Insights

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announces multi-state initiative to support primary care practices with varying levels of value-based care experience... 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

It is crucial for labs to improve quality, financial performance and processes, and to transition (when necessary) from transactional assets to strategic assets while reducing costs and improving lab... read more

Vizient Executive Principals Michael Leonard and Allan Frankel began their career as anesthesiologists, but tragic circumstances changed their lives in ways they hadn’t anticipated. Now, they help ho... 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

Whether encouraging emissions reduction through contracting or providing unparalleled data about healthcare’s carbon footprint, Vizient is convening the industry to make a lasting difference for huma... 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

Respiratory illness season has always been a challenge for healthcare organizations with additional admitted patients who require isolation, respiratory support, and at times intensive care unit beds... read more

Ashleigh Kervel outlines six ways healthcare leadership can leverage electronic health records (EHRs) to improve clinical practice and business decisions... read more

Vizient Clinical Data Base findings revealed people with intellectual disabilities were at severe risk of contracting and dying from COVID-19. The research led to policy changes — and an ongoing miss... read more