Vizient® brings together quality and performance leaders to collaborate on focused problem solving designed to pinpoint performance improvement initiatives. We offer these health care collaboratives as opportunities to network with like-minded members and collaborate with subject matter experts to work on common issues vital to our nation's health care reform. We offer collaborative projects, webinars and completed web resources that combine expert-led research and insights to help you realize top-tier performance in quality, growth strategy, care delivery excellence and expense management.

Benefits

  • Working with peers to solve important issues
  • Focusing on a variety of domains from efficiency to patient safety
  • Accessing resources to help your organization improve

$ 427.8 M

In annualized improved aggregate value for all projects in 2022

27 K

30-day emergency department revisits avoided from Health Equity Collaborative

1200 +

Participating hospitals

How can our collaboratives help you? 

Outcomes data demonstrate that organizations participating in health care collaboratives have better results and reduce patient harm at a greater rate than nonparticipants. Experiences of participating members include:

  • A reduction in patient harm and readmissions, extending to lives saved
  • Increased revenue by eliminating potential value-based purchasing penalties imposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

From networking with peers and learning from work they’ve already completed to accessing resources from other projects within the program, the Vizient Performance Improvement Collaboratives and Benchmarking Studies program is sure to accelerate improvement at your organization. 

Leveraging Insights to Improve Sepsis Care

After joining a Vizient Performance Improvement Collaborative, Covenant HealthCare improved sepsis care through ongoing education for all.

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Collaboration between members and experts

Comprehensive Pain Management Guide

Chronic pain and pain management continue to be drivers of health care needs for those who suffer in the U.S. With the decrease of opioids to treat pain and increased awareness of other pain management therapies, this report will guide clinicians in their work to implement a comprehensive approach to pain management as regulations evolve.

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1. Gaskin DJ, Richard P. The economic costs of pain in the United States. J Pain. 2012;13(8):715-724.

$635 billion

In the U.S., chronic pain costs as much as $635 billion per year and affects almost one-third of the population.1

Lehigh Valley Health System improves mortality index

Learn how the Vizient Enhanced Mortality Review Collaborative helped Lehigh Valley Health System identify specific areas for clinical quality performance improvement and how Vizient worked with the health system to compare its performance with similar-sized hospitals. Matt McCambridge, chief quality officer and Marlene Ritter, director of quality at Lehigh Valley Health System, discuss their participation in the Vizient Enhanced Mortality Review Collaborative and the resulting performance improvement.
Vizient members have exclusive access to various performance improvement resources.

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