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Helping you provide essential medications for patient care
We are dedicated to developing solutions to resolve drug shortages. From our essential medications list to our Novaplus programs, we offer resources that deliver additional inventory of essential medications and products.
View our drug shortages solutions
What is the impact of drug shortages?
38 %
One or more medication errors directly related to a drug shortage
Source: Vizient’s Drug Shortages and Labor Costs report
$ 359 M
Cost of labor needed to manage drug shortages
per year
Source: Vizient’s Drug Shortages and Labor Costs report
How can you improve your drug supply?
Get consistent access to essential medications so you can provide uninterrupted patient care
Identify essential medications
Drive additional supply into the market
Support commitment and transparency
Better access to life-saving medications
Solutions to mitigate your drug shortages
Our Novaplus program provides consistent supply of competitive priced medication for both inpatient and outpatient facilities.
Through our Novaplus Enhanced Supply program, participants have access to 6 months of additional inventory with no additional commitment or fee. Watch our video to learn more!
Commitment to supply resiliency
The essential medications list helps improve drug supply availability
Vizient pharmacy identified more than 250 essential medications that, if not available, could represent the greatest threat to providing immediate and high-quality patient care.
The essential medication list is divided into the following categories:
- Everyday Essential Medications
- Acute treatment drugs with no alternatives
- Chronic treatment drugs with no alternatives
- High impact drugs
- Pediatric impact
- Antibiotic resistance - Antidotes
- Oncology
Many of these medications are available through the Novaplus® private label program. Access our fact sheet to learn more.
Complete the form to download our latest essential medications list.
End Drug Shortages Alliance
Vizient is a founding member of End Drug Shortages Alliance.
Speak with our team of experts to learn more
Let’s discuss your challenges
Tell us a little more about how we can help you. Here's what we're going to do with the details you share:
- Identify the person or resource best suited to help you with your challenge.
- Contact you to address it directly.