About this Live Series

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

This series equips healthcare professionals and organizational leaders with practical strategies and tools to build, evaluate, and sustain effective partnerships with community organizations. Learners will be equipped to address social needs, implement best practices, and demonstrate the value and impact of healthcare-community initiatives in alignment with NCQA standards.

The Health Outcomes Series: Community Strategies and Best Practices for Advancing Quality Care includes 3 courses, they are:

1.    Building the Business Case for Healthcare and Community Care Initiatives - December 17, 2025, 12:30-1:30pm ET
2.   Cross-Sector Partnerships & Community Engagement - January 20, 2026, 1:00-2:00pm ET 
3.   Healthcare 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
• Jaffer Traish
• Vanessa Sena
• Sybil Hodgson
• Stephen Rosenthal

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:
Jaffer Traish:
Vanessa Sena: 
Sybil Hodgson:
Stephen Rosenthal:

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