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The Learning Academy delivers a unique portfolio of fee-based educational offerings designed and led by Vizient experts. Build your skills, capability and confidence by engaging alongside your peers in these inter-professional programs.
Overview of programs
These offerings are available to all Vizient members and, in many cases, open to non-Vizient organizations. Vizient members are eligible for preferred pricing. These programs are organized into five key focus areas:
- accreditation and regulatory
- analytics and insights
- leadership and governance
- quality, safety and reliability
- spend management and clinical-supply integration
Review our Course Catalog to learn more about the Learning Academy offerings.
At Vizient, we provide services and resources to help you stay on top of the constant changes coming from healthcare accreditation organizations. Learn how our accreditation consulting services can help your organization.
Review our Learning Academy Course Catalog to learn more about the Vizient Learning Academy and the current collection of offerings.
For more information, contact us at learningacademy@vizientinc.com
Continuing education
Healthcare professionals can earn continuing education credits through most of our Learning Academy programs. In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Vizient also now awards continuing education to support the Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality through the National Association for Healthcare Quality.
For more information, contact learningacademy@vizientinc.com
2023 educational and professional development opportunities
See our course catalog for more detail, including schedule, registration and pricing. Offerings open to non-Vizient members are marked with an asterisk.
| Offering | Key audiences | Registration |
|---|---|---|
| Accreditation and Regulatory | ||
|
Accreditation Professional Orientation Certificate Program* |
Accreditation leaders, clinicians, quality, safety, and risk professionals engaged in accreditation and or regulatory compliance |
Register |
| Annual Accreditation and Regulatory Update* Oct. 31-Nov. 2 |
Accreditation leaders, clinicians, quality, safety, and risk professionals |
Coming soon |
| Fundamental Accreditation Series (on-demand) | Accreditation leaders, clinicians, quality, safety, and risk professionals |
Coming in late 2023 |
| Analytics and Insights | ||
|
Analyst Certificate Program |
Vizient members with data analysis as a primary job function. Participants should be a proficient user of at least one Vizient data and analytics solution and have a minimum of six months experience. | Application submission dates for Summer: Mar. 31-Apr. 21 |
| Data Visualization Workshop* TBD |
Anyone who regularly presents data, with a desire to improve their visualization skills and ability to communicate their message with greater impact. |
Coming soon |
|
Healthcare Data Science Advanced Program |
Vizient members with expertise in data science who desire to utilize their unique skills and contextual knowledge to transform data into actionable insights. The ideal candidate is a proficient user of the Vizient Clinical Data Base, has completed the Vizient Analyst Certificate Program and brings at least five years’ experience in healthcare. | Application submission dates coming soon |
| Leadership and Governance | ||
| The Evolving Nurse Manager Program May 23, June 27, July 25, Aug. 22, Sep. 26, Oct. 24 |
New and aspiring nurse managers, nurse leaders and executives | Coming soon |
| Quality, Safety and Reliability |
||
| Creating a Path for Progressive CDI Programs: Learning Series 2022* (on-demand) |
Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) professionals, coding professionals, nursing and quality professionals, as well as physician advisors for CDI |
Register |
|
Safety, Reliability and Management Systems Workshop 2.0 |
Physician and nurse executives, clinical leaders, quality, safety, and risk professionals, process improvement leaders and anyone engaged in leading safety | Coming soon |
| Performance Improvement Training Workshop* May 16-18 |
Performance improvement professionals, quality leaders, process owners and organizational leaders |
Register |
| Spend Management and Clinical-Supply Integration | ||
|
Clinical-Supply Integration Learning Series* |
Nurses, physicians, clinical-supply integration and value analysis teams, contracting and supply chain staff | Register |
|
Spend Management Institute |
New and aspiring supply chain professionals |
Coming soon |
*Indicates registration is open to non-Vizient organizations
The Vizient Learning Academy empowers excellence by delivering healthcare learning experiences to advance individual and organizational performance.
Tremendous thanks to Vizient staff, instructors, and coaches for teaching me how to better utilize Vizient's vast data repositories to parse signals from noise and hone in on clinical improvement opportunities so that we can deliver more effective patient care!