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

Nicole Gruebling, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

Associate Vice President, Member Connections

Vizient, Inc.

Michele Hausman, MBA, RN

Senior Director, Member Connections

Vizient, Inc.

Donna McNutt, MS, RN

Senior Director, Member Connections

Vizient, Inc.

Rosemary Curran, MBA, DES.  

Associate Vice President, Media Productions

Vizient, Inc.

Mary Casey, DES

Director, Media Productions

Vizient, Inc.

Presenters

Barbara Seymour, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CPPS

AVP Member Networks Director

Vizient Inc.

Debra Albert, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA--BC

Chief Nursing Officer & Senior Vice President for Patient Care Services

NYU Langone Hospitals

Kathryn Lang, DNP, RN, NE-BC

Senior Director- Nursing

NYU Langone Hospital- Long Island

Alice Nash, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC

System Sr Director Nursing Professional Development & Patient Outcomes

NYU Langone Hospitals

Lisa Gossett, MSN, RN, CENP

System Chief Nursing Officer & Chief Experience Officer

Premier Health

Marly J. Christenson, PhD, MS, RN, NP, CPHQ

Senior Director, Member Education, and Learning

Vizient Inc.