IRVING, Texas, June 6, 2024 – Vizient, Inc. today announced a new agreement with Kettering Health to maximize cost savings and supply chain efficiencies through Vizient spend management services. The agreement for the Ohio-based healthcare provider was effective Feb. 1.
"Providers rely on Vizient to help them navigate the supply chain and find every opportunity to increase value," said Rand Ballard, Vizient chief customer officer. "We welcome Kettering Health and look forward to helping them meet their operational and financial goals."
The agreement includes access to Vizient's industry-leading contract portfolio of medical devices, supplies and pharmaceuticals. It also includes Supply Analytics, a repository of supply data for healthcare price benchmarking and customized analytics.
In addition, Kettering Health will participate in Vizient Commit, a program for aggregated purchasing in select medical-surgical categories, pharmaceuticals and physician preference items to accelerate cost savings.
"From our clinical practitioners to our supply chain staff, Kettering Health is committed to providing the best patient care while managing costs as efficiently as possible," said Kettering Health Acute Care President Daniel Wolcott. "By working with Vizient, we hope to enhance those efficiencies and gain even further value to support our community and our patients."
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About Vizient, Inc.
Vizient, Inc., the nation's largest provider-driven healthcare performance improvement company, serves more than 65% of the nation's acute care providers, which includes 97% of the nation's academic medical centers, and more than 35% of the non-acute care market. Vizient provides expertise, analytics and advisory services, as well as a contract portfolio that represents $140 billion in annual purchasing volume. Solutions and services from Vizient improve the delivery of high-value care by aligning cost, quality and market performance. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Vizient has offices throughout the United States. Learn more at www.vizientinc.com.