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Forward2025 Physical Environment (Life Safety and Environment of Care) and Emergency Preparedness Education Program
Chicago, IL US
June 10, 2025 to June 13, 2025
A four-day education program designed to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and expertise needed to navigate the complex landscape of physical environments, life safety, and emergency management compliance. Our experienced instructors will guide participants through the latest industry regulations, best practices, and innovative solutions, empowering them to create a safe and compliant environment for both patients and staff.
Target Audience
- Healthcare Executives
- Healthcare Quality Professionals
- Nurses
- Other Healthcare Professionals
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Life Safety
- Outline the foundational expectations for life safety compliance
- Describe strategies to ensure the successful implementation of a compliant life safety program
- Identify and examine the common vulnerabilities to a successful life safety program
- Develop recommended compliance strategies to evaluate the life safety program effectively
Environment of Care
- Define the regulatory requirements for the physical environment survey process
- Describe the Joint Commission physical environment survey process
- Effectively describe the basic components for developing a healthcare environment program
- Develop recommended compliance strategies to evaluate the healthcare environment program effectively
Emergency Preparedness
- Identify the emergency management accreditation standards/regulatory requirements to meet compliance
- Describe compliance and mitigation strategies to meet emergency management standards/regulatory requirements
- Describe how the accreditation/regulatory process positions organizations for effective and reliable delivery of safe, high-quality patient care
Vizient, Inc
433 W Van Buren St Suite 805
Chicago, IL
60607
United States
FACULTY & PLANNERS
Faculty
Joe Bellino, MS, CHPA, CHEM
Sr Dir, Accreditation Advisory Services
Vizient, Inc.
John D. Maurer, MBA, SASHE, CHFM, CHSP, CLSS-HC
Accreditation Advisor
Vizient, Inc.
Planning Committee
Joe Bellino, MS, CHPA, CHEM
Sr Dir, Accreditation Advisory Services
Vizient, Inc.
Allison McDonald
Program Service Manager
Vizient, Inc.
Diana Scott, MHA, RN, CPHQ
Principal Regulatory and Accreditation Consulting Services
Vizient, Inc.
Marilu Kelly, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CHCP
Director, Continuing Education
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.
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 27.00 contact hours.
Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
By attending the 2025 Physical Environment (Life Safety and Environment of Care) and Emergency Preparedness Education Program offered by Vizient, Inc., participants may earn up to 27.00 ACHE Qualifying 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 Qualifying 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 Qualifying Education hours. To self-report, participants should log into their MyACHE account and select ACHE Qualifying Education Credit.
Healthcare Quality Professionals (CPHQ)
This activity is approved by NAHQ® for 27.00 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
- 27.00 ACHE
- 27.00 ANCC
- 27.00 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
- 27.00 General CE - Attendance
Select the “Obtain Credit” button to access the activity evaluation and to claim CE Credit.
Please Note:
- If the "Register/Take Course" tab is displayed instead of the "Obtain Credit" tab, you must first login to proceed with the credit claim process.
- This activity requires learners to confirm their attendance using an activity code. An Access Denied error message indicates that your attendance was not recorded via SMS text or QR code scanning.
Please click here to enter the code you received at the end of the activity to verify your attendance if you have not already done so: https://continuingeducation.vizientinc.com/code
Required Hardware/software
The Vizient CE Learner Portal is compatible with most modern web browsers (such as Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari) and can also be accessed with mobile devices.