Vizient's podcast channels are dedicated to critical issues you face: health care strategy, performance improvement and of course, patient care. Whether your work is focused on the here and now at the patient's bedside or looking toward the future and your organization's long-term health, our podcasts feature subject matter experts from the Vizient/Sg2 teams and your colleagues across the membership. Subscribe to our channels on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher and new episodes will come right to your phone, tablet or computer every week.
Care to Lead
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Ena Williams, Chief Nursing Officer Yale New Haven Hospital
Ena Williams, senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Yale New Haven Hospital has a candid conversation with Dr. Nicole Gruebling, associate vice president of Member Connections at Vizient....
Crosswinds Podcast
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Marc L. Boom, President and CEO Houston Methodist (Part 1)
Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute sits down with Marc Boom, MD, President and CEO of Houston Methodist, to discuss Dr. Boom’s unique perspectives developed through his experiences managing the health care needs of a major population center during devastating hurricane...
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Mark Keroack, President and CEO Baystate Health (Part 2)
Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute and Mark Keroack, MD, CEO of Baystate Health, pick up on a theme introduced in episode one and consider the frequency with which traditional financing is misaligned with the best interests of the patient. They then discuss the interpe...
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Mark Keroack, President and CEO Baystate Health (Part 1)
Tom Robertson, Executive Director of the Vizient Research Institute sits down with Mark Keroack, MD, CEO of Baystate Health in Springfield, Massachusetts to discuss a number of possible long-term changes arising from the COVID pandemic including workforce issues and patient preferences for virtual car...
Knowledge on the Go Podcast
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Effectively managing sepsis is a challenge in every health care organization, and it has required an extensive and involving program at the medical center for Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles. Keeping clinicians, particularly physicians, engaged is crucial to improving clinical outcomes in sepsis p...
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Social determinants of health is a problem that affects all American communities. Every hospital needs to assess their community’s social needs, some do it better than others. This podcast highlights one organization with a unique approach on how to identify individuals with social needs and address t...
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Managing patient capacity in a health care facility is a complex, crucial undertaking that involves teamwork across the care continuum. On this episode, leaders from Keck Medicine of USC discuss their areas of focus to get their capacity management program off the ground, how they pulled together the ...
Modern Practice Podcast
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Hospital mortality reduction – Part 1
“The longer you stay in the hospital, the higher chance that you have of dying in that hospital.” So says our guest in this crucial series on reducing hospital mortality. Mortality, always a leading quality indicator, is under increasing public scrutiny, with mounting pressure on health care organizat...
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Confronting the current blood supply shortage – Part 3
In this final episode of our series on the blood supply, our discussion goes beyond managing red blood cells to the management of every blood component. We examine hospital practices for conserving blood and using alternatives to transfusion.
Guest speaker:
Akiva Faerbe...
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Confronting the current blood supply shortage – Part 2
Because of the critical shortage of the blood supply across the nation, health care organizations are having to work with less. On this episode, part two of a three-part series, we discuss reducing the number of transfusions and other strategies that will help you manage a more limited blood supply.
Sg2 Perspectives Podcast
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My Back Hurts and I Could Really Use a Comprehensive Spine Program
This week begins a series of Sg2 Perspectives episodes that dive into the details of health system service lines, and in this episode, we focus on the landscape for spine care with neurosciences and spine experts Sg2 Senior Consulting Director Katherine Zentner and Vizient Consulting Director Patrick ...
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When CMS finalized the hospital price transparency rule in 2019, Turquoise Health saw the potential for price transparency to really shift the health care industry. This week on Sg2 Perspectives, CEO of Turquoise Health Chris Severn joins Sg2’s Brian Esser and Kelly Richard to talk about health system...
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Direct-to-Employer Strategies: Helping Employers Achieve Better Value
As the cost of insuring employee populations steadily rises on an annual basis, employers are looking to new business models to bend the cost curve. On this week’s episode, we talk with Vizient’s Jim Reilly, Senior Principal and Jeff Hayes, Executive Director of Direct-to-Employer solutions at Vizient...
VentureSprout Podcast
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b.well Connected Health – Part 2
This episode continues the discussion around the benefits of b.well Connected Health, a digital solution that minimizes the fragmentation patients usually experience when accessing health care. It gives them the ability to create and customize their access and allows them to pull in their data from ac...
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b.well Connected Health – Part 1
When Kristen Valdes learned her daughter had a significant autoimmune condition, it started a long, arduous journey through the health care system to find diagnosis and treatment. This experience formed the basis for b.well Connected Health, a health care solution that allows individual patients to ta...
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“All of the plans that I’ve seen … have always tried to restructure health care based on moving the money. … The real focus needs to be on the movement of care and the change of care.” These are the words of today’s guest, who continues his discussion about Medically Home, where the emphasis is the re...
VerifiedRx Podcast
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Enhanced Recovery After Colorectal Surgery
Historically there have been countless paths to recovery following colorectal surgery. However, having a well-rounded, evidence-based enhanced recovery program is critical to patient success. Two Vizient experts, Mark Ninno and Karen Smethers discuss the details and the power of these programs.
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The Unknowns of Anti-factor Xa Reversal: The Experts Weigh In
The ability to chronically anticoagulate a patient has prevented significant morbidity and mortality from thromboembolic events. Over time, our anticoagulation choices for oral use have evolved, but the need for reversal agents still persist. Two Vizient pharmaceutical experts weigh in on the clinical...
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Vizient Pharmacy Market Outlook Summer 2021
Vizient publishes the Pharmacy Market Outlook twice a year to project drug prices and key market trends for the next 18-months. Pharmacists use this information to budget and project their supply needs. Carina Dolan, Senior Director for Clinical Oncology and Pharmaceutical Outcomes at Vizient shares...