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07/01/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc. announces 26 new, renewed or expanded member agreements with health care organizations in the first quarter of 2019. These new member agreements — which include academic medical centers, community hospitals, integrated health delivery networks and non-acute health care providers — are a demonstration of Vizient’s continued growth and the value of its solutions and services by health care providers. “Health care organizations continue to selectmore...
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06/26/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc. will host a congressional briefing today titled “Rx for Success – Part II” with a panel that includes U.S. Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn) and experts from Allina Health and Lifespan. The briefing — the second in a series highlighting how hospital providers nationwide are managing and mitigating rising prescription drug costs — will be held at 2:30 p.m. in the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, D.C. “Vizient is excited to continue tomore...
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06/26/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Drug shortages are challenging pharmacy teams in hospitals across the United States. A new survey from Vizient, Inc. finds that, on average, hospitals in the U.S. dedicate more than 8.6 million hours of additional labor hours annually to manage drug shortages. The financial impact adds up to just under $360 million annually in labor costs for time spent seeking supply and implementing mitigation strategies that enable continuity of patient care. The survey, “more...
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06/19/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has selected Vizient, Inc. as a Prime awardee of the Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors (NQIIC). This designation will allow NQIICs to bid on task orders over the next five years. As a Prime NQIIC awardee partnering with other Quality Improvement contractors under the new CMS Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract mechanismmore...
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06/18/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc. announced today an expansion of its contract with AT&T for wireless cell phone services to include satellite television programming from DIRECTV for member hospitals. The agreement represents DIRECTV’s first group purchasing organization contract for health care providers. “We’re excited to earn this contract enhancement with AT&T and DIRECTV. Vizient members will be able to offer patientsmore...
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06/17/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient announces that it is collaborating with Civica Rx to help reduce the impact of drug shortages. By providing insights into purchasing patterns and provider needs through its industry-leading analytics and data capabilities, Vizient will help Civica anticipate gaps in drug availability and affordability. “Vizient fully agrees with and embraces Civica’s mission to ensure that essential genericmore...
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06/12/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc. and the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) have launched the Clinical Practice Solutions Center (CPSC), an analytics platform for insights that help drive efficiency for academic and community practice organizations. CPSC is the only solution that provides physician practices with actionable, comparative data and collaborative intelligence to build a patient-focused, data-drivenmore...
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05/31/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc. announced today it has been named a finalist in the D CEO Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Awards program. Winners will be announced August 1. Vizient was nominated in the Innovative Collaboration category for a digital scavenger hunt mobile app created for Spark! Dallas, a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization that provides an immersive learning environment for children in grades two throughmore...
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05/29/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc. announced today it has received a Supplier Leadership Award from the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) for significant leadership in executing and supporting sustainable purchasing initiatives. The recognition was announced May 22. SPLC presented its 2018 Supplier Leadership Award to Vizient for helping standardize environmentally preferable purchasing across themore...
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05/16/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc. will present at the Healthcare Transformation Summit being held May 16-17 in Austin, Texas. Byron Jobe, Vizient president and chief executive officer, will speak today on the panel “Disruption, Innovation, Transformation and New Avenues of Collaboration: The Supplier Perspective” at the Sheraton Austin Hotel. The event is produced by Modern Healthcare magazine. “Innovation occurs atmore...
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