Vizient Regulatory and Accreditation Services

In-person regulatory training for safer facilities and emergency readiness

Strengthen compliance across the physical environment and emergency management

Join Vizient for a three-day, in-person training designed to help healthcare professionals successfully navigate the complex regulatory requirements of physical environment compliance and emergency preparedness. Through expert-led sessions, attendees will explore proven strategies for managing risk and ensuring readiness in both routine and emergency conditions.

What you’ll learn

Physical Environment objectives

Understand regulatory requirements for physical environment compliance
Apply strategies to develop and implement a compliant environment of care program
Identify common vulnerabilities that may impact compliance
Develop strategies to assess and improve physical environmental performance

Emergency Management objectives

Understand key regulatory and accreditation requirements for emergency management
Identify compliance and mitigation strategies to meet those requirements
Learn how emergency management readiness supports the delivery of safe, high-quality care

Earn continuing education credits

Credit details will be provided closer to the event.

Faculty

Agenda

Time	Topic
Physical Environment Day 1
7:30 am - 8:00 am	Registration and breakfast
8:00 am - 8:15 am	Introductions and housekeeping
8:15 am - 8:30 am	Pretest, PE and EM
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Regulatory requirements
9:00 am - 9:30 am	Joint Commission survey process of the physical environment
9:30 am - 9:45 am	Break
9:45 am - 10:45 am	Developing a Physical Environment Program
10:45 am - 12:00 pm	Managing risk (NPG.02.04.01, 08.01.01/1, 11.01.01, 11.03.01, 13.03.01, 13.04.01; PE.04.01.03, 04.01.05, 05.01.01)
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm	Lunch and networking
12:45 pm - 1:15 pm	The built environment (PE.01.01.01)
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm	Hazardous materials and waste (PE.02.01.01)
2:00 am - 2:15 pm	Break
2:15 am - 2:30 pm	Life safety administration (PE.03.01.01/1-2, 03.02.01)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Structure of the Life Safety Code® and the CMS 2786R Form, Part I
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Understanding the Life Safety Code® (PE.03.01.01/3-9)
Physical Environment Day 2
7:30 am - 8:00 am	Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:30 am	Understanding the Life Safety Code® - continued
9:30 am – 9:45 am	Break
9:45 am - 10:00 am	Structure of the Health Care Facilities Code and the CMS 2786R Form, Part II
10:00 am - 12:00 pm	Understanding the Health Care Facilities Code (NFPA 99) (PE.04.01.01/1-3)
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm	Lunch and networking
12:45 pm - 2:45 pm	Understanding the Health Care Facilities Code (NFPA 99) - continued
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm	Break
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Understanding the inspection, testing, and maintenance program (PE.04.01.01/4-5, 04.01.03)
Emergency Management Day 3
7:30 am - 8:00 am	Registration
8:00 am - 8:15 am	Introductions and housekeeping
8:15 am - 8:30 am	The emergency management program
8:30 am - 8:45 am	Emergency management leadership
8:45 am - 9:15 am	Hazard vulnerability analysis
9:15 am - 9:30 am	Break
9:30 am - 11:30 am	Emergency Operations Plan
11:30 am - 12:15 pm	Lunch and networking
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm	Continuity of operations
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm	Disaster recovery
1:45 pm - 2:00 pm	Staff education and training
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm	Break
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm	Testing the emergency operations plan
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm	The emergency management program evaluation
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm	Post test, PE and EM

Meals and amenities

Continental breakfast will be provided at the start of each day.
Boxed lunch will be provided each day.
Coffee, water, and soft drinks are available in the Vizient breakrooms.

June 16–18, 2026

Vizient Inc. - 10th Floor Rooftop Learning Center 433 W Van Buren St., Suite 805 Chicago, IL 60607

Registration Fee: $925.00 — includes all sessions, meals and CE credits

Registration closes: June 5, 2026