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10/17/18IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc. has released findings from a new survey of over 90 member hospital and health system leaders across the country about how they are coping with the opioid crisis. Specifically, the survey looks at what changes hospitals are implementing, what is working and the challenges to manage resources effectively in the face of the opioid crisis. The survey’s findings demonstrate a clear effort bymore...
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10/10/18IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the United States there are currently about 20 million veterans, many still struggling with the wounds of war long after they’ve returned to civilian life. To help address this challenge, Vizient has published, “Trends in Demographic Data Collection and Use in Healthcare: A Field Guide for Improving Care for Veterans.” The field guide focuses on the collection and use of veteran status while highlighting Lehighmore...
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10/10/18IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc. today announced that it is ranked fifth among 25 firms in the annual Modern Healthcare survey of the largest health care management consulting firms. “Vizient is proud to be ranked by Modern Healthcare as one of the largest health care management consulting firms in the country. We believe our inclusion in this list reflects the confidence our members have in our ability to assist them inmore...
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10/09/18IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient today announced that it has launched its next generation eCommerce Exchange platform which is integrated with more than 500 of the largest suppliers in healthcare. Through the new intuitive platform, providers will be able to lower their operating costs and streamline operations with suppliers by automating many common supply-chain transactions such as the purchase order, purchase order acknowledgement,more...
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10/05/18IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of the closing session of the 2018 Vizient Connections Summit, held Oct. 2-4 in Las Vegas, the company announced U.S. Army Specialist Dane Balcon as the American Fallen Soldiers Project recipient for this year. Vizient, the largest member-driven health care performance improvement company, presents this award annually to a member of the military in honor of their bravery and sacrifice which helps ensure safetymore...
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10/05/18IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc. today announced Moving Analytics as the winner of its 2018 Innovation Challenge, an interactive competition between four early-stage growth health care companies. The competition was held on Wednesday, Oct. 3, during the opening session of the Vizient Clinical Connections Summit in Las Vegas. The Innovation Challenge is an interactive pitch competition that offers a unique opportunity formore...
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10/05/18IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc. today announced the winners of their Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award, the Ambulatory Care Quality and Accountability Award, the Rising Star Award, and the Clinical Innovation Award for 2018. The awards, which recognized the outstanding performance of member health systems, were presented during the 2018 Vizient Connections Summit held Oct, 2-4 in Las Vegas. “This year’smore...
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09/27/18IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc. today announces it will host the 2018 Vizient Connections Summit, focused on clinically effective and operationally efficient strategies to improve patient outcomes and transform health care operations, Oct. 2-4 in Las Vegas. The annual fall conference will offer members, industry experts and suppliers a blended networking and educational programming agenda with strategies that will help cliniciansmore...
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09/26/18IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--During its annual fall Connections Summit, being held Oct. 2-4 in Las Vegas, Vizient, Inc. is partnering with the Huggies No Baby Unhugged initiative to donate 10,000 diapers to the Las Vegas Diaper Bank. According to the 2017 study commissioned by Huggies, 36% of U.S. families struggle to provide fresh, clean diapers for their babies. As part of this year’s member volunteer activities at the Vizientmore...
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09/26/18IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vizient today announced the participants for the sixth annual Innovation Challenge, an event designed to highlight the best new ideas in healthcare today. The Innovation Challenge will be held on Oct. 3 at 3:45 p.m. as part of the opening general session for the 2018 Vizient Connections Summit to be held at The Wynn in Las Vegas. The Innovation Challenge is an interactive pitch competition that offers amore...
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