September 2020

The magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic is testing the health care community in unprecedented ways. The situation — as well as our understanding of the virus — is changing rapidly, creating incredible challenges for frontline workers and health care leaders.

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed enormous strain on hospital bed capacity, staff, personal protective equipment and critical medications, forcing providers to make quick decisions when it comes to allocating resources. To assist providers, Vizient has developed several calculators that provide actionable intelligence around resource consumption and anticipated demand of critical supplies and services.

Vizient TechFlash reports are used by members to help identify and make acquisition decisions on innovative new technologies. Each report provides an overview of the technology and its significance, current practice and alternatives, financial considerations, patient selection criteria, future developments and conclusions/recommendations.

Each year in the U.S., approximately 700 women die as a result of pregnancy-related complications, according to a report recently published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The leading complications, maternal hemorrhage and severe hypertension/preeclampsia, make up 21.4% of all reported pregnancy-related deaths. Fortunately, they can be treated with early detection.