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Vizient Announces Renewed Membership Agreement with OhioHealth

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Thursday, July 9, 2020

Vizient , Inc. today announced that OhioHealth has renewed its Vizient memberships with the goal of continuing to improve the clinical, operational, financial and market performance of its health system.

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  • Vizient , Inc. today announced that OhioHealth has renewed its Vizient memberships with the goal of continuing to improve the clinical, operational, financial and market performance of its health system.
  • We are excited to continue to work with OhioHealth toward achieving its performance improvement goals.
  • OhioHealth is also actively participating in Vizient Community and Performance Improvement Networks, and Sg2 services in support of market strategy and planning.
  • OhioHealth has been recognized six times as one of the top five large health systems in America by Truven Health Analytics.

Vizient Provides Feedback to Government Agencies on Drug Compounding and Improving Competition for Generics and Biosimilars

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Friday, June 26, 2020

She also articulated the need for the agency to clarify its plans regarding a draft guidance for hospital and health system compounding.

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  • She also articulated the need for the agency to clarify its plans regarding a draft guidance for hospital and health system compounding.
  • In the letter, Vizient voiced its support for policies that foster competition, particularly for those drug classifications.
  • Vizient provides expertise, analytics and advisory services, as well as a contract portfolio that represents more than $100 billion in annual purchasing volume, to improve patient outcomes and lower costs.
  • Vizient has earned a Worlds Most Ethical Company designation from the Ethisphere Institute every year since its inception.

Vizient Publishes Pain Management Guide to Improve Care, Curb Estimated $635B in Annual Costs

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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

To help health systems better manage patients suffering from chronic pain, and to address the estimated annual $635 billion in costs associated with it, Vizient, Inc. today published a guide for establishing a comprehensive pain management program, created through the collaborative efforts of Vizient and clinicians from five member hospitals.

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  • To help health systems better manage patients suffering from chronic pain, and to address the estimated annual $635 billion in costs associated with it, Vizient, Inc. today published a guide for establishing a comprehensive pain management program, created through the collaborative efforts of Vizient and clinicians from five member hospitals.
  • The Comprehensive Pain Management Guide can be viewed here .
  • Health care providers continually face challenges as they work to address chronic pain management in their communities.
  • Vizient provides expertise, analytics and advisory services, as well as a contract portfolio that represents more than $100 billion in annual purchasing volume, to improve patient outcomes and lower costs.

Vizient Essential Medications List Updated with 12 Additional Drugs

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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Vizient, Inc. today announced 12 additional drugs have been added to its essential medications list whose absence would threaten hospitals ability to provide high quality, timely patient care.

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  • Vizient, Inc. today announced 12 additional drugs have been added to its essential medications list whose absence would threaten hospitals ability to provide high quality, timely patient care.
  • The complete list of essential medications is here .
  • We are sharing our list of essential medications to increase awareness of the fragility of the supply chain.
  • Of the 211 drugs designated by Vizient as essential, over 40% are currently included in its private label program, Novaplus.

Vizient Inc. Partners with IBM Watson Health to Help Support Healthcare Providers’ Performance Improvement Needs

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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Vizient Inc. , the largest member-driven healthcare performance improvement company in the United States, today announces it has entered into a partnership with IBM Watson Health.

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  • Vizient Inc. , the largest member-driven healthcare performance improvement company in the United States, today announces it has entered into a partnership with IBM Watson Health.
  • The partnership will allow each company to help better serve its customers in areas including performance benchmarking, strategic planning, and clinical and operational performance.
  • IBM CareDiscovery: Vizient will offer Vizient Clinical Data Base (CDB) which provides clinical performance improvement plus OPPE reporting and new peer networking opportunities focused on operational and clinical performance improvement.
  • This streamlining of the Watson Health portfolio will enable us to focus on new strategies and innovations to help support health care providers and payers through the next stages of digital transformation, says Barbara Hayes, General Manager, Payer and Provider, IBM Watson Health.

Vizient Announces Agreement with One Network Enterprises to Bring Increased Resiliency, Transparency and Collaboration to the Health Care Supply Chain

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Thursday, April 9, 2020

Vizient, Inc. and One Network Enterprises today announced an agreement to bring increased resiliency, transparency and collaboration to the health care supply chain.

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  • Vizient, Inc. and One Network Enterprises today announced an agreement to bring increased resiliency, transparency and collaboration to the health care supply chain.
  • The platform is expected to launch by April 20 at no cost during this crisis to Vizients health care members, distributors and suppliers.
  • Vizient has always worked toward improving supply chain efficiency, and the digital supply chain solution were launching with One Network is the latest example of those efforts, said Steve Downey, group senior vice president, supply chain operations for Vizient.
  • One Networks services are designed for complex supply chain planning and execution, and provide transparency, security, collaboration and performance optimization.

Vizient Announces 18 New, Renewed or Expanded Member Agreements in Q4 of 2019

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Monday, March 9, 2020

Vizient provides expertise, analytics and advisory services, as well as a contract portfolio that represents more than $100 billion in annual purchasing volume, to improve patient outcomes and lower costs.

Key Points: 
  • Vizient provides expertise, analytics and advisory services, as well as a contract portfolio that represents more than $100 billion in annual purchasing volume, to improve patient outcomes and lower costs.
  • Vizient has earned a Worlds Most Ethical Company designation from the Ethisphere Institute every year since its inception.
  • Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Vizient has offices throughout the United States.
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Vizient to Participate in FI HFMA & CHEF’s 2020 Managed Care Symposium

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Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Vizient, Inc. announced today it will participate in the First Illinois chapter of Healthcare Financial Management Association & Chicago Health Executive Forums Managed Care Symposium.

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  • Vizient, Inc. announced today it will participate in the First Illinois chapter of Healthcare Financial Management Association & Chicago Health Executive Forums Managed Care Symposium.
  • Levine leads the Vizient Center for Advanced Analytics, which develops risk-adjustment methodologies and ways to increase engagement of physicians and other clinicians.
  • First Illinois is a chapter of HFMA, an association of individuals who organize to improve financial management of health care institutions and related patient care organizations.
  • CHEF is the second largest chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a professional organization for health care leaders.

PartsSource Awarded Vizient Contract for Clinical Equipment Parts and Services Procurement Solution

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Monday, February 3, 2020

Vizient, Inc., the countrys largest member-driven healthcare performance improvement company, has awarded a group purchasing contract for clinical equipment parts and services to PartsSource, the leading clinical engineering procurement platform.

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  • Vizient, Inc., the countrys largest member-driven healthcare performance improvement company, has awarded a group purchasing contract for clinical equipment parts and services to PartsSource, the leading clinical engineering procurement platform.
  • The agreement gives Vizient members enhanced savings for PartsSource Pro , a managed service platform that provides evidence-based support for purchasing mission-critical products and services.
  • The majority of healthcare organizations still employ manual procurement processes in the support of purchased services for medical equipment.
  • We are delighted that Vizient has awarded this contract to PartsSource.

Vizient Experts to Participate at HSCA National Pharmacy Forum 2020

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Thursday, January 30, 2020

Vizient, Inc. will join supply chain professionals, pharmaceutical industry representatives and other thought leaders for the Healthcare Supply Chain Association National Pharmacy Forum 2020.

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  • Vizient, Inc. will join supply chain professionals, pharmaceutical industry representatives and other thought leaders for the Healthcare Supply Chain Association National Pharmacy Forum 2020.
  • The conference entitled, A 2020 Perspective on Healthcare and Pharmacy Leadership , will be held Feb. 3-5 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
  • Vizient experts will share their knowledge in two sessions and moderate one on Feb. 4:
    The 503B compounding industry has recently gone through significant policy changes.
  • Mittal Sutaria, PharmD, Vizient vice president of pharmacy contracting and program services will discuss with other pharmacy panelists the role GPOs continue to play in the health care supply chain and beyond.