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By addressing hospital utilization and quality, implementing innovative models of care and forging partnerships, health systems can help reduce economic disparities and improve patient access to beha... 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

There is often a disconnect that exists between sustainability and health equity. Pinpointing the immense overlap between environmental impacts and social drivers of health is no easy feat, but data ... read more

To ensure healthcare organizations remain competitive and financially viable, they must begin thinking differently about their growth strategy by focusing on human-centered metrics to fully understan... read more

The key to effectively using supply spend, contract and clinical data is to correctly identify the need and expected result, as well as knowing the available data sources and tools to ensure the desi... read more

Amid growing mergers and acquisitions, healthcare systems can build stronger relationships with new specialists by using key strategies to become a more unified organization, keep referrals in networ... read more

With the increasing shift of treatment from inpatient to outpatient settings, come questions about which medications can safely be used at alternate sites of care facilities. The new Vizient Pharmacy... read more

Calculating the increasingly complex equation of ensuring everyone can attain their highest level of health requires an index with robust data integration that allows health inequities to be examined... read more

When looking for the best customer loyalty strategy for healthcare organizations, using physician outreach teams and network optimization tools can bring the most success in improving patient leakage... read more

In conversations with hospitals and health system leadership across the U.S., most management teams express the same goal: get back to breakeven. For many, the road to breakeven will be bumpy with ga... read more