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Q&A with Simrit Sandhu: Tighter margins call for an elevated spend management approach
January 27, 2025

The president of Vizient spend management shares how innovative healthcare leaders are tackling the rapidly changing demands of the healthcare industry using a holistic spend management approach... read more

Supply chain and cost management
Blog post
Headaches, Aspirin and a Welcome Economic Tsunami
October 4, 2022

In the wake of the health care supply chain’s disruption during the pandemic, virtually every industry is re-examining having so little of what they depend upon produced here at home. Domestic produc... read more

Supply chain and cost management
Article
Safeguarding Healthcare through Cybersecurity
July 11, 2022

Healthcare is consistently among the top three industries targeted for a cyberattack, making the need to plan and prepare for these events increasingly critical... read more

Supply chain and cost management
Article
Demanding more assurance strategies? They’re not in short supply.
January 22, 2025

A chaotic supply chain has downstream effects that thwart the critical mission of patient care. But there are numerous tactics and resources that can bolster resiliency... read more

Supply chain and cost management
Article
Environmentally Preferred Purchasing Dashboard is, naturally, a perfect solution for sustainability insights
April 22, 2022

Vizient's EPP dashboard is arobust, one-of-its-kind tool that helps healthcare organizations identify sustainable products andevaluate the amount of their spend that contains products with harmful ch... read more

Supply chain and cost management
Financial sustainability
Workforce management and culture
Blog post
Enabling Successful Working Relationships Between Clinical Value Analysis and Purchasing Operations
October 31, 2023

The value of investing in relationships and combining strengths cannot be overstated when it comes to balance and collaboration in the healthcare supply chain, says Vizient’s Sam Weech... read more

Supply chain and cost management
Blog post
Long-term Supply Assurance Solutions Require Transparency, Collaboration
September 27, 2022

Though providers are short staffed, tired and struggling with the impact of the financial, product and logistical challenges of the past two years, they continue to look ahead at how they can isolate... read more

Supply chain and cost management
Case study
Ballad Health lowers rising drug prices using Vizient tools and contracts
December 11, 2025
Supply chain and cost management
Article
What Have We Agreed To? Cutting the Knot with Artificial Intelligence
June 27, 2024

Artificial intelligence can provide the tool necessary to untangle complex healthcare agreements and contracts. In academic healthcare, this can support efforts to restore a funds flow model to what ... read more

Supply chain and cost management
Article
Looking to ‘Lead the Way’? Collaboration, innovation are paramount.
May 2, 2024

The 2024 Vizient Supplier Forum acknowledged the challenges ahead while also focusing on the silver lining that is peeking through healthcare’s “new normal”: Tough times have inspired a collaborative... read more

Supply chain and cost management
Article
Daily Dispatch, Day 1: Welcome to the 2024 Vizient Connections Summit
September 16, 2024

Welcome to the 2024 Vizient Connections Summit... read more

Supply chain and cost management
Article
Planning for 2024 projected supply chain cost increases, market disruptions
September 7, 2023

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

Supply chain and cost management
Financial sustainability