Simrit Sandhu is president of Spend Management at Vizient, the nation's largest provider-driven healthcare performance improvement company. In her role, Sandhu leads Vizient’s efforts to empower the nation’s hospitals and health systems in achieving the maximum value for every dollar of spend. Through its Spend Management, Consulting, and Data and Digital business units, Vizient enables providers to innovate and accelerate the delivery of high-quality care by aligning cost, quality and market performance.
Under Sandhu’s direction, the Spend Management business provides advanced category-based solutions that integrate technology, data, advisory services and extensive category expertise to solve providers’ most complex challenges. These efforts positively impact nearly half of the $296 billion that U.S. hospitals spend collectively on pharmaceuticals and supplies annually. In 2023 alone, Vizient delivered $7.3 billion in value to acute care hospitals, academic medical centers and ambulatory care providers and successfully mitigated over $218 million in cost increases amid the toughest inflationary market in recent years. Committed to Supply Assurance, the business leverages innovative technology, promotes transparency, ensures data interoperability and fosters collaboration across all stakeholders to build a reliable, cost-effective and environmentally sustainable supply chain.
Additionally, Sandhu’s focus on future challenges includes leveraging Vizient's ambulatory market solutions through Provista to assist providers in meeting growing outpatient demand.
A catalyst for positive change, Sandhu plays a prominent role in promoting diversity, equity, inclusivity and environmental sustainability in healthcare.
Prior to joining Vizient, Sandhu served as chief supply chain and support services officer at The Cleveland Clinic and held other various leadership positions in the healthcare industry. Sandhu holds a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and dual master's degrees in business administration and information systems from Boston University.