SmithBucklin serves volunteer-governed organizations across the broad spectrum of the healthcare and scientific professions, including physician, nursing, dental, clinical research, academic and multi-disciplinary groups. See a complete list of our healthcare & scientific client organizations.

Cost containment measures prevent many healthcare professionals from attending conferences—which are typically the most important venues for associations to deliver educational content. Consequently, members of healthcare associations and societies are demanding more educational value for their dollar. Organizations are challenged with finding creative methods of delivering educational content outside of conferences.

At SmithBucklin, we understand that in order to compete and grow, associations in these fields must:

• Provide tools to help manage and deliver quality patient care—from how to code a claim correctly, to efficient ways to run a practice
• Provide information on the most current and emerging practices in healthcare including medical procedures and treatment for diseases
• Improve their ability to create and deliver new and unique member value and enhanced individual professional growth, focusing on accessible educational opportunities
• Provide strategies and best practices for dealing with severe cost-containment pressures and maximizing viable non-dues income streams
• Develop effective strategic partnerships with related industry organizations
• Pursue and develop alliances and coalitions with allied organizations and special interest groups to advance education and legislative agendas
• Reduce dependence on traditional revenue sources by aggressively and creatively developing new opportunities
• Acquire strategic leadership, innovation, speed and change management as core organizational competencies
• Invest in strategic marketing and branding
• Commit to ongoing visioning and strategic planning
• Adopt a governance culture and structure that emphasizes speed, strategic thinking, accountability and flexibility 

SmithBucklin offers significant knowledge, experience and resources to support the missions and objectives of healthcare societies, associations, foundations, academies, certification boards, research organizations and institutes. The professionals in our healthcare and scientific industry practice offer unmatched association expertise and specific knowledge of the issues, challenges and actions distinctive to the changing healthcare environment. From legislative and regulatory advocacy, to building successful industry relations programs, to understanding the intricacies of journal publishing and management issues, our team brings extensive experience, considerable knowledge of many issues unique to healthcare associations and an overall passion for the professions they represent.

We work diligently to help our client organizations stay ahead of issues, trends and actions impacting healthcare and scientific organizations and the members and stakeholders they represent. One example is the annual SmithBucklin-hosted Leadership Forum that brings together our healthcare and scientific volunteer client leaders to discuss current and emerging issues, and more importantly, solutions, leading practices and lessons learned. Some areas in which SmithBucklin offers expertise and resources particularly relevant and important to healthcare organizations include:

• Legislative and regulatory advocacy
• Educational meeting management, including CME/CEU accreditation and management of the peer review/abstract submission process
• Industry and corporate relations including fund raising and sponsorship development
• Journal management, including self-published and third-party contract negotiations and management
• Specialty certification and accreditation programs

SmithBucklin currently provides staff support for third-party publishing of scientific journals such as Gastroenterology Nursing, Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry, and Orthopaedic Nursing. We also publish scientific journals in-house, including The Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting, which is the journal for the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants.

Additionally, SmithBucklin provides staff support for all Practice Statements and Guidelines as well as for developing and publishing promotional documents and educational materials to increase awareness and education among the healthcare community as well as the public at large.

Please contact us to learn how our Healthcare & Scientific Industry Practice can benefit your organization.