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ForwardManaging the Healthcare Environment Program
September 24, 2024 to September 25, 2024
This activity will provide the participants an opportunity to learn from experts in the field. The program will provide examples of the challenges, successful implementation and mitigation strategies for healthcare environment and life safety regulatory / accreditation rules and standards as well as how to drill down to uncover the barriers to being successful and how to maintain the gains.
Target Audience
- Healthcare Quality Professionals
- Nurses
- Other Healthcare Professionals
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Define the regulatory requirements to the physical environment survey process.
- Describe the Joint Commission physical environment survey process.
- Effectively describe the basic components of developing a healthcare environment program.
- Develop recommended compliance strategies to evaluate the healthcare physical environment program effectively.
- Discover strategies for partnering with the Facilities Management staff to ensure successful implementation of a compliant Life Safety Program
- Outline the foundational expectations for Life Safety Compliance
- Identify and examine the common vulnerabilities to a Successful Life Safety Program
- Develop recommended compliance strategies to evaluate the life safety program effectively
FACULTY
Planning Committee
Joseph Bellino
Sr. Director Accreditation Advisory Services
Vizient, Inc.
John D Maurer
Life Safety Accreditation Advisor
Vizient, Inc.
Faculty
Joseph Bellino
Sr. Director Accreditation Advisory Services
Vizient, Inc.
John D Maurer
Life Safety Accreditation Advisor
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.
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 12.75 contacts hours.
Healthcare Quality Professionals (CPHQ)
This activity is approved by NAHQ® for 12.75 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
- 12.75 ANCC
- 12.75 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
- 12.75 General CE - Attendance
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