SABM was founded in 2001 by healthcare providers, physicians and nurses who saw the need for a new way of thinking about transfusion as a therapy. SABM included thought leaders who promulgated the concept of patient blood management as the new standard of care. The SABM mission is broad, its foundation based on appropriate evidence-based transfusion guidelines, the management of anemia, optimization of coagulation and minimization of bleeding, and utilization of interdisciplinary blood conservation strategies. The goal is improved patient outcomes. Today, SABM is globally recognized as an educational resource for patient blood management. SABM provides public education, and also advances best practices to thousands of healthcare providers through continuing medical education programs and development of learning tools and evidence based clinical pathways.