Sponsors | Exhibitors

The Advanced Practice Provider (APRN & PA) Leadership Summit is a highly effective tool for enhancing your image and raising your visibility with clinicians, professionals and leaders in healthcare, particularly pertaining to advanced practice. With between 325-425 attendees from across the U.S., this vehicle is an effective and inexpensive way to reach a large market for recognition or sales.

Sponsors of APPex also receive a number of direct and indirect benefits: improved networking and connectivity into a major arena of healthcare via advanced practice and healthcare leadership, enhanced credibility and relationships amongst the advanced practice community, highly targeted marketing opportunities, media exposure, heightened brand awareness & recognition, potential for new sales and new business partnerships, etc.

For additional information and details, review the Conference Prospectus, or, Contact Us.
To participate in a sponsorship opportunity, email us at events@APPexecutives.org.

2025

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

https://www.chop.edu/

We are breakthrough makers. From clinical expertise, to life-changing research, to impact within our communities, we advocate for and provide the best for children in our backyard and around the world. Because our patients deserve breakthroughs. Every day. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the United States dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of healthcare for children by integrating excellent patient care, innovative research and quality professional education into all of its programs.

CT Assist

www.ct-assist.com

The essential, life-saving skills required in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery take years to develop. We understand the subtleties of cardiac surgery needs, and the critical value of finding the right personal and professional match. We are proud to offer more than staffing: CT Assist is a healthcare solutions company.

The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) is the accrediting agency that protects the interests of the public and PA profession by defining the standards for PA education and evaluating PA educational programs within the territorial United States to ensure their compliance with those standards. The ARC-PA is an independent accrediting body authorized to accredit qualified PA educational programs leading to the professional credential, Physician Assistant (PA). Accreditation is a process of quality assurance that determines whether the program meets established standards for function, structure and performance. The ARC-PA does not accredit any academic degree awarded by the sponsoring institution of the PA program. The ARC-PA encourages excellence in PA education through its accreditation process by establishing and maintaining standards of quality for educational programs. It awards accreditation to programs through a peer review process that includes documentation and periodic site visit evaluation to substantiate compliance with the Accreditation Standards for Physician Assistant Education. The accreditation process is designed to encourage sound educational practices and innovation by programs and to stimulate continuous self-study and improvement. In addition to establishing educational standards and fostering excellence in PA programs, the ARC-PA provides information and guidance to individuals and organizations regarding PA program accreditation.

Nikki Barrett, NP, MBA with Edward Jones

www.edwardjones.com/us-en/financial-advisor/nikki-barrett

First and foremost, thank you for what you do! You are a hero and your service is greatly appreciated!

I used to do what you do! I was a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Director of Advanced Practice for several years. I routinely attended APPex conferences and enjoyed our annual gatherings!

However, I am now in a different role. My MBA led me down the path of becoming a financial advisor with Edward Jones. As a former Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Director of Advanced Practice, my passion is serving healthcare professionals (i.e., serving those who serve others)! I frequently help my healthcare colleagues put old 401ks to work, transition into retirement, and develop a strategy and plan for their finances.

Financial advisors are great partners in helping you achieve long term financial goals. We want to go on life’s journey with you and help you navigate your finances as life happens. Nearly everyone can benefit from partnership with a financial advisor, thus if you aren’t working with a financial advisor, or aren’t content with your current financial advisor, give me a call and we will talk about where you are and where you’d like to be.

I am thrilled at the opportunity to be a resource for you, your family, and for those you care about. Please know you are welcome to call anytime with questions, for a statement review, or if you just want to talk because you’d like to be more comfortable and confident in your financial future.

Coalition for Physician Well-Being

www.forphysicianwellbeing.org

The Coalition is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt association of some 50 healthcare systems, hospitals, and professional organizations, represented by nearly 400 individual members, which is organized for the purpose of learning together how to build robust, sustainable programs in support of physician and APP well-being.

We promote personal and professional fulfillment for physicians by building healthy families and productive collegial relationships, encouraging teamwork and collaboration in the clinical and administrative setting, thereby enhancing hospital culture and improving the safety, quality, and humanity of patient care. We also embrace physician wholeness, which we understand to encompass physical, mental, social, and spiritual health, which supports the embodiment of our work as a ministry of healing.

2024

Novo Nordisk

www.novonordisk.com

We are a global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and headquartered just outside Copenhagen, Denmark.

Our purpose is to drive change to defeat serious chronic diseases, built upon our heritage in diabetes. We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines and working to prevent and ultimately cure the diseases we treat.

We employ more than 59,000 people in 80 offices around the world, and market our products in 170 countries.

Thrive AP

www.thriveap.com

ThriveAP is an education solution for advanced practice providers and the facilities that employ them. We are dedicated to helping NPs and PAs thrive – in every sense of the word. ThriveAP is focused on empowering clinicians both in and out of practice by standing alongside APPs from the beginning of their education throughout their careers. We aim to be the best, most trusted resource for the advanced practice workforce, and the first name in APP transition to practice. ThriveAP, at the center of proficiency, productivity, and confidence.

CT Assist

www.ct-assist.com

The essential, life-saving skills required in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery take years to develop.

We understand the subtleties of cardiac surgery needs, and the critical value of finding the right personal and professional match. We are proud to offer more than staffing: CT Assist is a healthcare solutions company.

Nikki Barrett, NP, MBA with Edward Jones

www.edwardjones.com/us-en/financial-advisor/nikki-barrett

First and foremost, thank you for what you do! You are a hero and your service is greatly appreciated!

I used to do what you do! I was a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Director of Advanced Practice for several years. I routinely attended APPex conferences and enjoyed our annual gatherings!

However, I am now in a different role. My MBA led me down the path of becoming a financial advisor with Edward Jones. As a former Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Director of Advanced Practice, my passion is serving healthcare professionals (i.e., serving those who serve others)! I frequently help my healthcare colleagues put old 401ks to work, transition into retirement, and develop a strategy and plan for their finances.

Financial advisors are great partners in helping you achieve long term financial goals. We want to go on life’s journey with you and help you navigate your finances as life happens. Nearly everyone can benefit from partnership with a financial advisor, thus if you aren’t working with a financial advisor, or aren’t content with your current financial advisor, give me a call and we will talk about where you are and where you’d like to be.

I am thrilled at the opportunity to be a resource for you, your family, and for those you care about. Please know you are welcome to call anytime with questions, for a statement review, or if you just want to talk because you’d like to be more comfortable and confident in your financial future.

Coalition for Physician Well-Being

www.forphysicianwellbeing.org

The Coalition is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt association of some 50 healthcare systems, hospitals, and professional organizations, represented by nearly 400 individual members, which is organized for the purpose of learning together how to build robust, sustainable programs in support of physician and APP well-being.

We promote personal and professional fulfillment for physicians by building healthy families and productive collegial relationships, encouraging teamwork and collaboration in the clinical and administrative setting, thereby enhancing hospital culture and improving the safety, quality, and humanity of patient care. We also embrace physician wholeness, which we understand to encompass physical, mental, social, and spiritual health, which supports the embodiment of our work as a ministry of healing.

Phoenix Children's

www.phoenixchildrens.org

As one of the fastest-growing pediatric health systems in the United States, Phoenix Children’s is expanding to meet the increasing needs of Arizona’s families. With each new expansion, families enjoy more convenient access to the highest level of expertise. With a comprehensive children’s hospital — and two more on the way — plus more than 40 sites of service throughout the state, we’re equipped to address all families’ health needs, from the common to the most complex. We actively engage our communities and respond with new treatments, technologies and tools to better support their well-being. Together with our colleagues and communities, we’re expanding what’s possible for healthcare — so we can all grow healthier together.

HCA Healthcare

www.hcahealthcare.com

HCA Healthcare is dedicated to giving people a healthier tomorrow. As one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare is comprised of 186 hospitals and approximately 2,400 sites of care in 20 states and the United Kingdom.
In addition to hospitals, sites of care include surgery centers, freestanding emergency rooms, urgent care clinics, diagnostic and imaging centers, walk-in clinics and physician clinics.
Many things set HCA Healthcare apart from other healthcare organizations; however, at our core, our greatest strength is our people. Every day, more than 309,000 colleagues go to work with a collective focus: our patients. Our focus positively impacts the care experience at the bedside and beyond.
As a learning health system, HCA Healthcare analyzes data from more than 43 million patient encounters each year. This data helps develop technologies and best practices that improve patient care. We also share our learnings with the larger healthcare community and government agencies to improve care everywhere.
We are proud of the impact we have in our communities through employment, investment and charitable giving.
In 2023, we spent $4.7 billion on capital investment in land, buildings and equipment. In addition, HCA Healthcare pays significant taxes that help revitalize communities.
We also provided charity care, uninsured discounts and other uncompensated care at an estimated cost of $3.7 billion in 2023.
At HCA Healthcare, we are excited about the future of medicine. We believe we are uniquely positioned to play a leading role in the transformation of care.

2023

World Wide Trekking

https://wwtrek.com

World Wide Trekking is an adventure travel company that focuses on safety, comfort, and giving back to the communities in which we travel. We offer life-changing experiences and invite you to join us on your next adventure, designed for optimal enjoyment and success. With more than 15 years of experience, we provide adventures all over the globe and help our guests explore some of the most wondrous places in the world on our different expeditions: Everest Base Camp treks, African safaris, Kilimanjaro climbs, and Machu Picchu hikes to name a few…

We think the small details make all the difference, so we take the time to curate thoughtful itineraries that will provide the most enjoyable and successful treks possible. Beginning with our in-office staff through our mountain guides, WWTrek is always there to help answer questions, plan your adventure, and ensure the trip of a lifetime!

Through the alignment of cost, quality and market performance, we help members improve and fortify their market presence so they can concentrate on what they do best: provide high-quality care for patients.

Our partnership model is rooted in listening and true collaboration to maximize the value of what we do.

Together with our members, we build holistic solutions that serve as catalysts to shape excellence in care delivery at each organization we work with.

Novo Nordisk

www.novonordisk.com

We are a global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and headquartered just outside Copenhagen, Denmark.

Our purpose is to drive change to defeat serious chronic diseases, built upon our heritage in diabetes. We do so by pioneering scientific breakthroughs, expanding access to our medicines and working to prevent and ultimately cure the diseases we treat.

We employ more than 59,000 people in 80 offices around the world, and market our products in 170 countries.

Intermountain Health

intermountainhealthcare.org

Intermountain Health is the largest nonprofit health system in the Intermountain West. We’re dedicated to creating healthier communities and helping our patients thrive.

It is the largest nonprofit health system in the Intermountain West. We’re dedicated to creating healthier communities and helping our patients thrive.

Based in Salt Lake City, UT, Intermountain serves patients and communities in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and Kansas.

CT Assist

www.ct-assist.com

The essential, life-saving skills required in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery take years to develop.

We understand the subtleties of cardiac surgery needs, and the critical value of finding the right personal and professional match. We are proud to offer more than staffing: CT Assist is a healthcare solutions company.

Nikki Barrett, NP, MBA with Edward Jones

www.edwardjones.com/us-en/financial-advisor/nikki-barrett

First and foremost, thank you for what you do! You are a hero and your service is greatly appreciated!

I used to do what you do! I was a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Director of Advanced Practice for several years. I routinely attended APPex conferences and enjoyed our annual gatherings!

However, I am now in a different role. My MBA led me down the path of becoming a financial advisor with Edward Jones. As a former Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Director of Advanced Practice, my passion is serving healthcare professionals (i.e., serving those who serve others)! I frequently help my healthcare colleagues put old 401ks to work, transition into retirement, and develop a strategy and plan for their finances.

Financial advisors are great partners in helping you achieve long term financial goals. We want to go on life’s journey with you and help you navigate your finances as life happens. Nearly everyone can benefit from partnership with a financial advisor, thus if you aren’t working with a financial advisor, or aren’t content with your current financial advisor, give me a call and we will talk about where you are and where you’d like to be.

I am thrilled at the opportunity to be a resource for you, your family, and for those you care about. Please know you are welcome to call anytime with questions, for a statement review, or if you just want to talk because you’d like to be more comfortable and confident in your financial future.

Coalition for Physician Well-Being

www.forphysicianwellbeing.org

The Coalition is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt association of some 50 healthcare systems, hospitals, and professional organizations, represented by nearly 400 individual members, which is organized for the purpose of learning together how to build robust, sustainable programs in support of physician and APP well-being.

We promote personal and professional fulfillment for physicians by building healthy families and productive collegial relationships, encouraging teamwork and collaboration in the clinical and administrative setting, thereby enhancing hospital culture and improving the safety, quality, and humanity of patient care. We also embrace physician wholeness, which we understand to encompass physical, mental, social, and spiritual health, which supports the embodiment of our work as a ministry of healing.

Bayer | Kerendia

www.kerendia-us.com

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of healthcare and agriculture. We design our products and services to help tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges, and to serve the most essential human needs of health and nutrition.

At Bayer, we’re committed to driving sustainable development and generating a positive impact with our businesses.

Through the power of science, we’re pioneering new possibilities that advance life. That means reimagining how we care for ourselves and one another by empowering everyday health, improving approaches to patient care, and finding better ways to nourish communities around the world.

Kerendia is a once-daily treatment that can help slow the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and lower the risk of cardiovascular complications in adults with CKD in type 2 diabetes (T2D).

University of Maryland, Baltimore - Graduate School

www.graduate.umaryland.edu

The Graduate School of the University of Maryland was formed during academic year 1918-1919. Twelve graduate students were enrolled at that time, with five departments offering graduate courses. Departments offered standard graduate work and sought to place the quality of work on par with the best graduate schools in the nation. Work in accredited research labs such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other agencies was accepted as partial fulfillment of the resident requirement for future degrees. The Baltimore campus of the Graduate School awarded the first master’s degrees in 1924, the first PhD in 1933. Fast forward to the present day, the Graduate School now offers graduate education and training in biomedical, health, and human service sciences. We offer Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree programs, and post-baccalaureate certificate programs in these areas of study. We also offer dual degrees with the university’s professional schools including PhD/MD, PhD/PharmD and PhD/DDS degree programs, and we participate in inter-institutional studies in biochemistry, and gerontology with other University System of Maryland campuses. We have been offering master’s and doctoral studies on the UMB campus since 1918. All doctoral students are actively engaged in research with faculty members to address some of society’s most pressing problems and biomedical research’s most challenging questions in basic and translational research.

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

https://rm.edu

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (RMU) is an accredited institution recognized for evidence-based, meaningful healthcare education. Established in 1998 as an exclusive graduate healthcare institution, RMU has a reputation for exceptional, high-quality, and rigorous healthcare education programs. RMU has a diverse student body and alumni from all 50 states and has stellar and nationally respected faculty representing healthcare practice, research, and education throughout the country. Our academic models of delivery allow our limited-residency or online students to continue with their life without relocating and our residency students to begin and end their full-time studies in beautiful Provo, Utah.

Advize Health

https://advizehealth.com

Advize Health, a HUBZone, SBA and WBENC certified woman owned small business, is a technology enabled services company for the healthcare industry headquartered in Orlando, Florida. We employ a mixture of Advanced Technology, coupled with outsourced and staff augmented Subject Matter Experts (ranging from clinicians to medical record auditors and program integrity professionals as well as a variety of healthcare consultants (IT security, Project Management, Training/Education). Established in 2003, Advize Health has been recognized for our extensive relationships with health systems, payers, record management organizations, and thousands of providers across the nation.

Bikham Healthcare

www.bikhamhealthcare.com

The vision was to create a 360 RCM services module, which was achieved by bringing all RCM sub-segments under one roof. Right from patient registration to all Billing & Coding functions, Appeals, Denial management, Payment reconciliations and sending patient statements, even processing the patients’ credit cards.

We make sure once you’re a Bikham client, you feel you have your own Practice Management Concierge service rather than a regular RCM company.

Owing to the 18-year long multi-specialty experience, realizing its time to niche out certain specialty services we are good at, Bikham’s specialized Laboratory RCM module was launched in 2016, catering specifically to mid-sized and large clinical and molecular Laboratories.

Starting 2020 with moving into a bigger location in Midtown Manhattan, six new Laboratory RCM specific departments were launched.

HiDow International

www.hidow.com

HiDow’s pre-programmed therapeutic TENS and EMS modes have been carefully designed by physical therapists and healthcare professionals to give the best stim experience on the market. No bite. No sting. Only smooth, soothing, pulsations that will provide fast-acting pain relief so you can get back in the game. Our devices offer three therapies in one machine, whereas most stim machines only use either TENS or EMS programs, not both. HiDow’s unique line of electro-therapy equipment uses both with an additional Microcurrent setting.

2022

Nikki Barrett, NP, MBA with Edward Jones

www.edwardjones.com/us-en/financial-advisor/nikki-barrett

First and foremost, thank you for what you do! You are a hero and your service is greatly appreciated!

I used to do what you do! I was a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Director of Advanced Practice for several years. I routinely attended APPex conferences and enjoyed our annual gatherings!

However, I am now in a different role. My MBA led me down the path of becoming a financial advisor with Edward Jones. As a former Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Director of Advanced Practice, my passion is serving healthcare professionals (i.e., serving those who serve others)! I frequently help my healthcare colleagues put old 401ks to work, transition into retirement, and develop a strategy and plan for their finances.

Financial advisors are great partners in helping you achieve long term financial goals. We want to go on life’s journey with you and help you navigate your finances as life happens. Nearly everyone can benefit from partnership with a financial advisor, thus if you aren’t working with a financial advisor, or aren’t content with your current financial advisor, give me a call and we will talk about where you are and where you’d like to be.

I am thrilled at the opportunity to be a resource for you, your family, and for those you care about. Please know you are welcome to call anytime with questions, for a statement review, or if you just want to talk because you’d like to be more comfortable and confident in your financial future.

CT Assist

www.ct-assist.com

CT Assist staffs Cardiac Surgery (and other surgical specialties) Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and Perfusionists. Our team of friendly PAs and NPs provide professional, cost effective, and reliable support to your surgeons and high quality care to your patients. Our surgical PAs and NPs are in-tune with the needs of your team by providing you with quality service. Whether you are looking for short-term (locum tenens) coverage, recruitment services, or are interested in our innovative long-term staffing options, CT Assist provides Trusted Surgical Excellence. CT Assist also provides consulting services to help you optimize your Cardiovascular Surgery Program.

Good health is vital to all of us, and finding sustainable solutions to the most pressing health care challenges of our world cannot wait. That’s why we at Pfizer are committed to applying science and our global resources to improve health and well-being at every stage of life. We strive to provide access to safe, effective and affordable medicines and related health care services to the people who need them.

We have a leading portfolio of products and medicines that support wellness and prevention, as well as treatment and cures for diseases across a broad range of therapeutic areas; and we have an industry-leading pipeline of promising new products that have the potential to challenge some of the most feared diseases of our time, like Alzheimer’s disease and cancer.

To ensure we can continue to deliver on our commitments to the patients, customers and shareholders who rely on us, we are focused on improving the way we do business; on operating with transparency in everything we do; and on listening to the views of all of the people involved in health care decisions. Through working in partnership with everyone from patients to health care providers and managed care organizations to world governments and non-governmental organizations, our goal is to ensure that people everywhere have access to innovative treatments and quality health care.

Thrive AP

www.thriveap.com

ThriveAP is an education solution for advanced practice providers and the facilities that employ them. We are dedicated to helping NPs and PAs thrive – in every sense of the word. ThriveAP is focused on empowering clinicians both in and out of practice by standing alongside APPs from the beginning of their education throughout their careers. We aim to be the best, most trusted resource for the advanced practice workforce, and the first name in APP transition to practice. ThriveAP, at the center of proficiency, productivity, and confidence.

Vizient, Inc., the largest member-driven health care performance improvement company in the country, provides innovative data-driven solutions, expertise and collaborative opportunities that lead to improved patient outcomes and lower costs. Vizient serves a diverse membership and customer base which includes academic medical centers, pediatric facilities, community hospitals, integrated health delivery networks and non-acute health care providers and represents almost $100 billion in annual purchasing volume. The Vizient brand identity represents the integration of VHA Inc., University Health System Consortium and Novation, which combined in 2015, as well as the recently acquired MedAssets’ Spend and Clinical Resource Management (SMC) segment, which includes Sg2. In 2016, Vizient received a World’s Most Ethical Company designation from the Ethisphere Institute. Vizient is based in Irving, Texas, with locations in Chicago and other cities across the United States. Please visit www.vizientinc.com as well as our newsroom, blog, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube pages for more information.

2021

Nikki Barrett, NP, MBA with Edward Jones

www.edwardjones.com/us-en/financial-advisor/nikki-barrett

First and foremost, thank you for what you do! You are a hero and your service is greatly appreciated!

I used to do what you do! I was a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Director of Advanced Practice for several years. I routinely attended APPex conferences and enjoyed our annual gatherings!

However, I am now in a different role. My MBA led me down the path of becoming a financial advisor with Edward Jones. As a former Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Director of Advanced Practice, my passion is serving healthcare professionals (i.e., serving those who serve others)! I frequently help my healthcare colleagues put old 401ks to work, transition into retirement, and develop a strategy and plan for their finances.

Financial advisors are great partners in helping you achieve long term financial goals. We want to go on life’s journey with you and help you navigate your finances as life happens. Nearly everyone can benefit from partnership with a financial advisor, thus if you aren’t working with a financial advisor, or aren’t content with your current financial advisor, give me a call and we will talk about where you are and where you’d like to be.

I am thrilled at the opportunity to be a resource for you, your family, and for those you care about. Please know you are welcome to call anytime with questions, for a statement review, or if you just want to talk because you’d like to be more comfortable and confident in your financial future.

Reaction Audio Visual

www.reactionav.com

Reaction Audio Visual is a nationwide, single source provider for your event technology and production needs. We have been creating cutting-edge atmospheres for the event industry for over 14 years. Our vision is to provide each and every one of our clients with the most personalized and high-end audio visual experience possible – so that they may go on to host a captivating event and further spark their own business success. We pride ourselves in our diverse and superior service. We have a full range of audio visual rental equipment and staging solutions, along with a team of dedicated, friendly, and experienced personnel. All at an affordable price to exceed your every need and make your event one of a kind. But we are not just a technology rental company – we provide first class service from planning and execution to 24 hour customer support. From conventions and trade shows, to more formal settings such as corporate meetings, conferences, and special events – there is nothing that Reaction Audio Visual cannot do! Our clients include a variety of corporations, industry associations, trade shows, and many event planners. We provide event solutions from small events and dinner meetings, to large general sessions, exhibitor booths, and massive outdoor trade shows. Our clients continue to choose Reaction Audio Visual year after year because we have the expertise, commitment, equipment, and the true five-star service to execute your event flawlessly.

2020

CrowdCompass by Cvent is a leading developer of mobile apps for corporate and association events, tradeshows, and meetings. Our interactive apps provide users with easy access to important event information and help exhibitors and sponsors connect and engage with attendees. Key features include personalized schedules; speaker bios; sponsor information; dynamic floor plans showcasing exhibitor, speaker, and session locations; social media integration; timely push notifications; live polls and surveys; and attendee networking capabilities. CrowdCompass by Cvent delivers a smarter event experience that increases engagement and produces a strong return on investment.

Melnic Consulting Group

www.melnic.com

Melnic Consulting Group is a nationwide search firm focused on Advanced Practice placements for qualified Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) and Physician Assistant (PA) candidates. For over 20 years, we’ve served our clients and candidates with integrity, expertise, and professionalism.

We pride ourselves on the solid relationships we have built with both our clients and candidates. Our hands-on personalized service and extensive experience enable us to identify a candidate’s special medical skills and match them to an opportunity that results in a successful placement for both candidates and employers.

CT Assist

www.ct-assist.com

CT Assist staffs Cardiac Surgery (and other surgical specialties) Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and Perfusionists. Our team of friendly PAs and NPs provide professional, cost effective, and reliable support to your surgeons and high quality care to your patients. Our surgical PAs and NPs are in-tune with the needs of your team by providing you with quality service. Whether you are looking for short-term (locum tenens) coverage, recruitment services, or are interested in our innovative long-term staffing options, CT Assist provides Trusted Surgical Excellence. CT Assist also provides consulting services to help you optimize your Cardiovascular Surgery Program.

2019

Good health is vital to all of us, and finding sustainable solutions to the most pressing health care challenges of our world cannot wait. That’s why we at Pfizer are committed to applying science and our global resources to improve health and well-being at every stage of life. We strive to provide access to safe, effective and affordable medicines and related health care services to the people who need them.

We have a leading portfolio of products and medicines that support wellness and prevention, as well as treatment and cures for diseases across a broad range of therapeutic areas; and we have an industry-leading pipeline of promising new products that have the potential to challenge some of the most feared diseases of our time, like Alzheimer’s disease and cancer.

To ensure we can continue to deliver on our commitments to the patients, customers and shareholders who rely on us, we are focused on improving the way we do business; on operating with transparency in everything we do; and on listening to the views of all of the people involved in health care decisions. Through working in partnership with everyone from patients to health care providers and managed care organizations to world governments and non-governmental organizations, our goal is to ensure that people everywhere have access to innovative treatments and quality health care.

CT Assist

www.ct-assist.com

CT Assist staffs Cardiac Surgery (and other surgical specialties) Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and Perfusionists. Our team of friendly PAs and NPs provide professional, cost effective, and reliable support to your surgeons and high quality care to your patients. Our surgical PAs and NPs are in-tune with the needs of your team by providing you with quality service. Whether you are looking for short-term (locum tenens) coverage, recruitment services, or are interested in our innovative long-term staffing options, CT Assist provides Trusted Surgical Excellence. CT Assist also provides consulting services to help you optimize your Cardiovascular Surgery Program.

The Happy Doctor Project

www.happydoc.info

We are a pediatrician, a scholar at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and an entrepreneur on a mission to put the care back in health care and to help medical professionals avoid job related burnout. All three of us experienced severe health problems that resulted from too much work, stress, and exhaustion. Our journey back to health and balance made us experts in the fields of well-being and self-care.

Based on extensive research as well as on personal experience, we developed a unique approach to utilizing evidence-based mind-body practices in combination with health and wellness products. Our model underscores motivating busy medical professionals to systematically go through a program and achieve maximum results.

2018

Vizient, Inc., the largest member-driven health care performance improvement company in the country, provides innovative data-driven solutions, expertise and collaborative opportunities that lead to improved patient outcomes and lower costs. Vizient serves a diverse membership and customer base which includes academic medical centers, pediatric facilities, community hospitals, integrated health delivery networks and non-acute health care providers and represents almost $100 billion in annual purchasing volume. The Vizient brand identity represents the integration of VHA Inc., University Health System Consortium and Novation, which combined in 2015, as well as the recently acquired MedAssets’ Spend and Clinical Resource Management (SMC) segment, which includes Sg2. In 2016, Vizient received a World’s Most Ethical Company designation from the Ethisphere Institute. Vizient is based in Irving, Texas, with locations in Chicago and other cities across the United States. Please visit www.vizientinc.com as well as our newsroom, blog, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube pages for more information.

 

Barton Associates

www.bartonassociates.com

The term Locum Tenens is Latin for “holding one’s place” and represents temporary nurse practitioner (NP) staffing. Barton Associates is a locum tenens staffing and recruiting agency that recruits and assigns locum nurse practitioners (also known as PRN or travel nurse practitioners) to assignments at hospitals, medical practices and companies throughout the U.S. Assignments range from short term (just a few shifts) to long term (up to a year or more).

LocumTenens.com

www.locumtenens.com

LocumTenens.com is a full-service staffing firm serving physicians, CRNAs, NPs and PAs searching for locum tenens. and permanent job opportunities, as well as healthcare facilities looking to solve employment shortages. Experienced recruiters focus on the following high-demand specialty areas: anesthesia, emergency medicine, ENT, obstetrics and gynecology, neurology, PM&R, psychiatry, psychology, primary care (internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics), hospitals, radiology, oncology (radiation, medical, hematology), urology, telemedicine, surgery and most surgical sub-specialties. Operator of the largest internet job board in the industry, LocumTenens.com provides job-seeking providers access to thousands of jobs, in all specialties, posted directly by facilities and agencies nationwide.

Whether you want to work with a recruiter or conduct your own online search, LocumTenens.com is obsessively dedicated to your search.

2017

American Nurses Credentialing Center

www.ana.org

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) certifies individual nurses, recognizes healthcare organizations for nursing excellence through the Magnet Recognition Program®, Pathway to Excellence® and Pathway to Excellence in Long Term Care® Program, and accredits providers and approvers of continuing nursing education, nursing skills competency programs, and nurse residency and fellowship programs.

The ANCC Practice Transition Accreditation ProgramTM (PTAP) sets the global standard for residency and fellowship programs that transition registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) into new practice settings. ANCC evidence-based criteria provide hospitals and healthcare organizations with a clear framework to create or evaluate a nurse residency or fellowship.

With ANCC accreditation you can be confident your transition program delivers the knowledge, skills, and professional behaviors nurses need to deliver safe, high-quality care whether you educate nurses at initial entry (new graduates), at re-entry (returning nurses), or between clinical settings. Visit www.nursecredentialing.org/PTAP.

Melnic Consulting Group

www.melnic.com

Melnic Consulting Group is a nationwide search firm focused on Advanced Practice placements for qualified Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) and Physician Assistant (PA) candidates. For over 20 years, we’ve served our clients and candidates with integrity, expertise, and professionalism.

We pride ourselves on the solid relationships we have built with both our clients and candidates. Our hands-on personalized service and extensive experience enable us to identify a candidate’s special medical skills and match them to an opportunity that results in a successful placement for both candidates and employers.

Barton Associates

www.bartonassociates.com

The term Locum Tenens is Latin for “holding one’s place” and represents temporary nurse practitioner (NP) staffing. Barton Associates is a locum tenens staffing and recruiting agency that recruits and assigns locum nurse practitioners (also known as PRN or travel nurse practitioners) to assignments at hospitals, medical practices and companies throughout the U.S. Assignments range from short term (just a few shifts) to long term (up to a year or more).

Doximity

www.doximity.com

Doximity is the largest community of healthcare professionals in the country – with over 70% of US doctors as verified members, and thousands of nurse practitioners and PAs. In just three years, our vertical social network has grown to a larger membership than the American Medical Association and more physician users than Epic, the top EMR in the country, and has continued to grow. Aside from the iPhone, there’s never been a piece of technology adopted by clinicians as quickly as Doximity. If you’re a clinician, claim your profile today.

Preceptor Link

www.preceptorlink.com

PreceptorLink is a nurse practitioner-owned business created to help NP students find preceptors. We pay honoraria ($) to preceptors. We work with preceptors and NP students nationwide. Precepting is a great way to see if an NP is a good fit for your practice, and, we need to train the next generation of NPs. We are the best in the business! Visit us at PreceptorLink.com.

Good health is vital to all of us, and finding sustainable solutions to the most pressing health care challenges of our world cannot wait. That’s why we at Pfizer are committed to applying science and our global resources to improve health and well-being at every stage of life. We strive to provide access to safe, effective and affordable medicines and related health care services to the people who need them.

We have a leading portfolio of products and medicines that support wellness and prevention, as well as treatment and cures for diseases across a broad range of therapeutic areas; and we have an industry-leading pipeline of promising new products that have the potential to challenge some of the most feared diseases of our time, like Alzheimer’s disease and cancer.

To ensure we can continue to deliver on our commitments to the patients, customers and shareholders who rely on us, we are focused on improving the way we do business; on operating with transparency in everything we do; and on listening to the views of all of the people involved in health care decisions. Through working in partnership with everyone from patients to health care providers and managed care organizations to world governments and non-governmental organizations, our goal is to ensure that people everywhere have access to innovative treatments and quality health care.

Vizient, Inc., the largest member-driven health care performance improvement company in the country, provides innovative data-driven solutions, expertise and collaborative opportunities that lead to improved patient outcomes and lower costs. Vizient serves a diverse membership and customer base which includes academic medical centers, pediatric facilities, community hospitals, integrated health delivery networks and non-acute health care providers and represents almost $100 billion in annual purchasing volume. The Vizient brand identity represents the integration of VHA Inc., University Health System Consortium and Novation, which combined in 2015, as well as the recently acquired MedAssets’ Spend and Clinical Resource Management (SMC) segment, which includes Sg2. In 2016, Vizient received a World’s Most Ethical Company designation from the Ethisphere Institute. Vizient is based in Irving, Texas, with locations in Chicago and other cities across the United States. Please visit www.vizientinc.com as well as our newsroom, blog, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube pages for more information.

Health South

www.healthsouth.com

HealthSouth is one of the nation’s largest providers of post-acute healthcare services and through the acquisition of Encompass Home Health and Hospice, an industry leader in home-based patient care. Our priority is to deliver high quality patient care and our team of experts has extensive experience in today’s most advanced therapeutic methods and technologies. HealthSouth leads the way, consistently outperforming peers with a unique, intensive approach to rehabilitation, returning patients to full strength in less than average time. At HealthSouth we continually strive for excellence in all that we do, partnering with every patient to find a treatment plan that works for them.

UT Health

www.uth.edu

Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.

As a comprehensive health science university, the mission of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is to educate health science professionals, discover and translate advances in the biomedical and social sciences, and model the best practices in clinical care and public health.

We pursue this mission in order to advance the quality of human life by enhancing the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and injury, as well as promoting individual health and community well-being.

Texas Children’s Hospital

www.texaschildrens.org

Texas Children’s Hospital, located in Houston, Texas, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research. We are proud to be consistently ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the nation. As of 2011, U.S. News & World Report ranks it #4 amongst the pediatric hospitals in the nation.

With 639 licensed beds and 465 beds in operation, it is the largest children’s hospital in the United States and is affiliated with the Baylor College of Medicine as that institution’s primary pediatric training site.

CT Assist

www.ct-assist.com

CT Assist staffs Cardiac Surgery (and other surgical specialties) Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and Perfusionists. Our team of friendly PAs and NPs provide professional, cost effective, and reliable support to your surgeons and high quality care to your patients. Our surgical PAs and NPs are in-tune with the needs of your team by providing you with quality service. Whether you are looking for short-term (locum tenens) coverage, recruitment services, or are interested in our innovative long-term staffing options, CT Assist provides Trusted Surgical Excellence. CT Assist also provides consulting services to help you optimize your Cardiovascular Surgery Program.

U.S. Army

www.GoArmy.com

The Strongest Force in the World

The U.S. Army is made up of the most dedicated, most respected soldiers in the world. These soldiers protect America’s freedoms while serving at home and abroad, and they are always prepared to defend the nation in times of need. The Army is the largest military branch in the United States. Its job is to protect the country and its citizens.

Today, the Army is made up of more than 700,000 soldiers, including active duty personnel. Army soldiers fill many roles. They are doctors, lawyers, and engineers; they are electricians, computer programmers and helicopter pilots; they are police officers, logistics experts and civil affairs representatives. The Army’s constant need for a diverse range of individual soldiers, each with his or her own expertise is what sets it apart from other military branches.

ManageUp is an operations management platform that automates management of tasks and projects while actively engaging and motivating employees to perform.

Management can’t track progress on complex initiatives, resorting to too many meetings and emails to keep everyone up to speed. Individuals don’t know what is expected of them in their roles and can’t access resources to complete their work.

Leveraging our custom templates, ManageUp can be configured for a multitude of applications including onboarding, project management, change, compliance, documents, research, accreditation, quality, and other communications and collaboration needs.

Novartis

www.novartis.com

Novartis operates businesses with global scale and strong customer ties, focusing on innovative patented medicines, generics and eye care devices. Our businesses are supported by global organizations with leading capabilities in research, development, manufacturing and business services.

Our mission is to discover new ways to improve and extend people’s lives. Our vision is to be a trusted leader in changing the practice of medicine.

Shader Jewelry

http://rockmecz.com

We are a company that specializes in retail and wholesale of silver, crystals and high quality fashion jewelry. Additionally, we sell artist-designed Swarovski crystal jewelry and sterling silver.

We also fundraise for hospitals as well as other events around the country.

2016

American Nurses Credentialing Center

www.ana.org

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) certifies individual nurses, recognizes healthcare organizations for nursing excellence through the Magnet Recognition Program®, Pathway to Excellence® and Pathway to Excellence in Long Term Care® Program, and accredits providers and approvers of continuing nursing education, nursing skills competency programs, and nurse residency and fellowship programs.

The ANCC Practice Transition Accreditation ProgramTM (PTAP) sets the global standard for residency and fellowship programs that transition registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) into new practice settings. ANCC evidence-based criteria provide hospitals and healthcare organizations with a clear framework to create or evaluate a nurse residency or fellowship.

With ANCC accreditation you can be confident your transition program delivers the knowledge, skills, and professional behaviors nurses need to deliver safe, high-quality care whether you educate nurses at initial entry (new graduates), at re-entry (returning nurses), or between clinical settings. Visit www.nursecredentialing.org/PTAP.

Evolution Health

www.Evolution.net

Evolution Health is a provider of mobile integrated healthcare, specializing in the care and management of patients in the home and alternate settings. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Evolution Health’s unique approach for providing services along the continuum of care includes:

– Medical Command Center that provides 24/7 clinical support, including two-way video and remote vital sign monitoring services; pharmacy technicians to provide ongoing medication management support.

Interprofessional care teams include physicians, advanced nurse practitioners, pharmacy technicians, physician assistants, skilled nurses and therapists, podiatrists, paramedics, licensed clinical social workers and mental health professionals.

Physician-led service model proven to reduce preventable hospitalizations and readmissions, enhance the patient and caregiver experience, while reducing the overall cost of managing patients with advanced illnesses and chronic conditions.

Our parent company, Envision Healthcare, is paving the way to improving population health through better quality and greater efficiency in healthcare. The advantage of Envision’s diverse and yet aligned business units is that we can customize a solution based on the health system, health plan or community’s unique needs and available resources. Envision provides a broad range of coordinated, clinically-based care solutions across the continuum of care, from medical transportation (AMR) to hospital encounters (EmCare) to comprehensive care alternatives in various settings for approximately 15 million patient encounters in more than 2,100 communities annually. Envision Healthcare companies are working together to transform the delivery of care to create a better healthcare experience.

Advance Health

www.advancehlth.com

Advance Health is a privately owned, nurse practitioner managed company, focused on health assessments and care coordination to seniors in their homes. Recognizing nurse practitioners’ unique expertise, our goal is to improve the health of seniors by offering quality home health evaluation services.

Advance Health offers nurse practitioners the ability to make a difference while providing flexibility in managing their own schedule and work load. We offer part time as well as full time positions. You will receive the necessary training and tools from Advance Health, and you will have the autonomy in your practice to complete seniors’ assessments and submit your documentation electronically using our iPad technology.

Our clinical team is led by Catherine Wisner, PhD, FNP-BC. Dr. Wisner is our Chief Clinical Officer, with an extensive background in building nurse practitioner teams and networks across the country. We invite you to join Cathy and to be part of her caring and competent team. A place where NP’s truly make THE difference!

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

www.lahey.org

The Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, formerly known as Lahey Clinic, is a physician-led nonprofit teaching hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine based in Burlington, Massachusetts. The hospital was originally founded in Boston in 1923 by surgeon Frank H. Lahey, M.D., and is managed by Lahey Health. U.S. News & World Report has cited it multiple times on its list of “America’s Best Hospitals” in the category of urology.

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center has 327 beds. The hospital had over 22,000 admissions, performed over 8,0000 annual inpatient and 14,000 outpatient surgeries in 2014. Its emergency room also had over 55,000 visits.

You might not know that we offer a broad range of services to keep you and your family healthy. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, injuries and skin conditions, we also provide all kinds of wellness services, including vaccinations, physicals, screenings and monitoring for chronic conditions.

Our family nurse practitioners and physician assistants provide services for both adults and children, 18 months and older. And we can send a summary of your visit to your primary care provider, with your permission. If you don’t have a primary care provider, we can provide a listing of local physicians accepting new patients in your area.

You want to make the best choice for you and your family.

You may already know how convenient we are:
– Open 7 days a week, including evenings and weekends
– No appointment necessary
– Located in select CVS/pharmacy® stores nationwide
– Adding new clinics and services all the time
– Plus, we accept most insurance plans

On our website, you’ll learn more about our experienced, caring practitioners, our stringent guidelines and focus on quality, and our clinical affiliations in communities across the country. This will help you understand just a few of the reasons why millions of people have chosen MinuteClinic as their source for convenient, high-quality care.
We hope you choose MinuteClinic for your family’s health care needs.

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.

Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people’s lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.

We have a presence in more than 100 countries worldwide and have reached millions of people in the fight against serious illnesses. We focus on six therapeutic areas: oncology/hematology, cardiovascular disease, inflammation, bone health, nephrology and neuroscience. Our medicines typically address diseases for which the number of effective treatment options is limited, or they are medicines that provide a viable option to what is otherwise available.

At Amgen, we believe in a “biology first” approach. We use cutting-edge science and technology to study the subtlest biological mechanisms in search of therapies that will improve the lives of those who suffer from serious diseases. Amgen believes the cure for disease can be found inside each and every one of us.

Center for Advancing Provider Practices

www.cap2.net

The Center for Advancing Provider Practices (CAP2) is a comprehensive database that includes information from 260 institutions from 31 states–hospitals, healthcare systems and academic medical centers, medical groups and ambulatory organizations–representing more than 25,000 APRNs & PAs in 50 specialty areas.

Cited as best practice by the Joint Commission and the Advisory Board and recent recipient of the American College of Healthcare Executives Innovation Award, the CAP2 solution helps organizations effectively and efficiently manage provider teams. Assess your organization’s performance against real-time benchmarking reports in acute and ambulatory settings, privileging and credentialing, competency assessment, billing, human resources and leadership structures.

2015

American Nurses Credentialing Center

www.ana.org

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) certifies individual nurses, recognizes healthcare organizations for nursing excellence through the Magnet Recognition Program®, Pathway to Excellence® and Pathway to Excellence in Long Term Care® Program, and accredits providers and approvers of continuing nursing education, nursing skills competency programs, and nurse residency and fellowship programs.

The ANCC Practice Transition Accreditation ProgramTM (PTAP) sets the global standard for residency and fellowship programs that transition registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) into new practice settings. ANCC evidence-based criteria provide hospitals and healthcare organizations with a clear framework to create or evaluate a nurse residency or fellowship.

With ANCC accreditation you can be confident your transition program delivers the knowledge, skills, and professional behaviors nurses need to deliver safe, high-quality care whether you educate nurses at initial entry (new graduates), at re-entry (returning nurses), or between clinical settings. Visit www.nursecredentialing.org/PTAP.

My Clinical Exchange

www.clientsolv.com

ClientSolv is an IT solution provider that has been in existence for over 20 years. Our focus has been in HigherEd with our flagship product addressing the needs of a “Student Relationship Management” system with an integrated solution for Academic Advisement, Assessment, Early Warning, Electronic Portfolio and Reporting for accreditation entities. myClinicalExchange is an evolution of this product and has been in production for over 5 years. myClinicalExchange is an innovative platform, specifically geared for central clinical placement that strives to administer, monitor quality education by leveraging technology. Our technologys solution provides a flexible approach to meet the unique needs of our clients. myClinicalExchange can be adopted by Healthcare facilities, Educational Institutions, Consortiums, Workforce Development and other organizations that are interested in streamlining the process of clinical placements. The open-platform concept allows any Healthcare provider to work with their education institution and students with a collaborative and forward thinking approach.

Texas Children’s Hospital

www.texaschildrens.org

Texas Children’s Hospital, located in Houston, Texas, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research. We are proud to be consistently ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the nation. As of 2011, U.S. News & World Report ranks it #4 amongst the pediatric hospitals in the nation.

With 639 licensed beds and 465 beds in operation, it is the largest children’s hospital in the United States and is affiliated with the Baylor College of Medicine as that institution’s primary pediatric training site.

Advance Health

www.advancehlth.com

Advance Health is a privately owned, nurse practitioner managed company, focused on health assessments and care coordination to seniors in their homes. Recognizing nurse practitioners’ unique expertise, our goal is to improve the health of seniors by offering quality home health evaluation services.

Advance Health offers nurse practitioners the ability to make a difference while providing flexibility in managing their own schedule and work load. We offer part time as well as full time positions. You will receive the necessary training and tools from Advance Health, and you will have the autonomy in your practice to complete seniors’ assessments and submit your documentation electronically using our iPad technology.

Our clinical team is led by Catherine Wisner, PhD, FNP-BC. Dr. Wisner is our Chief Clinical Officer, with an extensive background in building nurse practitioner teams and networks across the country. We invite you to join Cathy and to be part of her caring and competent team. A place where NP’s truly make THE difference!

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

www.lahey.org

The Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, formerly known as Lahey Clinic, is a physician-led nonprofit teaching hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine based in Burlington, Massachusetts. The hospital was originally founded in Boston in 1923 by surgeon Frank H. Lahey, M.D., and is managed by Lahey Health. U.S. News & World Report has cited it multiple times on its list of “America’s Best Hospitals” in the category of urology.

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center has 327 beds. The hospital had over 22,000 admissions, performed over 8,0000 annual inpatient and 14,000 outpatient surgeries in 2014. Its emergency room also had over 55,000 visits.

American Academy for Preceptor Advancement

www.preceptoracademy.com

Skilled preceptors are critical in successfully guiding students, recent graduates, the newly qualified, and new and experienced employees through onboading and role transitions in workplace and practice settings. The American Academy for Preceptor Advancement (AAPA) is committed to partnering with leaders and preceptors who seek recognition and specialty certification through nationally accepted standards for preceptors who positively impact the many complexities and challenges within academia and the workplace.

AAPA joined with thought leaders in education, health care, leadership, and multiple globally diverse fields of practice to do extensive research, host focus groups, and prepare more than 40 iterations of a structure for evidence-based, competency-based preceptor certification at three (3) levels of achievement (Level 1 Basic Green, Level 2 Intermediate Blue, and Level 3 Advanced Gold) based on a preceptor portfolio for certification that engages preceptors from every discipline, practice, work setting, culture, and country.

Donna Wright’s Accountability-Based Competency Assessment Model (i.e., collaboratively identify competencies, put employees at the center of accountability of the competency verification process, and ensure the leaders-managers and educators-create an environment of success) and Patricia Banner’s Novice-to-Expert Skills Acquisition Model were used as foundations for identifying and selecting competencies and categories of preceptor activities to allow for a more accurate evaluation of a preceptor’s level of advancement for specialty certification.

2014

U.S. Army

www.GoArmy.com

The Strongest Force in the World

The U.S. Army is made up of the most dedicated, most respected soldiers in the world. These soldiers protect America’s freedoms while serving at home and abroad, and they are always prepared to defend the nation in times of need. The Army is the largest military branch in the United States. Its job is to protect the country and its citizens.

Today, the Army is made up of more than 700,000 soldiers, including active duty personnel. Army soldiers fill many roles. They are doctors, lawyers, and engineers; they are electricians, computer programmers and helicopter pilots; they are police officers, logistics experts and civil affairs representatives. The Army’s constant need for a diverse range of individual soldiers, each with his or her own expertise is what sets it apart from other military branches.

2010

Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center

www.memorialhermann.org

At Memorial Hermann, we’re all about advancing health. Yours. It begins by redefining healthcare. That means bringing together all aspects of the health system – care delivery, physicians and health solutions to create a truly integrated health system. Our 5,500 affiliated physicians and 24,000 employees practice evidence-based medicine with a relentless focus on quality and patient safety. Our efforts continue to result in national awards and recognition, including being ranked one of the nation’s Top 5 large health systems by Truven Health for patient safety and quality.

The largest not-for- profit health system in Southeast Texas, Memorial Hermann has 13 hospitals and numerous specialty programs and services conveniently located throughout the Greater Houston area. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center is one of the nation’s busiest Level I trauma centers and the primary teaching hospital for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School. We offer leading-edge diagnostic technologies and treatment techniques as well as Houston’s first health information exchange that shares vital patient data among care providers, helping to ensure patients receive the right care at the right time.

Our Memorial Hermann Physician Network, MHMD, comprises physicians from Memorial Hermann Medical Group, UTHealth and private physicians and specialists. Memorial Hermann Health Solutions’ subsidiaries offer comprehensive, integrated health solutions that deliver quality benefits while helping to contain costs. We’ve proudly served this community for more than 105 years, and contribute some $438 million annually through school-based health centers and other programs. Because at Memorial Hermann, the health of our community is always at the center of what we do.

C. R. Bard, Inc.

www.crbard.com

C. R. Bard, Inc. is a leading multinational developer, manufacturer, and marketer of innovative, life-enhancing medical technologies in the product fields of: Vascular, Urology, Oncology, Surgical Specialty. BARD markets its products and services worldwide to hospitals, individual health care professionals, extended care facilities, and alternate site facilities.

BARD pioneered the development of single-patient- use medical products for hospital procedures; today BARD is dedicated to pursuing technological innovations that offer superior clinical benefits while helping to reduce overall costs.

BARD’s core values of Quality, Integrity, Service, and Innovation represent our reality and our aspirations. These four values prepare us for the challenges ahead and guide our everyday activities and align us to our mission. They are central to how we behave and want to be viewed by our fellow co-workers, customers, shareholders and communities.

Sanofi Aventis

www.sanofi.us

Sanofi, a global healthcare leader, discovers, develops and distributes therapeutic solutions focused on patient’s needs. Sanofi has core strengths in diabetes solutions, human vaccines, innovative drugs, consumer healthcare, emerging markets, animal health and Genzyme.

Sanofi US, with headquarters in Bridgewater, New Jersey, employs 17,000 professionals throughout the country. Our affiliate companies in the United States include Genzyme (rare diseases), Sanofi Pasteur (vaccines), Merial (animal health) and Chattem (consumer healthcare).

Through the Sanofi Foundation for North America, we strive to reduce healthcare inequalities in the U.S. by making strategic charitable donations and by establishing partnerships with Non-Government Organizations that have broad expertise in our long-term priorities.

At Sanofi, we act with our partners to protect health, enhance life and respond to the hopes and potential healthcare needs of 7 billion people around the world.