Insights

Strategies such as using clean, renewable energy, increasing reprocessing and recycling in the OR, and pursuing environmentally preferred purchasing can drive near-term savings across healthcare orga... read more

Recently published by Vizient Price and Supply Assurance, the Budget Impact Projections Report forecasts a 2.9% estimated supply chain rate increase for 2024, and sheds light on a few of those market... read more

As healthcare providers prepare for FY 2024, Vizient’s Emily Jones and Jenna Stern outline what hospitals need to know about the FY 2024 IPPS final rule changes. read more

The key to effectively using supply spend, contract and clinical data is to correctly identify the need and expected result, as well as knowing the available data sources and tools to ensure the desi... read more

By taking actions that are within your control, you can help your hospital with supply costs, waste reduction, and bolstering human and environmental health. read more

It is crucial for labs to improve quality, financial performance and processes, and to transition (when necessary) from transactional assets to strategic assets while reducing costs and improving lab... read more

It is critical that health systems drive new efficiencies to increase revenue and cost savings and that’s especially true for the OR, which represents both the largest revenue driver for health syste... read more

It can be tricky for clinicians and supply chain leaders to determine whether (and in what cases) to select reusable or single-use endoscopes – but looking at the clinical, environmental, financial a... read more

As health systems grapple with indirect spend, there are quick wins that can boost their bottom line — and their consumer outreach, says Vizient’s Pooja Solanki. read more

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. read more