Convergent is a professional services consulting group focused exclusively on helping hospitals, medical centers, and clinics create and operate hyperbaric oxygen therapy and wound care treatment centers.

The company's consultants are experienced healthcare professionals and engineers with decades of experience in hyperbaric medicine and related professional disciplines. Their previous engagements include planning and operating some of the most sophisticated hyperbaric treatment centers in the United States.

Convergent provides a range of services to help hyperbaric treatment centers operate safely, efficiently, and effectively. The company leverages the latest information technology to deliver their consulting services as efficiently as possible.

Hyperbaric Facility Planning

Convergent has extensive experience planning new hyperbaric treatment centers using both multiplace and monoplace hyperbaric chambers. Typical consulting engagements for new hyperbaric facilities cover a number of areas critical to the long-term efficiency of the hyperbaric and wound care program:

• Site Selection
• Patient Flow
• Chamber Selection
• Chamber Specifications
• Patient Acuity Outfitting
• Equipment and Supply Specifications
• Installation and Acceptance Criteria

The company also consults with existing treatment centers considering upgrading their equipment or procedures. Convergent consultants can help identify cost savings and improvements in efficiency upgrades can produce.

See the company website for more information on hyperbaric facility planning.

Other Hyperbaric Consulting Services

Convergent offers professional services to help existing treatment centers evaluate their current procedures and establish best practices in operations and clinical care. Specific areas that are candidates for improvement include:

• Safety Program Design
• Operating Procedures Standardization
• Documentation Development

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UHMS Accreditation Preparation

UHMS accreditation is the gold standard in hyperbaric treatment center fitness. The company's consultants have in-depth knowledge of the accreditation process and hands-on experience preparing treatment centers for the accreditation survey.

See the company website for more information on UHMS accreditation preparation.

Training

The company provides integrated training programs in which teaching each participant to take ownership of their part in providing safety is a primary goal. Introductory training can be provided in a number of areas of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, including approved indications, treatment protocols, standards and regulations, and physiology of the primary gas laws.

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Service Options

Convergent can deliver its consulting services in a number of ways that help clients make the most effective use of their consulting budget:

Site Visits—For some projects, such as training, having a person on site to work directly with staff and answer questions as they arise is still the best way to work.

Remote Consulting—Communication with clients by phone, video conference, and internet-based screen-sharing can reduce or eliminate travel costs.

Telephone Support—Being able to phone an expert can help a new treatment center mitigate its growing pains.

E-Mail Support—For questions not requiring an immediate answer, or one that's complex, e-mail support offers the ability to get a timely, written response.