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Financial sustainability
Workforce management and culture
Back to “Rule”: Key Inpatient Prospective Payment System Policies Affecting Hospitals

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

Workforce management and culture
Clinical operations and quality
Looking Ahead at Workforce Needs to Care for the Patient of the Future

Caring for the patient of the future requires building a workforce with the right mix of skills, roles and functions to tackle the growing list of drivers upending healthcare. These include an increa... read more

Workforce management and culture
Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: “Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast” But Probably Not Right Now

Hospital leadership faces an undeniably hard challenge: regaining financial stability, finding a relevant post-Covid competitive vision, and energizing teams with a renewed sense of purpose. But figh... read more

Clinical operations and quality
Workforce management and culture
Building a Successful Strategy to Embrace Advanced Practice Providers

To celebrate National Advanced Practice Providers Week (APPs), Vizient AVP of Clinical Team Insights Christen Hunt outlines the steps necessary to build a successful APP workforce strategy... read more

Workforce management and culture
Promoting Chief Nurse Executives’ Self-care Improves Overall Staff Wellbeing

Healthcare organizations can create larger workforce impacts by ensuring wellness starts at the top with proactive management of psychological hazards and job remodeling to encourage chief nurse exec... read more

Clinical operations and quality
Workforce management and culture
Courageous Conversations: Fostering Meaningful Dialogue About Quality End-of-Life Care

Vizient’s Nicole Spatafora, assistant vice president, performance improvement programs, offers key takeaways for healthcare organizations when conversing with patients about palliative care... read more

Clinical operations and quality
Workforce management and culture
Letting Go of Past Prized Practices: Making Meaningful Change in Healthcare

To address the struggles in healthcare, healthcare organizations must be willing to shift their mindset, challenge the status quo of old practices and embrace meaningful change... read more

Workforce management and culture
Three Things Board Members Should Know When Attending Rating Agency Meetings

How can board members play a helpful role in rating agency meetings if they are invited to attend? Here are three ways in which board members can add value to the rating presentation... read more

Clinical operations and quality
Workforce management and culture
Investing in Advanced Practice Provider Transition to Practice Programs

As nurse practitioners and physician assistants play an increasingly crucial role in bridging healthcare gaps, the need for organizations to implement transition to practice programs is paramount... read more

Workforce management and culture
Clinical operations and quality
Reviving the Nursing Workforce By Applying Starling’s Law

Learn how healthcare leaders can work together to optimize systems to ensure nursing’s trusted place in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care — without missing a beat... read more