Insights

This year’s Vizient Health Care Executive Forum included equal parts uncertainty and optimism. But every strategy presented was supported by the unshakeable mission to ensure the best care for every ... read more

With such significant growth in ambulatory surgery center volume and complexity, many in healthcare are asking: How will we manage profitability within the nonacute space? Allen Passerallo, Vizient V... read more

To achieve financial sustainability and drive profitable growth in healthcare, leaders must focus on non-labor expenses... read more

To effect change, you must provide respectful, equitable care, promote physical and emotional well-being, and develop partnerships to provide high quality maternal and infant care to build healthier ... read more

Like any successful coach, Patty Hughes, chief nursing officer-ambulatory at UK HealthCare, has a clear vision on how to lead a team — and win... read more

Vizient Executive Principal Allan Frankel discusses high reliability—what it is and how Vizient can help healthcare providers on their journey—in a recent interview with Healthcare Innovation at the ... read more

Healthcare organizations continue to be tested in their ability to provide safe, efficient care, and managing these multifaceted issues demands a fresh perspective and innovative solutions. That’s wh... read more

In educating and supporting patients diagnosed with diabetes or at high risk for stroke, community health workers (CHWs) played a key role, says Vizient’s Margaret Rudisill... read more

The Vizient/American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Nurse Residency Program™ (NRP) — a first-of-its-kind initiative launched in 2002... read more

As the demand for emergency care and hospital beds — along with an aging population with more complex comorbidities — continues to increase, healthcare systems face what seem like insurmountable chal... read more

With the COVID crisis entering its third year and continuing to demand the immediate attention of hospitals, executives should look closely at Amazon’s example of investing across their businesses to... read more

For more than a decade, hospitals, payers, and other healthcare stakeholders have experimented with moving healthcare payment from fee-for-service, volume-based contracts to arrangements that reward ... read more