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Organizational Readiness Mini-Series


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Expires: December 11, 2026

The Organizational Readiness mini-series includes 3 courses focused on Building a Diverse Staff and Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Among Staff.

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Organizational Readiness Mini-Series

The Organizational Readiness mini‑series includes three courses focused on strengthening staff capabilities and building organizational practices that support effective, people‑centered operations. The courses include:

1.    Advancing Organizational Readiness Through Leadership Engagement, Education, and Financial Models 
2.    Building Organizational Readiness Through Resource Mobilization and Community Engagement
3.   Integrating Change Management and Performance Improvement Into Organizational Strategy

Many organizations face gaps in infrastructure, training, and readiness when developing and executing large‑scale improvement strategies. This curriculum package helps participants identify assessment gaps and provides practical strategies and tools to build a strong training program and supporting organizational infrastructure.

Each course is led by nationally recognized experts and leaders from healthcare and community‑based organizations, ensuring a practical, real‑world learning experience with actionable outcomes.

 

Faculty

  • Vanessa Guzman, ME, MS, CEO, SmartRise Health
  • Whitney Haggerson, Vice President of Health Equity & Medicaid, Providence Health and Services
  • Kayla Salazar, Director of Health Equity & Quality, Community Health Plan of Washington
  • Ron Wyatt, MD, Founder and CEO, Advancing Health Equity

 

Continuing Education

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In support of improving patient care, the National Committee for Quality Assurance is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide Interprofessional Continuing Education for the healthcare team. 

This educational activity is approved for: 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.

This educational activity is approved for 3.0 nursing contact hour.*

This course grants 6.0 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) points for PCMH Certified Content Experts.  

* Please note – You must attend the entire program to be eligible for total number of contact hours.

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) endorses the Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education which specify that sponsors of continuing medical education activities and presenters at and planners for these activities disclose any relevant financial relationships either party might have with commercial companies whose products or services are discussed in educational presentations.

For sponsors, relevant financial relationships include large research grants, institutional agreements for joint initiatives, substantial gifts, or other relationships that benefit the institution.  For presenters or planning committee members, relevant financial relationships include the receipt of research grants from a commercial company, consultancies, honoraria, travel, or other benefits, or having a self-managed equity interest in a company; or having an immediate family member or partner with such a relationship.

Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation.

Relevant financial relationships exist with the following companies/organizations:

Faculty:
Vanessa Guzman: None
Whitney Haggerson: None
Kayla Salazar: None
Ron Wyatt: None

Additional Planning Committee Members:
Crissy Crittenden: None

Here is the course outline:

1. HE Readiness-Leadership Engagement, Education & Financial Models

This course focuses on Building a Diverse Staff and Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Among Staff. Organizational infrastructure, training and readiness is a common gap for organizations building their equity strategy.

2. HE Readiness-Mobilization of Resources and Community Engagement

This course focuses on Building a Diverse Staff and Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Among Staff. Organizational infrastructure, training and readiness is a common gap for organizations building their equity strategy.

3. Integrating Change Management & PI Your Organization's HE Strategy

This course focuses on Building a Diverse Staff and Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Among Staff. Organizational infrastructure, training and readiness is a common gap for organizations building their equity strategy.
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