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. 

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.

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. 

DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS:

Absence of Relevant Financial Relationships
The following planners, faculty, and others in control of educational content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Planning committee members

Laural Whitmore, MSE
Vice President, Performance Improvement Collaboratives
Vizient, Inc.

James Lichauer, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP
PI Program Director, Pharmacy
Vizient, Inc.

Lindsay Mayer, MSN, RN, CPHQ (nurse planner)
Senior Director, PI Programs
Vizient, Inc.

Mary Casey, BBA, DES
Director of Media Productions
Vizient, Inc.

John Pevoto, MA, DES
Director of Media Productions
Vizient, Inc.

Tracy Sutton, DES
Producer, Vizient Media Productions
Vizient, Inc.

Marilyn Sherrill, RN, MBA
PI Program Director
Vizient, Inc.

Speakers

ElizabethThompson, BS, MSL
Service Line Administrator
IU Health Bloomington Hospital Southern Indiana Physicians

Luke Haag, BS, MSHM
Clinical Intern
IU Health Bloomington Hospital Southern Indiana Physicians

Courtney Furrow White, MPM, RN
PI Program Director
Vizient

Laural Whitmore, MSE
Vice President, Performance Improvement Collaboratives
Vizient