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Before you can establish the organizational thought platform that best guides your hospital forward, you will need a leadership team that is committed to creating a “listening and learning” healthcar... read more

A year ago, Hurricane Ian battered the Florida coast but bolstered Vizient’s approach to supply assurance. In the 12 months since, the evolved strategy has withstood some tough tests to help provider... read more

Jon Barlow, vice president, patient activation and consumer innovation at Sg2, a Vizient company, discusses how implementing a digital strategy that engages patients as consumers is the way forward f... read more

Counterparty risk management must be continually reinforced by implementing and following best practices. This process can help form a stronger and more diverse network of banking partners that will ... read more

To celebrate National Advanced Practice Providers Week (APPs), Vizient AVP of Clinical Team Insights Christen Hunt outlines the steps necessary to build a successful APP workforce strategy. read more

Balance sheet strength has buffered consumers and businesses from some of the restrictive shock of higher rates. With a relatively brittle revenue model in healthcare, the focus becomes whether, when... read more

In the pre-pandemic era, payer-provider partnerships were often focused on creating value by managing costs of care and delivering high-quality care. In today’s more challenging macro-economic enviro... read more

The number of not-for-profit hospital rating downgrades has escalated in 2023, suggesting that benefit of the doubt is running out. Hospitals will need to go the extra mile when preparing material fo... read more

Houston Methodist Baytown CEO shares his organization’s journey in their targeted improvements — using Vizient’s Quality and Accountable Study as a North Star — to rise from No. 104 to No. 2 in the r... read more

Vizient Executive Principal Allan Frankel discusses high reliability—what it is and how Vizient can help healthcare providers on their journey—in a recent interview with Healthcare Innovation at the ... read more

Medicare Advantage has been a tremendous growth story in recent years. Today, however, new risks are emerging from both providers and regulators that could stall and perhaps even reverse the growth s... read more

When transparency and collaboration among healthcare system teams work cohesively, providers can solve problems of high reliability and culture within a matter of months. Or so The Queen’s Health Sys... read more