Performance Improvement Series: Ambulatory Specialty Care - On Demand

Description

The webcast is to provide overview on how 28 organizations tackled specialty access challenges through practical strategies, measurable outcomes and sustainable improvement efforts.

 

Learners will:

Real-world member experiences and lessons learned

Collaborative outcomes and measurable impact

Leading practices implemented to improve specialty care access

Strategies to sustain and scale improvement across your organization

Target Audience

  • Nurses
  • Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives

 

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

1. Describe key organizational strategies that improve specialty care access, including governance, standardized workflows, and data-driven performance management.

2. Identify practical approaches to optimize existing specialty care capacity through top-of-license APP utilization, referral redesign, and team-based care models.

 

 

Course summary

Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 General CE - Attendance
  • 0.10 IACET
Course opens: 
10/08/2026
Course expires: 
10/07/2027
On demand
United States
FACULTY & PLANNERS

Michelle Lewis, MSW, CPHQ
Senior Director, Programs
Vizient

Jovy Sacchi, MSN-HCSM, RN
PI Program Director
Vizient

Lindsay Mayer, RN, MSN, CPHQ
Sr Director, Programs
Vizient

Marilu Kelly, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CHCP
Director, Continuing Education      
Vizient, Inc.

 
Rebecca Easterwood
CE Programs Manager             
Vizient, Inc.

 

Faculty

Laural Whitmore, M.S. in Industrial and Operations Engineering
SVP Networks: Performance Improvement Programs
Vizient

Haley Bolton, MPH
VP, Access Performance Management
Emory Healthcare

Jovy Sacchi, MSN-HCSM, RN
PI Program Director
Vizient

 
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.
 
 
 
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.
 
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.
 
 

 

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 1.00 contact hours.
 
IACET
Vizient, Inc. is Jointly Accredited by the Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education and has been approved to offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs). CEUs are awarded for learning events that align with the ANSI/IACET Standard for Continuing Education and Training. IACET is recognized internationally as a standards development organization and accrediting body that promotes quality continuing education and training. 
 
This learning event is eligible for 0.1 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). 
 
 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 General CE - Attendance
  • 0.10 IACET
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