Recognizing top performers
Member healthcare organizations are recognized for their performance using data from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. Each participating member receives their scorecard in September.
Clinical awards for Quality and Accountability Rankings

The Birnbaum Quality Leadership Performance award measures the quality of patient care in six domains: mortality, efficiency, effectiveness, patient centeredness, safety and equity.
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The Rising Star award recognizes comprehensive academic medical centers that made significant improvement from the prior year and scored in the top 25 in the annual Vizient Quality and Accountability Study.
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The Ambulatory Quality and Accountability award measures the quality of outpatient care in five domains: access to care, continuum of care, quality, efficiency, and equity.

The Supplier Diversity Excellence award recognizes members for how they champion inclusion in their supply chain and accelerate economic growth in their local community for women-, veteran-, LGBT- and disability-owned business enterprises.

The Environmentally Preferred Sourcing Excellence award ranks members in each cohort on contributions to human and environmental health through responsible purchasing decisions. Ranking is based on the purchase of products containing at least one environmentally preferred attribute as a percentage of their Vizient spend.