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Financial sustainability
Profitable growth
AI, Breast Cancer, and a New Mindset for Healthcare

Artificial intelligence is a new idea that even data experts don’t fully understand. It requires a new view of the role of healthcare in improving health and preventing disease... read more

Financial sustainability
COVID Stabilization and Lines of Credit

As the COVID crisis moderates, the question for most organizations is whether to maintain lines of credit. The answer requires clarity on the purpose of these facilities today... read more

Financial sustainability
Profitable growth
Why Stories Matter
Quality & clinical operations
Financial sustainability
Profitable growth
Amazon Doubles Down

With the COVID crisis entering its third year and continuing to demand the immediate attention of hospitals, executives should look closely at Amazon’s example of investing across their businesses to... read more

Supply chain
How a Community Purchasing Strategy for Hospital Services and Supplies Can Improve Community Health and Strengthen Communities in the New Year

Amid all the uncertainties facing the health care industry today, one thing is clear. We need to continue to improve the health of our communities and do so in a way that supports, honors and leverag... read more

Financial sustainability
To 2022 and Beyond
Data & analytics
Miles to Go Before I Sleep: Robert Frost and the Common Good

The percentage of Americans aged 65 or older will surpass 80 million by 2040 and will hit 94.7 million by 2060, brining brings with it an enormous burden of chronic illness, shouldered by a group of ... read more

Supply chain
Financial sustainability
How Surgical Tray Standardization Saved One Hospital $50,000 and What You Should Know

As hospitals and health systems continue to work to manage costs while maintaining quality, surgical tray standardization remains an untapped resource for many organizations. As surgeons request inst... read more

Quality & clinical operations
Workforce & culture
The Future of Health Care is Connection

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of welcoming our members, suppliersand staff to the Vizient Connections Summit, our first in-person event since the start of the pandemic. The conference centered... read more

Workforce & culture
Ensuring a Bright Future: 3 Ways Hospital Leaders Can Create a Culture to Support Evidence-Based Practice

Evidence-based practiceensures that we are using the best approaches to care that improve patient outcomes and lower health care costs. With the proper support from health care leaders to create a cu... read more