Spring 2024 Vizient PSO In-Person Meeting: Leveraging PSO Collaboration to Create Resilient Learning Organizations - Day 2

Chicago, IL US
May 10, 2024

The meeting will consist of presentations and panel discussions by leaders and subject matter experts in healthcare quality and patient safety. Attendees will hear about strategies for improving healthcare quality, patient safety, and outcomes using a combination of didactic learning, interactive discussions, case reviews, and Q&A.

Target Audience

  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Physicians
  • Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives

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

  • Identify leadership behaviors and tactics for advancing high-reliability and safety culture.
  • Discuss interventions for improving patient safety, healthcare quality, and outcomes.
  • Describe strategies that promote continuous learning and improvement.

 

 

Pharmacists

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

  • Identify leadership behaviors and tactics for advancing high-reliability and safety culture.
  • Discuss interventions for improving patient safety, healthcare quality, and outcomes.
  • Describe strategies that promote continuous learning and improvement.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.50 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.50 ANCC
  • 3.50 General CE - Attendance
Course opens: 
05/10/2024
Course expires: 
07/09/2024
Event starts: 
05/10/2024 - 9:00am CDT
Event ends: 
05/10/2024 - 2:00pm CDT
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Vizient - The Old Post Office
433 W Van Buren St
Chicago, IL 60607
United States

FACULTY & PLANNERS

Faculty

Lori Aavik, MA, RN, PMHNP-BC      
Senior Director Nursing – Medicine, Psychiatry & Rehabilitation                   
NYU Langone Health 

Wes Butler, Esq.      
Member                   
Barnett Benvenuti & Butler PLLC 

Kathleen DeMarco, PhD, NE-BC, CPHQ, RN      
System Senior Director of Nursing Wellness and Resilience                   
NYU Langone Health

Ellen Flynn, RN, MBA, JD      
Principal                   
Vizient 

Amy Heidenreich, DNP, RN, AGCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC, APNP      
Behavioral Health Advanced Practice Nurse                   
Froedtert Health
      

Michael Leonard, MD      
Executive Principal                   
Vizient Safe and Reliable 

Heather Menzer, LCSW      
Advance Care Planning Nurse Manager                   
NYU Langone

Kathryn Merkeley, MHSA, RN, PMP, CPPS      
Program Director                   
Vizient 

Rhonda Perna, BSN, MBA, RN, JD, CPHRM    
Senior Director, Risk Management & Patient Safety                   
University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System
 

Scott Revoir, BSN, RN      
System Quality Manager                   
Bellin & Gundersen Health System
 

A. Joy Rivera, Phd-Human Factors Enginer      
Executive Director, Enterprise Patient Safety & Patient Relations                   
Froedtert Health & The Medical College of Wisconsin 

Maxine Simon, FACHE      
Chief Regulatory Officer                   
NYU Langone

Morgan Stebens, MSN-FN, RN, SANE-A      
Forensic Program Coordinator                   
KUMC 

Krystal Suntken, BSc      
Quality Intelligence Specialst                   
Gundersen Health
 

Planning Committee
Ellen Flynn, RN, MBA, JD    (Course Director)
Principal                   
Vizient, Inc.
 
Donald Kennerly, MD      
​​Senior HRO Advisor​                  
Vizient, Inc.
 
Kathryn Merkeley, MHSA, RN     
PI Program Director                   
Vizient, Inc.
 
Tammy Williams, MSN    
PI Program Director                  
Vizient, Inc.
 
James Lichauer, PharmD 
​​Sr PI Program Director, Pharmacy​                   
Vizient, Inc.
 
Marilu Kelly, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CHCP
Director, Continuing Education       
Vizient, Inc.
 
Kim Bentley, CHCP   
CE Programs Manager              
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
 
Absence of Relevant Financial Relationships
 
None of the planners, faculty, or others in a position to control content for this educational activity have 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)

 

Nurses (CNE)

 
This activity is designated for 3.50 contacts hours.
 
Vizient, Inc. is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP12580, for 3.50 contact hours.
 
Pharmacists (CPE)
 
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.50 contact hours for Pharmacists.
 
Universal Activity Number:  JA0006103-0000-24-059-L05-P
 
 
Physicians (CME)
 
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
 
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

  • 3.50 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.50 ANCC
  • 3.50 General CE - Attendance
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Required Hardware/software

 

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