About this Live Series

Health Outcomes Series: Community Strategies and Best Practices for Advancing Quality Care

The Health Outcomes series delivers practical strategies and tools to build, evaluate and sustain effective partnerships with community organizations. Courses will equip health care professionals and organizational leaders with skills to address social needs, implement best practices and demonstrate the value and impact of health care-community initiatives in alignment with NCQA standards. 

The series includes 3 courses:

    1.   Building the Business Case for Health care and Community Care Initiatives - December 17, 2025, 12:30-1:30pm ET.
    2.   Cross-Sector Partnerships Initiatives: Strategies & Best Practices - January 20, 2026, 1:00-2:00pm ET.
    3.   Health Care and Community Initiatives: Strategies & Best Practices - February 10, 2026, 1:00-2:00pm ET.

What You Will Learn

·       Engage diverse community organizations to enhance program delivery and health outcomes.

·        Evaluate and sustain partnerships using proven frameworks and tools.

·       Identify and implement best practices for addressing social needs and mitigating social risks.

·       Communicate the return on investment (ROI) of healthcare and community initiatives using data-driven approaches.

·       Foster continuous improvement and health outcomes within their organizations.

Faculty

• Vanessa Guzman, ME, MS, CEO, SmartRise Health
• Lou Hart, MD, Yale School of Medicine
• Jaffer Traish, Findhelp
• Vanessa Sena, Cena Health
• Sybil Hodgson, Montefiore Health System
• Stephen Rosenthal, Montefiore Health System

Continuing Education

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 Credit^TM.

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

This live 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
Lou Hart: None
Jaffer Traish: None
Vanessa Sena: 
Sybil Hodgson: None
Stephen Rosenthal:

Additional Planning Committee Members:
Crissy Crittenden: None
Maris Harmon: None
Rutti Harmon: None
Felicia Khaalid: None