CRANBERRY HEALTHCARE CONNECTIONS was founded on the premise that CONNECTING universities with healthcare students brings forth benefits and growth to the university, students, and community. In this process, Cranberry Healthcare Connections provides comprehensive and innovative academic healthcare consulting services for colleges and universities in restructuring or developing the organizational processes of delivering academic healthcare programming, developing healthcare programs in the area of nursing and nurse anesthesiology, and partnering with your architect to design innovative Centers of Excellence as learning laboratories that include human patient simulation, cadaver labs, health assessment labs, and other hands-on learning environments.
Mission
The mission of Cranberry Healthcare Connections is to CONNECT universities with prospective healthcare students through innovative academic healthcare programming in serving the university, students, and community.
Core Values
• Connected
Cranberry Healthcare Connections believes that the achievement of an institutional’s goal is firmly rooted in a strong partnership and intra-professional connection between the organization and supporting team of Cranberry Healthcare Connections.
• Comprehensive
Cranberry Healthcare Connections believes that the accomplishment of an institution’s goal is based on an extensive analysis of the opportunity being considered followed by the development of a comprehensive far-reaching solution to support the desired outcome.
• Innovative
Cranberry Healthcare Connections believes that the accomplishment of an institution’s goal is based on the incorporation of innovative educational opportunities that fosters the ability for the institution to achieve its goals through the healthcare student reaching their maximal capability.
• Strategic
Cranberry Healthcare Connections believes that the accomplishment of an institution’s goal is achieved through strategic analytical, development, and implementation processes that occurs between the institution and expertise of the partnering consultants.
TIM SMITH, PHD, PHD, ALM, CRNA, APRN
FOUNDER & CEO
Dr. Tim Smith has 25+ years of experience as an academic leader, including university president, and academic healthcare consultant partnering with universities to develop academic healthcare organizational structures, programs, and Centers of Excellence. In addition, Dr. Smith has served the profession of nurse anesthesiology 30+ years as a practitioner and developer of nurse anesthesia programs. As a seasoned academician, consultant, and practitioner, he is academically prepared to guide universities in the development of healthcare programming. He has two earned PhDs with one focused in nurse anesthesiology and the other in leadership. In addition, he has four other graduate degrees with one being in nurse anesthesiology and another from Harvard University - Extension School in Management.
As a leader in academia and nurse anesthesiology, his passion is to partner with universities in developing avenues for growth in the university while establishing avenues to connect with prospective students through life changing academic healthcare programing. With his experience as an academician, consultant, and practitioner, along with he extensive academic preparation in the hard sciences and leadership/management, he is fully equipped to partner with you in achieving your objectives.
In fact, he has already achieved this for many other universities! Because Dr. Smith has developed several nurse anesthesiology programs, schools of nursing, and Centers of Excellence that includes human patient simulation, cadaver labs, operating rooms, and other learning environments for hands-on learning, thousands of students have and continue to gain an innovative high-quality healthcare focused education that demonstrates the quality of the university while embarking on a career that is professionally fulfilling.
Dr. Smith’s hope is that as you seek to expand the mission, enrollment, rankings, finances, and impact of the university in your community, you will contact Cranberry Healthcare Connections, allowing us to partner with you in achieving your academic goals for the days ahead. We will get you there!