2023 Together - PP208A - Diversity, Health Equity and Inclusion Leaders

Las Vegas, NV US
September 20, 2023
This session is a peer forum in which diversity, health equity, and inclusion (DHEI) leaders will discuss tools and practices for measuring and improving equity. Topics include workforce; member and patient  demographics; assessing social needs and structural inequities; the role of place-based measures; and making social determinants of health data actionable for members.

Target Audience

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

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss methods used to achieve diversity, equity and inclusion goals for employees. 
  • Identify milestones for expanding Race and Ethnicity data capture.  
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 ACHE
  • 1.50 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.50 ANCC
  • 1.50 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
  • 1.50 General CE - Attendance
  • 1.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
Course opens: 
08/01/2023
Course expires: 
11/06/2023
Event starts: 
09/20/2023 - 9:45am CDT
Event ends: 
09/20/2023 - 11:45am CDT
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Wynn Las Vegas
3131 Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89109
United States
Faculty

David Mafe, MHRM, CDP Chief Diversity Officer and Vice President Human Resources 

Melissa McDonald, MSOL, CDP Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion UCHealth 

Gerald Cochran, MSW, PhD Professor, Chief, Section on Health Equity 

Sandi Gulbransen, MA Chief Quality Officer 

Kimberly Killam, PMP  Operations Project Manager 

Mari Ransco, MA Senior Director of Patient Experience 

Terrell Rohm, MBA Director, Quality Analytics and Technology University of Utah Health 

 
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.
 
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.
 
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.

 

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.
 
 

Credit Types

Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)

This activity was planned by, and for, the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

 
 
Nurses (CNE)
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.50  ANCC contacts hours.
 
Pharmacists (CPE)
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.50 contact hours for Pharmacists. 
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-23-209-L04-P
 
Pharmacy Technicians (CPE)
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.50 contact hours for pharmacy technicians. 
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-23-209-L04-T
 
Physicians (CME)
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.50  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 2023 Connections Summit offered by Vizient, Inc. participants may earn up to 1.50  ACHE Qualified 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 Qualified 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 Qualified Education hours. To self-report, participants should log into their MyACHE account and select ACHE Qualified Education Credit.
 
Healthcare Quality Professionals (CPHQ)
This activity is approved by NAHQ® for 1.50 CPHQ CE credits.
 
Other Healthcare Professionals (General CE Credit)
Vizient, Inc. will award a maximum of 1.50 contact hours to all other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity. These individuals will receive a Certificate of Participation indicating the maximum credits available.
Many state licensing 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

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