VHA

HCSG is the only perfusion services provider to hold a national supplier contract with VHA, Inc. and has earned one of the highest customer satisfaction scores of any VHA supplier.

Educational Programs

Through the clinical and didactic training of students, HCSG partners with educational programs throughout the country and supports national and international continuing education activities.

Suppliers

HCSG is the largest consumer and supplier of perfusion and autotransfusion-related supplies and capital equipment. We have significant and longstanding relationships with leading manufacturers of products and devices in the cardiovascular surgery and surgical blood management technology segments.

• Datascope (www.datascope.com)
• Global Blood Resources (www.mybloodfirst.com)
• Haemonetics (www.haemonetics.com)
• Medtronic Perfusion Systems (www.medtronic.com)
• Somanetics (www.somanetics.com)
• Sorin Group (www.sorin.com)
• Terumo Cardiovascular Systems (www.terumo-cvs.com)

Industry Resources

• AABB (formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks) (www.aabb.org)
• The Advisory Board Company Cardiovascular Roundtable (www.advisoryboardcompany.com)
• American Academy of Cardiovascular Perfusion (AACP) (www.theaacp.com)
• American Association for Thoracic Surgery (www.aats.org)
• American Board of Cardiac Perfusion (www.abcp.org)
• American Society of Extracorporeal Technology (AmSECT) (www.amsect.org)
• Cardiothoracic Surgery Network (www.ctsnet.org)
• International Consortium for Evidence-Based Perfusion (ICEBP) (www.bestpracticeperfusion.org)
• Modern Healthcare (www.modernhealthcare.com)
• Modern Physician (www.modernphysician.com)
• Nashville Health Care Council (www.healthcarecouncil.com)
• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (www.nhlbi.nih.gov)
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons (www.sts.org)
• The Joint Commission (www.jointcommission.org)