Newark, DE, September 25, 2024 – Tipton Health, the nation’s premier nursing consultancy, and Kirby Bates Associates, the national leader for healthcare and nurse executive talent solutions, today announced an alliance to tap the expertise and nurse-centered innovations of each organization to advance nurse leaders, accelerate nursing excellence programs, and optimize hospitals’ and healthcare systems’ investments in nursing.
The Tipton Health-Kirby Bates Alliance will focus on strengthening candidate selection, transition preparation and support for new nurse leaders by integrating Tipton Health’s proprietary nursing program assessment and prioritization tools into Kirby Bates’ highly successful Nurse Executive Search program.
In addition, the Alliance will develop interim nurse leadership solutions to provide organizations with expertly matched nursing excellence leaders supported by Tipton Health’s industry-leading nursing excellence consulting team and tools.
“We are proud to work with Kirby Bates, who shares our mission to advance nursing practice and nursing excellence,” said Dan Tipton, president and CEO of Tipton Health. “Through this effort, we will better prepare nurse leaders for success and provide hospitals with additional options to accelerate nursing excellence programs that will improve the nursing work environment, engage nurses, develop nurse managers and ultimately, yield better patient outcomes and organizational performance.”
“Kirby Bates Associates is proud to formalize our ongoing collaboration with Tipton,” reports Melissa A. Fitzpatrick, MSN, RN, FAAN, President of Kirby Bates Associates. “Together we are pursuing our shared mission to improve the delivery of patient care through nurse and executive leadership that enhances organizational performance. This partnership marks an exciting milestone as we execute our strategy to lead the market by expanding our services across the C suite and throughout the care continuum.”
About Tipton Health
Tipton Health is the nation’s premier nursing consultancy, providing strategic nursing solutions that connect the bedside to the boardroom. Tipton Health has guided more than 250 nursing teams to better work environments, improved outcomes, stronger nurse leadership, increased efficiency and better alignment with hospital goals, often using the evidence-based Magnet®, or Pathway to Excellence® nursing excellence frameworks. Tipton Health’s clients have a nearly 100% success rate in achieving designation. For more information, please visit tiptonhealth.com.
About Kirby Bates Associates
With experience and expertise across the C-suite, Kirby Bates Associates is the nation’s leading executive search, interim leadership and executive advisory firm that focuses exclusively on healthcare provider organizations including traditional care delivery enterprises and investor backed organizations. Kirby Bates is part of the Jackson Healthcare® family of companies.
Learn more at kirbybates.com.
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