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#IDNSummit: From indirect spend to strategic contracting, healthcare leaders are finding new opportunities to strengthen performance and capture more value. https://viz.inc/4gFaBfZ Connect with Vizient experts today during: 🔹Education sessions on indirect spend 🔹Executive leadership track on maximizing your GPO relationship 🔹Vizient supplier strategies on ASC impact standardization & managing costs through strategic contracting 📷 Joel Hennenfent, SVP of Vizient Pharmacy Spend Management Delivery.

We’re proud to sponsor and participate in the IDN Summit & Reverse Expo this week in Phoenix. If you’re attending #IDNSummit, join us today at the Pharmacy Track, "Combatting Cost Pressures." https://viz.inc/4qNh5OS Not at IDN? We've got you covered. Access our Spend Management Outlook to understand the forces shaping cost, growth, and enterprise performance. https://viz.inc/4wpJZXb

It’s hard to say goodbye! Thank you to our #VizientInterns for the fresh perspectives, energy and impact you brought to our teams all summer, including giving back at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. We’re cheering you on and can’t wait to see what you do next! https://lnkd.in/ex3dXbcp

Hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers can learn a lot from each other. Vizient’s Allen Passerallo explains how ASCs can serve as practical testing environments for supply chain improvements, including product standardization, vendor consolidation and inventory management. These lessons can give hospitals a proof of concept before making changes at a larger scale. Passerallo also points to ASCs’ lean operations as a model for improving efficiency while keeping quality a top priority. https://viz.inc/45N1WDt

What keeps healthcare CEOs and boards up at night? As healthcare continues to evolve, governance priorities must evolve with it. Join fellow healthcare CEOs, executives and board members addressing the same evolving healthcare landscape. There is only one more week left to take advantage of early bird pricing: https://viz.inc/3TtmgqE

Fast-forward to what healthcare could actually look like in 2050. https://viz.inc/4zDec75 The choices leaders make today will shape how their organizations remain relevant. AI, shifting sites of care, changing consumer expectations and new competitors are already pushing health system leaders to rethink the future, but preparing for 2050 starts today. https://viz.inc/4zDec75

GLP-1 demand came fast. Now, how do health systems support patients for the long term? It starts with moving beyond GLP-1s as a standalone solution and building a coordinated program that can scale. That means: • Supporting patients beyond the prescription • Connecting pharmacy, nutrition, behavioral health, other relevant service lines • Coordinating care and workflows across specialties • Measuring outcomes and adapting as demand grows A GLP-1 prescription only just starts the patient journey. Success depends on the model that supports them throughout it. https://viz.inc/4y0k1tK

Physician relationships with medical device companies can drive innovation. But when clinical preference is also tied to a financial incentive, it can complicate systemwide purchasing and pricing. The right governance structure can help: • Clarify conflict of interest disclosure policies • Separate governance for research conflicts • Define processes for conflicted decision makers • Decouple royalties from facility specific utilization This is not about questioning physician integrity, but instead, building a foundation that rewards innovation while aligning supply chain with value. https://viz.inc/4wWYQbe

Laboratory services are being pulled in two directions at once. 🔹Health systems are expanding testing closer to patients. 🔹They're also investing in advanced diagnostics to support specialty care, precision medicine, digital pathology and AI-enabled technologies. These are not competing priorities. They're part of the same strategic shift. The health systems that win won't choose between access and capability. They'll multiply both. https://viz.inc/4fNxP3p

When does patient safety begin? For many healthcare organizations, patient safety efforts begin after a patient enters the healthcare system. But what if patient safety starts much earlier? MD Anderson Cancer Center shares why delays and breakdowns in access should also be viewed through the lens of patient safety. https://viz.inc/4ySZKr4