AFFILIATES!
• *SABM MEMBERS: $150
• NON-MEMBERS: $200

*Discount taken at checkout with valid coupon code. Contact SABM if you are an SABM member or affiliate and do not know your coupon code.

CLICK HERE to initiate your purchase 

Quantia MD

The most recent video, released in Spring 2017, discusses Anemia in Hospitalized Patients.  This video is hosted by Dr. Benjamin Hohmuth, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer and Director, Patient Blood Management of Geisinger Health System, located in Danville, Pennsylvania.

Click here to view Dr. Hohmuth’s PBM video

Please keep an eye out for the next Quantia MD session, which will be on Iatrogenic blood loss.

PBM for Patient Blood Management Section

Save the Date for SABM's Annual Meeting
September 7 – 9, 2017
Hilton & Executive Tower
Portland, Oregon

PBM Certificate Course
September 6, 2017
7:00am – 6:00pm

Annual Meeting
September 7 – 9, 2017

Consider submitting your future manuscripts in PBM for peer review and publication in this new section. The success of this endeavor will depend on the provision of material to make it lively and attractive to our colleagues and other professionals in the field.

Members Invited to Submit Papers CLICK HERE

 Join SABM's Call to Action for Medicare to Expand Coverage for Treatment of Anemia!