2024 Clinical Leadership Series: Care Delivery Excellence Across the Continuum - On Demand

This program will address the collaborative practice and integrated approach to achieving exceptional patient outcomes, safety, and satisfaction at every step of the healthcare journey, allowing patients the opportunity to receive efficient and effective care across the continuum of care. Organizations will hear how implementing long term organizational goals can guide equity practices and provide awareness related to patients and the communities they live in. The collaborative nature of multidisciplinary teams fosters innovation, ensures thorough analysis, and enhances the overall effectiveness of clinical product decision in terms of both patient outcomes and financial performance.

Target Audience

Nurses

Physicians

Healthcare Quality Professionals

Learning Objectives

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

  • Gain insights into strategies for improving coordination across various departments and facilities, ensuring a cohesive and efficient care delivery system.
  • Discover methods to enable patients to take an active role in their care, fostering engagement and ownership of their health outcomes.
  • Discuss methods for creating patient support systems and organizational goals that address the unique needs of diverse populations, including maternal healthcare.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
  • 1.00 General CE - Attendance
Course opens: 
08/14/2024
Course expires: 
08/13/2025

Faculty

David Priest, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President & Chief Safety, Quality & Epidemiology Officer
Novant Health

Denise Mihal, MBA, BSN
Executive Vice President, Chief Nursing & Clinical Operations Officer
Novant Health

Pam Oliver, MD
Executive Vice President & President Novant Health Physician Network
Novant Health

Karen Frush, MD
Senior Principal
Vizient, Inc.
 

Planning committee
Susan Chishimba, MSN, RN
Member Networks Director
Vizient, Inc. 

Hanna Lakew 
Network Manager
Vizient, Inc.

Donna McNutt, MS, RN
Sr. Member Networks Director
Vizient, Inc. 

Linnea Tolbert, MSN, RN
Sr. Network Director
Vizient, Inc.

Rick May, MD
Senior Principal, Quality Consulting
Vizient, Inc.

Gina Ebhardt
Senior Networks Manager
Vizient, Inc.

Samantha Gordon, MS
CE Programs Manager
Vizient, Inc.

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

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.

Disclosure of Financial Relationships:

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/unapproved usage

Faculty/Presenters are required to identify any new and evolving topics for which there is a lower/absence of evidence base. This is to ensure that our content does not advocate for, or promote, practices that are not, or not yet adequately based on current science, evidence, and clinical reasoning. Faculty/Presenters are required to disclose any discussion of (1) off-label/unapproved or investigational uses of FDA approved commercial products or devices and/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.

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)

Vizient, Inc. designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC contacts hours.

Physicians (CME)

Vizient, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Healthcare Quality Professionals (CPHQ)

This activity is approved by NAHQ® for 1.0 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 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

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
  • 1.00 General CE - Attendance
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