IRVING, 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...
IRVING, 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...
IRVING, 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...
IRVING, 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...
IRVING, 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...
IRVING, 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...
IRVING, 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...
IRVING, 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...
IRVING, 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...
IRVING, 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...