Identification, Mitigation, and Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

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.

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.

Absence of 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.

No one in a position to control the content of this educational activity have relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Faculty

Moderator:

Laural Whitmore, MSE

VP, Performance Improvement Programs

Vizient, Inc.

Shannon Hale,

PI Program Director

Vizient, Inc.

Christie Barnes, CPHQ, MSN, PhD, RN

Quality Program Manager

Duke Raleigh Hospital

Tim Plonk, MD

Emergency Medicine Director

Duke Raleigh Hospital

Planning committee

Marilyn Sherrill, RN, MBA

Senior Performance Improvement Director

Vizient, Inc.

David Levine, MD, SVP

Chief Medical Officer

Vizient, Inc.

Jim Lichauer, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP

Senior Performance Improvement Director, Pharmacy

Vizient, Inc.

John Pevoto, MA

Director Media Productions

Vizient, Inc.

Laural Whitmore MSE

Vice President Performance Improvement Programs

Vizient, Inc.

Mary Casey, BBA

Senior Director, Media Productions

Vizient, Inc.

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.

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.