Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO SAVE LIVES AND REDUCE SUFFERING BY IMPROVING SEPSIS AWARENESS AND CARE.
HEALTH PROVIDER EDUCATIONSEPSIS ALLIANCE DRAMATICALLY EXPANDED ITS EDUCATION OFFERINGS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN 2019.SEPSIS ALLIANCE RECEIVED A ONE-TIME (NON-RENEWABLE) FEDERAL CONTRACT FROM BARDA (BIOMEDICAL ADVANCED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY) IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO LAUNCH THE SEPSIS INSTITUTE (TSI), A FREE PLATFORM OFFERING EDUCATION ON SEPSIS TO HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ACROSS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)(CONTINUED FROM FORM 990, PART II, LINE 4.A.)WEBINARS AND TRAINING MODULES ARE AVAILABLE FOR CONTINUING NURSING EDUCATION CONTACT HOURS THROUGH SEPSIS ALLIANCE'S ACCREDITATION WITH THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF REGISTERED NURSING AND FOR CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION IN SOME CASES THROUGH JOINT PROVIDERSHIP AGREEMENTS WITH ACCREDITED PARTNERS. TO DATE, TSI HAS ENROLLED MORE THAN 5,800 LEARNERS AND AWARDED MORE THAN 6,100 CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS IN 36 COURSES. NEW COURSES ARE ADDED MONTHLY AND INCLUDE CONTENT ON COVID-19 AND SEPSIS, SEPSIS IDENTIFICATION FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL, AND CARING FOR SEPSIS SURVIVORS. SINCE SEPSIS ALLIANCE STARTED OFFERING PROVIDER EDUCATION MORE THAN 15,000 HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SEPSIS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. FEEDBACK FROM LEARNERS IS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE, WITH 99% RATING WEBINARS AS EITHER EXCELLENT OR GOOD. SOME RECENT COMMENTS FROM LEARNERS INCLUDE:"THE SITE IS USER FRIENDLY, PROVIDING AN ABUNDANCE OF RESOURCES FOR PRACTITIONER, PATIENT AND FAMILY EDUCATION. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND DEDICATION TO IMPROVING SEPSIS OUTCOMES.""THIS IS MY FIRST TIME USING THE SEPSIS INSTITUTE. I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE PRODUCT THAT HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER."THE SEPSIS COORDINATOR NETWORK (SCN), LAUNCHED IN 2018, EXPANDED IN 2019. SCN IS A PEER TO PEER PLATFORM PROVIDING HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS FREE TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR SEPSIS BEST PRACTICE AND IMPROVING CARE IN THEIR FACILITIES. THE SCN NOW SUPPORTS OVER 2,300 HEALTH PROVIDERS, REPRESENTING OVER 1,600 HOSPITALS AND FACILITIES AND 560,000 PATIENT BEDS. THE MEMBERS ARE PROVIDED WITH A SUPPORT FORUM TO SHARE EXPERIENCES AND BEST PRACTICE AMONGST EACH OTHER, AS WELL AS FREE SEPSIS EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS. BELOW ARE A FEW TESTIMONIALS FROM SCN MEMBERS: "I JUST FEEL COMPELLED TO TELL ALL OF YOU WHAT A GREAT JOB YOU ARE DOING. EVERYONE RECOMMENDS YOUR SITE, AND I COULD NOT AGREE MORE. YOUR WEBSITE IS SO ORGANIZED AND ATTRACTIVE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.""OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY SEEN A TREMENDOUS TURN IN OUR SEPSIS CARE. WE ARE GETTING SEPSIS ALERTS FROM OUR EMS AND THEY ARE GETTING IV ACCESS AND STARTING FLUID BOLUS ON ALL THAT SCREEN FOR SEPSIS. WE EVEN HAVE AN EMS TEAM THAT IS GETTING THE LABS, CULTURES, ADMINISTERING THE ATB AND FLUIDS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS THAT KEEP FIGHTING FOR LIVES!!!!""THIS NETWORK IS SUCH A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR ALL HOSPITALS IN OUR COUNTRY LOOKING FOR INNOVATIVE WAYS TO OBTAIN EARLY RECOGNITION AND ENSURE APPROPRIATE AND PROMPT TREATMENT."
SEPSIS AWARENESSSEPSIS ALLIANCE'S MAIN FOCUS IS ON RAISING AWARENESS OF SEPSIS SO THAT TREATMENT CAN BE SOUGHT AND PROVIDED QUICKLY. EACH YEAR THE ORGANIZATION FIELDS A NATIONAL AWARENESS SURVEY. IN 2007 (THE YEAR OF THE ORGANIZATION'S FOUNDING) NATIONAL AWARENESS WAS AT JUST 19%. IN 2019, THAT NUMBER HAD RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY TO 65% OF U.S. ADULTS THAT HAVE HEARD OF SEPSIS.
SEPSIS HEROES CELEBRATIONAS A FOCUS OF SEPSIS AWARENESS MONTH, SEPSIS ALLIANCE HOSTED ITS 8TH SEPSIS HEROES CELEBRATION EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 12, IN NEW YORK CITY, TO CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE FIGHT TO RAISE SEPSIS AWARENESS AND SAVE LIVES. THE 2019 CLASS OF SEPSIS HEROES RANGED FROM A FORMER FOUR-TERM GOVERNOR TO A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN TEXAS. 2019 SEPSIS HEROES WERE GOVERNOR TOMMY THOMPSON, SEPSIS SURVIVOR MAILE LE BOEUF, STOP SEPSIS AT HOME, SEPSIS ADVOCATE TREVOR O'HERN, AND TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)(CONTINUED FROM FORM 990, PART II, LINE 4.C.)THE EVENT WAS OUR LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL TO DATE, AND WAS HELD AT MARQUEE IN NYC. DR. JAMES O'BRIEN, AN INTENSIVE CARE PHYSICIAN, AND SEPSIS ALLIANCE BOARD MEMBER SERVED AS EMCEE AND ANGELICA HALE AND DANIEL EMMET PROVIDED LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Thomas N Heymann | PRESIDENT | 45 | $198,804 |
| John Samuels | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Katy Grainger | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Joel O'Driscoll | DIRECTOR | 1.5 | $0 |
| Lukas Haynes | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jonathan Wilson | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Mark Weinstein | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Steven Simpson | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Dana Mirman | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Hari Menon | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Catriona Macdonald | DIRECTOR | 4 | $0 |
| Anne Lynch | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Carl Flatley | DIRECTOR | 4 | $0 |
| Amanda Breckenridge | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Kiran Mahadik | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Jill Gress | SECRETARY | 3 | $0 |
| Jim O'Brien | PAST-CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Steven Maupin | PAST-CHAIR | 1.5 | $0 |
| Karin Molander | BOARD CHAIR | 11 | $0 |
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