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Forward2025 Imagine - PP08 - Operations Executives Peer to Peer Education Meeting: Ambulatory Enterprise Transformation: The Six Drivers of Access - On Demand
Shifts in care are evolving at a rapid pace. Health systems now derive a majority of enterprise revenue from ambulatory care services, including integrated medical group practices and ASCs. This new reality demands a more systematic, elevated approach to developing an optimal ambulatory strategy. The traditional model—dispersed physician practices and fragmented services—will no longer be market-relevant over the next decade. Today’s strategies must center on the patient, with a sharp focus on improving access and a strategic evaluation of the system of care to align with broader organizational goals.
Adding complexity is the continued evolution of the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) landscape. Health systems are navigating shifting volumes, rising competition, capacity constraints and increasing margin pressures. To remain competitive, systems must design enterprise-level strategies that capitalize on market opportunities—particularly through innovative ventures and strategic partnerships.
This meeting will uncover the primary drivers of patient access, explore how data and cross-industry methods can improve appointment availability, and highlight real-world examples of effective APP integration and system-wide transformation.
Insight into enterprise strategies that improve access, financial performance and workforce alignment—along with actionable approaches to accelerate ambulatory growth, enhance the patient experience and deliver sustainable results across the care continuum—will also be shared.
Target Audience
- Dietitians
- Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy Technicians
- Physicians
- Physician Associates
- Healthcare Executives
- Healthcare Quality Professionals
- Other Healthcare Professionals
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this enduring material, learners should be able to:
- Describe key trends and drivers of access, performance metrics and potential operational and strategic solutions for ambulatory strategy growth that impact health system performance.
- Discuss new insights underlying the primary drivers of access that contribute to top line growth and improved patient satisfaction.
- Learn insights into how methods used in other industries, such as airlines, can be deployed to improve appointment access in ambulatory operations.
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.
Faculty & Planners
Faculty
Michael D. Busch, FACHE
Senior Vice President
Vizient Inc.
Michael D. Holmes, MSA
Senior Vice President and Regional President
UF Health
Advisory Committee Co-Chair
Matthew Bates
Managing Director
Kaufman Hall, a Vizient Company
Dan Adelman, MS, PhD
Charles I. Clough, Jr. Professor of Operations Management, Co-Director, Tolan Center for Healthcare, Founder, Healthcare Analytics Laboratory
University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Ken Nunes, MD
Senior Vice President and System Chief Ambulatory Medical Officer, Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
UChicago Medicine and Biological Sciences
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin
Jamie Silkey, PA-C, MPAS, MBA, MHA
Chief Advanced Practice Officer
Arthi Susai, MHSA
Vice President, Ambulatory Operations
University of Chicago Medicine
Brooke Schweitzer, DMSc, MSPA, PA-C, FACHE
Executive Director of Advanced Practice
Tyler Bauer, MA, MBA, LCPC
Senior Vice President, System Ambulatory Operations
Robert Wiehe, MBA, FACHE
Senior Vice President and Chief Operations
Planning Committee
Juli Hermanson, MPH, RDN, CPHQ (Course Director)
Senior Director
Member Education
Vizient, Inc.
Kathy Christensen, BS
VP, Operations
Member Networks
Vizient, Inc.
Cheryl Jachna, BS
Lead Education Programs Manager
Vizient, Inc.
Marilu Kelly, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CHCP
Director
Continuing Education
Vizient, Inc.
David Levine, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Vizient, Inc.
Lisa McClain, BS
Networks Manager
Member Education
Vizient, Inc.
Mike Oinonen, PharmD, MPH
Vice President
Pharmacy Networks
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. All relevant financial relationships listed for these individual(s) have been mitigated.
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)
Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
This activity was planned by, and for, the healthcare team, and learners will receive 2.75 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Registered Dietitians/Dietetic Technicians (CDR)
The Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) accepts nutrition-and-dietetics-related continuing education credits from Jointly Accredited Providers. After completing this activity, CDR-credentialed practitioners may claim CPEUS under Activity Type 102; 1 contact hour (60 minutes) = 1 CPEU.
Nurses (CNE)
This activity is designated for 2.75 ANCC contact hours.
Pharmacists (CPE)
Vizient, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.75 contact hours for Pharmacists.
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-25-293-H04-P
Pharmacy Technicians (CPE)
Vizient, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.75 contact hours for Pharmacy Technicians.
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-25-293-H04-T
Physicians (CME)
Vizient, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Physician Associates (AAPA)
Vizient, Inc. has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 2.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until October 6, 2026. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
By completing the Connections Summit on-demand activity offered by Vizient, Inc., participants may earn up to 2.75 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 2.75 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
- 2.75 AAPA CMEVizient Inc. has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria.
- 2.75 ACPE Pharmacist
- 2.75 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
- 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 2.75 ANCC
- 2.75 CDR
- 2.75 CPHQ – Certified Professional Healthcare Quality
- 2.75 General CE - Attendance
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