- Pharmacy
Defining the ‘Special’ in Specialty Pharmacy
Given the incredible amounts of time and money invested in the specialty pharmacy market, it is important for key stakeholders to understand what medications are classified as specialty.
- Supply Chain
The Five Major Benefits of Domestic Sourcing
Discussions around domestic manufacturing of medical supplies have picked up steam in recent years as the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the risks and challenges of the global supply chain.
- Supply Chain
Purchased Services Represents Ideal Opportunity to Control Costs, Improve Efficiencies
Is your organization sourcing products and services independently or relying on years-old noncompetitive relationships? It might be high time to take a deeper look at your non-labor spend.
- Clinical
- Supply Chain
Registered Dietitians Boost Patient Outcomes — and Providers’ Financial Health
An ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of treatment — and that’s exactly why RDs play an important role in the continuum of care.
- Operations & Quality
Improving Your Hospital Profile with National Quality Scorecards
A perspective on why hospital public and private quality ratings are important and steps to improve both public perception and patient outcomes.
- Supply Chain
Considerations and Best Practices for Building a Successful Hospital Item Master
The hospital item master is the source of truth for supply chain and finance to assist in managing inventory — meaning it is crucial to understand some of the problems that can occur and how to combat them.
- Supply Chain
- Clinical
Addressing the Pediatric Mental Health Crisis with Integrated Behavioral Health
There is work underway that will begin to mitigate inpatient demand for pediatric behavioral health services later in the decade and drive steady outpatient growth across multiple sites. This includes the continued integration of behavioral health services...
- Clinical
Prepare Now for the Next Respiratory Season
Respiratory illness season has always been a challenge for healthcare organizations with additional admitted patients who require isolation, respiratory support, and at times intensive care unit beds.
- Clinical
Gravity, Sand and a Financial Reckoning
Did you ever wonder why nautical speed is measured in knots rather than miles or kilometers per hour?
- Supply Chain
The Big Picture: How Artwork Positively Impacts the Healthcare Environment
Through meticulous selection, art consultants develop collections that can heal, encourage, uplift, calm and inspire. A positive patient, family, staff and visitor experience helps to reduce stress on healthcare leadership and promotes meaningful and impro...
- Clinical
Will 2023 Be the Year That You Fully Embrace Value-Based Care?
Learn why value-based care is a vital part of addressing challenges in the healthcare marketplace and what your organization needs to succeed in 2023.
- Data & Analytics
Optimizing Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to Improve Clinician Efficiency, Business Decision-making
Ashleigh Kervel outlines six ways healthcare leadership can leverage electronic health records (EHRs) to improve clinical practice and business decisions.
- Supply Chain
Top Trends, Technology and Themes from the Radiology Society of North America’s Radiology Conference & Annual Meeting
For more than 100 years, diagnostic imaging professionals from around the globe have reserved the week following Thanksgiving to attend the world's largest medical imaging convention in Chicago hosted by the Radiologic Society of North America.
- Operations & Quality
Three Years In – and the End of the PHE Declaration is in Sight
After three years of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency determination, Emily Jones outlines what healthcare providers need to know about deadlines, flexibilities, and the path ahead.
- Pharmacy
Biosimilars are The Same, Yet Different, and That May Impact Utilization
Come Jan. 31, Humira (adalimumab) will lose its exclusivity, opening the door for the eight approved adalimumab biosimilars to come to market by the end of 2023, which makes now a great time to discuss the differences between these biosimilar products.
- Operations & Quality
Why Start Now? Care at Home Provides Value Beyond Cost Savings
As healthcare organizations consider care at home options, Brianna Motley explains the value of starting with less complex types of care.
- Pharmacy
What’s all the Excitement over Home Infusion and Alternate Site of Care?
The administration of infused drugs in the outpatient setting has traditionally been provided to patients in hospital-based and provider-based outpatient centers.
- Supply Chain
Best Practices for Implementing a Sustainable Decision-Making Process in Value Analysis and Contracting
You’ve made the effort to align your strategic sourcing and value analysis teams — but are you able to ensure continued success through the sustainability of these changes? Essential components of a sustainable program are strong value analysis and contrac...
- Clinical
College Basketball and National Health System Design
In his latest blog posting entitled "College Basketball and National Health System Design” Vizient Research Institute executive director Tom Robertson describes an engaging exercise shared with audiences nationwide during 2022.
- Supply Chain
Three Factors for Developing a Comprehensive Medical Equipment Strategy
Effective management and preventative maintenance of diagnostic imaging and biomedical equipment can improve patient access to accurate diagnoses and effective treatment while increasing reliability and performance of medical assets within and across healt...
- Supply Chain
Third-party Logistics (3PL) Programs Can Drive Supply Assurance, Redundancy for Healthcare Providers
3PL vendors can leverage their expertise to create flexibility and offer enhanced sourcing strategies for providers. Whether a provider is supplementing their shared inventory strategy by stockpiling key products (like PPE) or seeking to engage in a turnke...
- Operations & Quality
Health Heavy Omnibus Bill Closes Out 117th Congress While the 118th Congress Faces Uncertain Future and Possible Gridlock
Steve Rixen outlines the biggest impact on healthcare providers of the recent passing of the $1.7 trillion omnibus.
- Supply Chain
Beware – You Are Not Down Yet: Margin Pressures Will Remain Challenging in 2023
A look at the financial forces at work — and a few core strategies for health systems and life science and industry partners that may mitigate the negative economic environment’s impact.
- Clinical
Tips for Keeping Kidneys Healthy During the Holidays
Michael McCann and Walter Valliere outline the risk factors of chronic kidney disease and how people can make healthy lifestyle choices during the holidays and year-round to improve renal health.