Relias Press Room Relias Learning and the Visiting Nurse Associations of America Announce Strategic Partnership Published: December 12, 2016 CARY, NC, December 12, 2016 – Relias Learning, the leader in online training solutions for the healthcare market, and the Visiting Nurse Associations of America (VNAA), today announced a new strategic partnership that will provide VNAA members with access to Relias Learning’s wide range of education and training solutions for the home health, hospice and palliative care community. “VNAA is excited to offer our members access to Relias Learning’s best-in-class educational programming,” announced Tracey Moorhead, President and CEO of the VNAA. “This important partnership between VNAA and Relias Learning will support home health and hospice providers’ needs through easily accessed, high quality, on-line learning focused on compliance, organizational challenges and clinical care management. Together, our organizations will help improve care delivered in the home through expanded staff training opportunities.” Established in 1983, the Visiting Nurse Associations of America (VNAA) is a nonprofit organization that exists to directly support, promote and advocate for mission-driven providers of home health, hospice and palliative care. The VNAA provides an extensive array of educational programming and resources to support home-based care providers as they continue to improve quality performance and increase accessibility to care in their community. The organization boasts a membership base of more than 150 agencies in 600 branches. The new partnership was created to offer a wide range of education and training solutions for the home health, hospice and palliative care community. As a result, VNAA members will be eligible for exclusive discounts on Relias products, including the Relias’ industry-leading learning management system as well as hundreds of individual courses in the areas of home health, hospice, palliative care, management & leadership, and more through the VNAA academy website. “Relias and VNAA share a common mission and vision, forming a natural foundation for this partnership,” said Greg Ives, Director of Partnerships for Relias Learning. We look forward to working with VNAA to support their efforts towards advancing quality, value and innovation in home-based care.” About VNAA The Visiting Nurse Associations of America (VNAA) is the innovative national organization advancing quality and value in home-based care. Our vision is to transform home-based care for providers and populations in the community. Our services include advocacy, education and collaboration. We also provide members with products, resources and the support they need to accomplish their organization’s goals. VNAA’s members provide cost-effective and compassionate home health and hospice care to the nation’s most vulnerable individuals, particularly the elderly and individuals with disabilities. In today’s health care environment, VNAA’s members are an essential component of health care delivery systems in communities across the country. To learn more about VNAA, visit www.vnaa.org. About Relias For more than 11,000 healthcare organizations and 4.5 million caregivers, Relias continues to help clients deliver better clinical and financial outcomes by reducing variation in care. Our platform employs performance metrics and assessments to reveal specific gaps in skills and addresses them with targeted, personalized and engaging learning. We help healthcare organizations, their people, and those under their care, get better. Better at identifying problems, addressing them with better knowledge and skills, and better outcomes for all. Let us help you get better: Relias.com. For more information: Abby Mayo Public Relations Manager [email protected] 617-272-0592 Share:
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