2024 Reflection - W05 - Cancer and Cardiovascular Service Line Executives - On Demand

Cancer and cardiovascular service line executives face ongoing pressures to meet patient demand and grow programs in competitive markets. Learn about key trends that will impact utilization over the next decade, as well as how to coordinate emerging technologies, care delivery improvements and site-of-care shifts to improve efficiency. Discuss successful strategies to meet access challenges across the care continuum in a collective, problem-solving environment.

Target Audience

  • Healthcare Executives
  • Healthcare Quality Professionals
  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Pharmacy Technicians
  • Physicians
  • Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:  

  • Identify key trends that will impact future utilization of cancer and cardiovascular services.
  • Explain the benefits of integrated service lines.
  • Describe successful models shown to improve operational efficiency in cancer and cardiovascular service lines.
  • Discuss strategies to increase capacity in specific locations within your system to meet future patient demand.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.25 ACHE
  • 3.25 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 3.25 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
  • 3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.25 ANCC
  • 3.25 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
  • 3.25 General CE - Attendance
  • 3.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
Course opens: 
10/06/2024
Course expires: 
10/07/2025

FACULTY & PLANNERS

Faculty

Kate O’Shaughnessy, MS-HSM, CPHQ
Senior Member Networks Director
Vizient
 
Alex Zafirovski, MBA, RT(T), ARRT
Chief Administrative Officer
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
Chicago, Ill.
 
Jill Engel, DNP, ACNP, FNP, NEA-BC, FAANP
Service Line Vice President – Heart and Vascular
Duke University Health System
Durham, NC
 
Joshua Aaker, PhD
Senior Consulting Director, Intelligence
Sg2, a Vizient company
Chicago, Ill.
 
Chad Giese
Principal, Intelligence
Sg2, a Vizient company
Chicago, Ill.
 
Setu Shah
Consultant, Intelligence
Sg2, a Vizient company
Chicago, Ill.
 
Haydee Garcia, DNP, ACNP-BC,
Executive Director, Heart and Vascular Center
UC Davis Health
Sacramento, Calif.
 
Kelsey Ingriselli
Program Manager, Integrated Service Lines
UC Davis Health
Sacramento, Calif.
 
Kristin Buck
Lead Quality Improvement Lead
Corewell Health
Grand Rapids, Mich.
 
Matthew Gonzalez, MD
Cardiologist
Corewell Health
Grand Rapids, Mich.
 
Nancy Schwallier
Vice President Heart & Vascular
Corewell Health
Grand Rapids, Mich.
 
Ashly Sweet
Advanced Practice Provider
Corewell Health
Grand Rapids, Mich.
 
Jason Knight, MD, MBA, FACEP
Chief Medical Officer and ED Physician Director
Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital
The Woodlands, Texas
 
Ryan Huey, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, GI Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
 
Ryan Roux, PharmD, MS, FASHP
Vice President, Pharmacy
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
 
Anthony Cuttitta
Program Manager, MPrOVE
University of Michigan Health
Ann Arbor, Mich.
 
Gretchen Pagac
Associate Chief Nursing Officer and Associate Chief Operating Officer
University of Michigan Health
Ann Arbor, Mich.
 
Nicole Spatafora
Associate Vice President, Performance Improvement Programs
Vizient
 
Jill Engel, DNP, ACNP, FNP, NEA-BC, FAANP
Service Line Vice President – Heart and Vascular
Duke University Health System
 
 
Planning Committee
 
Juli Hermanson, MPH, RDN, CPHQ (Course Director)
Senior Director 
Member Education 
Vizient, Inc. 
 
Kathy Christensen, BS 
VP, Operations 
Member Networks 
Vizient, Inc. 
 
Katie David, DNP, MS-HSM 
Senior Intelligence Director 
Member Networks 
Vizient, Inc. 
 
Cheryl Jachna, BS 
Lead Education Programs Manager 
Vizient, Inc. 
 
Marilu Kelly, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CHCP 
Director 
Continuing Education 
Vizient, Inc. 
 
David Levine, MD 
Chief Medical Officer 
Vizient, Inc. 
 
Lisa McClain, BS 
Networks Manager 
Member Education 
Vizient, Inc. 
 
Mike Oinonen, PharmD, MPH 
Vice President 
Pharmacy Networks 
Vizient, Inc. 
 

 

DISCLOSURE

As an accredited provider of continuing education, Vizient, Inc. is dedicated to ensuring this activity presents learners with only accurate, balanced, scientifically justified recommendations, and is free from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. In accordance with The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all planners, faculty, and others in control of the educational content have disclosed the absence or existence of all financial relationships (of any dollar amount) with ineligible companies within the past 24 months.
 
Ineligible companies – those companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
It is Vizient’s policy that owners and employees of ineligible companies, and any individuals who refuse to disclose the absence or existence of financial relationships with any ineligible companies are disqualified from participating as planners or faculty.
 
Disclosure Statements
 

Relevant Financial Relationships

Vizient, Inc., Jointly Accredited for Interprofessional Continuing Education, defines companies to be ineligible as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

An individual is considered to have a relevant financial relationship if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.

 

Ryan Huey, MD, MS, speaker for this educational activity, is a research funding recipient for Grail, Inc.

 

Nancy Schwallier, MPAS, PA-C, speaker for this educational activity, is an advisor for Abiomed.

 

All relevant financial relationships listed for these individual(s) have been mitigated.

All others in a position to control content for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

 
 
Statement of Content Validity
 
Vizient, Inc. educational activities are intended to assist healthcare teams advance their professional responsibilities in accordance with the definition of continuing education. It is the policy of Vizient, Inc. to review and ensure that all content and recommendations for patient care within accredited CE is evidenced-based, based on current science and clinical reasoning while ensuring the content is fair and balanced. All recommendations must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Vizient, Inc. does not permit accredited continuing education if it advocates for unscientific approaches to diagnosis or therapy, or if the education promotes recommendations, treatment, or manners of practicing healthcare that are determined to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients.
 
FDA Off-Label Use
 
Faculty presenters are also expected to disclose any discussion of (1) off-label or investigational uses of FDA approved commercial products or devices or (2) products or devices not yet approved in the United States.
 
Disclaimer
The education provided through this activity is for continuing education purposes only. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty/presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of Vizient, Inc.

 

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Designation Statement(s)
 
Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
This activity was planned by, and for, the healthcare team, and learners will receive 3.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
 
 
 
Nurses (CNE)
 
This activity is designated for 3.25 contacts hours.
 
Pharmacists (CPE)
 
Vizient, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3.25 contact hours for Pharmacists.
 
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-24-200-H04-P
 
Pharmacy Technicians (CPE)
 
Vizient, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3.25 contact hours for Pharmacy Technicians.
 
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-24-200-H04-T
 
Physicians (CME)
 
Vizient, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
 
By attending the Connections Summit offered by Vizient, Inc., participants may earn up to 3.25 ACHE Qualifying Education Hours toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation. 
 
Participants in this program who wish to have it considered for ACHE Qualifying Education hours should list their attendance when they apply to the American College of Healthcare Executives for advancement or recertification. Participants are responsible for maintaining a record of their ACHE Qualifying Education hours. To self-report, participants should log into their MyACHE account and select ACHE Qualifying Education Credit.
 
Healthcare Quality Professionals (CPHQ)
 
This activity is approved by NAHQ® for 3.25 CPHQ CE credits.
 
Other Healthcare Professionals (General CE Credit)
 
Vizient, Inc. will award all other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity a Certificate of Participation.  Various state license boards and credentialing bodies accept certificates of participation from accredited CE activities to meet CE requirements for license renewals and re-certification. It is the responsibility of the participant to contact their state licensing board and/or certifying body for verification on credit eligibility reciprocity.

 

Available Credit

  • 3.25 ACHE
  • 3.25 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 3.25 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
  • 3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.25 ANCC
  • 3.25 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
  • 3.25 General CE - Attendance
  • 3.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
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