Press releases

06/04/21

Sg2 Impact of Change Forecast Predicts Enormous Disruption in Health Care Provider Landscape by 2029

“We’re going to see a strong recovery over the next six months in terms of health care utilization, with overall outpatient demand surpassing 2019 volumes. However, not everything will return to pre-pandemic levels,” said Madeleine McDowell, MD, FAAP, principal and medical director for Sg2.

05/17/21

Vizient Adds Environmentally Preferred Language to Contracts to Help Drive the Creation of Safer Health Care Products

Vizient is the first group purchasing organization to implement this language, making it easier for its member hospitals to choose products and services that are safer for human and environmental health.

05/17/21

Vizient Announces New Membership Agreement with SSM Health

Vizient announced that SSM Health has joined the company as a member. The new membership agreement expands the scope of SSM Health’s current work. More

05/05/21

Vizient Recognized by Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals with 4 Hermes Awards

Vizient is a winner in the 2021 Hermes Creative Awards distributed by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. More

04/29/21

Vizient Reviews Same Day Discharge, Use of AI in Cardiac Care and Best Practices for Hip Fracture Care in Latest ‘Medical Device Tech Watch’

Vizient releases the latest Medical Device Tech Watch, highlighting new insights for same-day discharge of cardiac patients. More

04/26/21

Vizient Adds More Than 900 Facilities to its Health Care Performance Improvement Analytics Portfolio

Vizient completes the transition of clients from three of IBM Watson Health’s performance improvement solutions into Vizient’s analytics portfolio.

04/26/21

Vizient Announces New Member Agreement with Antelope Valley Hospital

Vizient announces an agreement with Antelope Valley Hospital to lower health care costs while simultaneously continuing to improve patient outcomes. More

04/23/21

Great Place to Work Names Vizient One of the 2021 Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services, Ranking 24

Great Place to Work® has honored Vizient, Inc. as one of the 2021 Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services™.

04/23/21

Vizient Analysis of Telehealth Data Show Visits Continue to Trend Well Above Prepandemic Levels, Led by Behavioral Health at 68% and Neurology at 40%

The analysis of more than 66 million patient visits, across 96,000 providers and 18,000 locations since January 2020 shows that telehealth has become a common method of care, with certain specialties in higher demand. Telehealth visits for Behavioral Health and Neurology continue to be in high demand by patients at 68% and 40% respectively.

04/12/21

Vizient Announces New Membership Agreement with Intermountain Healthcare

Vizient announces that Intermountain Healthcare has signed a 10-year membership agreement that will enable a new level of collaboration.

As our nation’s newly graduated nurses are collecting their diplomas and celebrating graduations both in person and virtually, health care organizations across the country are preparing to welcome them into practice. Because these new nurses received much of their education and training during the COVID-19 pandemic, they are reporting to their first day of orientation with different preparation and perspectives than their predecessors.