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Clinical operations and quality
Workforce management and culture
Engaging physicians in your value-based care journey

Physician leadership, involvement and support in the value-based care (VBC) journey is crucial. Learn how organizations create a positive culture and enhance physician engagement for optimal success... read more

Supply chain and cost management
Clinical operations and quality
Standardization of advanced energy devices leads to cost savings, better patient outcomes

While advanced energy is a popular category with versatile solutions that make surgery more efficient and precise, there are challenges, especially around surgeons’ fear of change. Luckily, there are... read more

Strategy, partnerships and innovation
Customer experience isn’t just an expense. It’s a competitive advantage

In today's competitive healthcare landscape, exceptional customer experience is not a nice-to-have, but a crucial differentiator. In his latest blog, Vizient President and CEO Byron Jobe outlines fou... read more

Clinical operations and quality
Workforce management and culture
Five key strategies to mitigate high-consequence infectious diseases in hospitals

Learn about important action steps hospitals can take to prevent, manage and contain outbreaks of high-consequence infectious diseases such as Ebola, SARS and COVID-19, especially as The Joint Commis... read more

Supply chain and cost management
The only way to curb climate change is together
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Cristina Indiveri, MS

Taking part in collaborations is vital not just for the health of our industry but to ensure positive outcomes for people, places and the planet. If your organization is on the fence about committing... read more

Supply chain and cost management
Are we enemies or allies? The symbiotic relationship between purchasing and accounts payable to drive success

Collaboration between purchasing and accounts payable plays a pivotal role in shaping the financial health and overall efficiency of a healthcare organization. Here, Vizient’s Patrick Marier explores... read more

Data, analytics and AI
Positioning short-term assets in the current rate environment

Because it’s been so long since we’ve experienced a rate environment that provides for noticeable earnings, the art of generating excess earnings from cash assets may have gone dormant in the minds o... read more

Strategy, partnerships and innovation
Strategies for Future Health System Success

A question often asked by health system leaders is what will be required for future success. Responses from some of Kaufman Hall’s smartest consultants are featured in this new blog from Ken Kaufman.... read more

Clinical operations and quality
Emerging infectious diseases: An emergency or an operational pivot?

Every year, we witness new or different emergencies, each presenting unique challenges to healthcare facilities — but how can we tell which is an emerging infectious disease and which is an operation... read more

Clinical operations and quality
Workforce management and culture
Increasing competition in the ambulatory arena offers new partnership opportunities

The transition to value-based care continues. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), for example, has set a goal of having 100% of traditional Medicare beneficiaries in accountable care ... read more