Insights

Taking part in collaborations is vital not just for the health of our industry but to ensure positive outcomes for people, places and the planet. If your organization is on the fence about committing... read more

Learn about important action steps hospitals can take to prevent, manage and contain outbreaks of high-consequence infectious diseases such as Ebola, SARS and COVID-19, especially as The Joint Commis... read more

In today's competitive healthcare landscape, exceptional customer experience is not a nice-to-have, but a crucial differentiator. In his latest blog, Vizient President and CEO Byron Jobe outlines fou... read more

While advanced energy is a popular category with versatile solutions that make surgery more efficient and precise, there are challenges, especially around surgeons’ fear of change. Luckily, there are... read more

Physician leadership, involvement and support in the value-based care (VBC) journey is crucial. Learn how organizations create a positive culture and enhance physician engagement for optimal success... read more

Health systems are faced with two conflicting realities. The first is that partnerships will continue to be a necessary and critical part of healthcare strategy. The second is that antitrust enforcem... read more

For Medicaid plans that enjoyed a surge in business during the pandemic, this rapid decline in the market may be disheartening, and the large rapid shifts in the Medicaid risk pools will be challengi... read more

Telemetry, an important tool for continuous monitoring of cardiac and critically ill patients, is often overused as a “second set of eyes” for less serious patients with increased false alarms... read more

Rating meetings should include a meaningful discussion of notable achievements along with a frank, no-spin discussion of the risks the organization is facing. This balance will build credibility with... read more

While staff working in inpatient psychiatric units are at an increased risk for physical assaults from patients, healthcare organizations can create a healing environment by providing resources and c... read more

Steward Health Care’s recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing is one of the largest health system bankruptcies in recent memory. Although Steward is a for-profit system, there are important lessons that ... read more

Walmart’s failure as a healthcare provider points to some big problems in U.S. healthcare, including a difficult business model, an unfriendly reimbursement model, and a basic healthcare expense-to-r... read more