2022 Performance Improvement Collaborative Series - Improving Health Equity

November 30, 2022

During this series, we will look at issues facing health care organizations such as workplace violence, redesigning ambulatory care delivery, the early recognition of sepsis and improving health equity. All topics contribute to performance improvement.

Target Audience

Physician 

Nurse

Pharmacist 

Learning Objectives

1.    Appraise the collection and use of patient data to identify and address health disparities.
2.    Recognize indices that analyze community needs and review strategies to align with community partners.
 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 General CE – Attendance
Course opens: 
11/03/2022
Course expires: 
01/14/2023
Event starts: 
11/30/2022 - 11:30am CST
Event ends: 
11/30/2022 - 12:30pm CST
Live activity
United States

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.

 

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:

 

The following planners, faculty, and others in control of educational content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

 

Planning committee members

 

Laural Whitmore, MSE

Vice President, Performance Improvement Collaboratives

Vizient, Inc.

 

James Lichauer, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP

PI Program Director, Pharmacy

Vizient, Inc.

 

Lindsay Mayer, MSN, RN, CPHQ (nurse planner)

Senior Director, PI Programs

Vizient, Inc.

 

Mary Casey, BBA, DES

Director of Media Productions

Vizient, Inc.

 

John Pevoto, MA, DES

Director of Media Productions

Vizient, Inc.

 

Tracy Sutton, DES

Producer, Vizient Media Productions

Vizient, Inc.

 

Marilyn Sherrill, RN, MBA

PI Program Director

Vizient, Inc.

 

Speakers

 

Colleen Booz Dittrich, LMSW, ACM-SW, CCM

Director, Continuum of Care

The University of Kansas Health System

 

Joy M. Jacobsen, MHSA

System Director of Ambulatory Quality

The University of Kansas Health System

 

Laura Hoffman, DNP, MSN, RN, CPHQ

PI Program Director

Vizient

 

Laural Whitmore, MSE

Vice President, Performance Improvement Collaboratives

Vizient

 

 

 

 

 

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 Statements:

NURSING
This activity is designated for 1.00 contact hours.

PHARMACY
Vizient, Inc. designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 ACPE credit hours. 
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-22-182-L04-P

PHYSICIAN
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

OTHER
Vizient, Inc. will award all other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity a Certificate of Participation indicating the maximum credits available. 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

  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 General CE – Attendance
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