NBCA VTE Centers of Excellence™
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The National Blood Clot Alliance (NBCA) Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Centers of Excellence™ (COE) Program recognizes healthcare organizations that demonstrate a structured, multidisciplinary, evidence-based approach to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of VTE. The program advances high-quality VTE care by recognizing organizations that have developed reliable clinical pathways, strong multidisciplinary collaboration, meaningful patient and healthcare professional education, quality improvement processes, and a commitment to increasing blood clot awareness within the communities they serve
Defining Excellence in VTE Care
Recognizing that healthcare organizations differ in size, structure, resources, patient populations, and areas of clinical expertise, the NBCA VTE Centers of Excellence™ Program includes multiple designation pathways within a single program framework. Each pathway recognizes organizations that have developed reliable, multidisciplinary approaches to VTE care while allowing programs to reflect the unique strengths, resources, and needs of the patients and communities they serve.
VTE Centers of Excellence™ Designation Pathways
The NBCA Centers of Excellence™ Program includes designation pathways that reflect the scope, clinical focus, and patient populations served by participating programs. All pathways share the same foundational commitment to reliable, multidisciplinary VTE care across the care continuum.
NBCA VTE Centers of Excellence™
Recognizes organizations with comprehensive VTE programs demonstrating established clinical expertise and reliable care pathways across both pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
NBCA VTE Centers of Excellence™: PE Focused
Recognizes organizations with established clinical expertise and reliable, multidisciplinary care pathways centered on pulmonary embolism.
NBCA VTE Center of Excellence™: DVT Focused
Recognizes organizations with established clinical expertise and reliable, multidisciplinary care pathways centered on deep vein thrombosis.
NBCA Pediatric VTE Centers of Excellence™
Recognizes organizations with established expertise and reliable, multidisciplinary care pathways for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and longitudinal management of VTE in pediatric patients.
The Eight Core Pillars
All NBCA VTE Centers of Excellence™ designation pathways are built upon Eight Core Pillars that provide a consistent framework for evaluating excellence in VTE care while allowing organizations to develop care models appropriate to their resources, clinical environment, and patient population.
Prevention • Identification • Treatment • Follow-Up • Program Design • Research • Education • Community Outreach
Designated NBCA VTE Centers of Excellence™
NBCA VTE Center of Excellence™
Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals – Butterworth Hospital
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Designated April 2024
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NBCA VTE Center of Excellence™
Ascension Sacred Heart
Pensacola, FL
Designated April 2025
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NBCA VTE Center of Excellence™
AdventHealth Palm Coast
Palm Coast, FL
Designated May 2025
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NBCA VTE Center of Excellence™
AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway
Palm Coast, FL
Designated May 2025
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NBCA VTE Center of Excellence™
IU Health Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis, IN
Designated July 2025
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NBCA Pediatric VTE Center of Excellence™
Johns Hopkins All Childrens Hospital
St. Petersburg, FL
Designated March 2026
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NBCA VTE Center of Excellence™
Saint Francis Hospital
Tulsa, OK
Designated June 2026
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NBCA VTE Center of Excellence™
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita, Kansas
Designated September 2026
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Resources
Want to learn more about NBCA VTE Centers of Excellence™ (COE) designation? Visit the COE Resources page here.
Community DVT Excellence Program — Now Accepting Interest Forms
The NBCA Community DVT Excellence Program is designed to expand access to high-quality DVT care in the community by recognizing outpatient centers equipped to manage uncomplicated DVT with standardized pathways and clear escalation protocols. By offloading appropriate cases from the hospital setting, this program strengthens coordination between community providers and hospital-based Centers of Excellence.
Explore the Community DVT Excellence Program →
Interested in Becoming an NBCA VTE Center of Excellence™?
The journey toward NBCA VTE Center of Excellence™ designation begins by connecting with NBCA through the Centers of Excellence interest process. This initial conversation provides an opportunity to learn more about your VTE program, multidisciplinary structure, clinical focus, goals, and readiness to begin the application process.
You do not need to have every aspect of your future VTE program fully developed before starting the conversation. The COE process recognizes existing strengths while helping teams identify opportunities to strengthen multidisciplinary collaboration, develop increasingly reliable care pathways, and continue advancing VTE care.
When your team is ready to move forward, the NBCA VTE Centers of Excellence™ application provides a comprehensive review of the program across the Eight Core Pillars and the clinical capabilities relevant to the designation pathway being pursued. Following application review, programs that meet the foundational requirements progress to an in-person site visit and designation review.
Interested in Learning More?
Whether you’re just beginning to formalize your VTE program or have years of experience caring for patients with VTE, we welcome the opportunity to learn more about your program, understand your goals, and explore how the NBCA Centers of Excellence™ Program can support your journey.
Complete the interest form below to connect with the NBCA Centers of Excellence team and start the conversation.
