August 12, 2020 - Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) announced an opportunity for minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses to enroll in its new “Community Contracting Program,” a new initiative designed to connect Vizient member hospitals with local, diverse suppliers and service providers. Vizient says that, when launched to its member hospitals, Community Contracting will … [Read more...]
Encompass Group signs new NovaPlus agreement for PPE with Vizient for additional 40M isolation gowns annually
August 10, 2020 - Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) announced a new agreement with Encompass Group, LLC for its Novaplus Enhanced Supply Program that will increase the supply of personal protective equipment, enabling access to 40 million AAMI level 3 disposable isolation gowns annually to Vizient member hospitals. The agreement also includes disposable bouffant caps and shoe … [Read more...]
Vizient announces product categories for Q3 Group Buys Program
August 05, 2020 - Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) announced the product categories and supplier savings opportunities available as part of its Quarter 3 Group Buys Program available through Sept. 30. Siemens Healthineers, the featured supplier for Quarter 3, is offering savings opportunities across 12 capital and imaging categories including: cardiovascular imaging … [Read more...]
Vizient supply chain expert Cathy Denning to participate in Senate Finance Committee Hearing on counterfeit PPE
July 30, 2020 – Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) announced that Cathy Denning, a sourcing and supply chain expert, is testifying before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance during the second part of its hearing, “Protecting the Reliability of the U.S. Medical Supply Chain During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Denning, RN, MSN, group SVP of sourcing operations, analytics and center of … [Read more...]
WishBone Medical signs GPO agreement to provide pediatric orthopedic solutions
July 28, 2020 - WishBone Medical (Warsaw, IN), a pediatric orthopedic company, announces a national agreement with Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX). Through the agreement, WishBone will provide anatomically appropriate orthopedic solutions for arms, legs, spine, elbows, wrists and clavicles to surgeons caring for children. WishBone says that its customers are able to address … [Read more...]
Inmar Intelligence receives Innovative Technology contract from Vizient for MedEx TraySafe
Inmar Intelligence announced its MedEx TraySafe received an Innovative Technology contract from Vizient, Inc (Irving, TX). The next-generation tray and kit replenishment solution, TraySafe, can be deployed via the cloud, virtual machines, or locally hosted, and ensures trays and crash carts are correctly configured with all materials in the correct location in the tray … [Read more...]
Vizient announces renewed membership agreement with OhioHealth
Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) announced that OhioHealth (Columbus, OH) has renewed its Vizient memberships. OhioHealth is leveraging Vizient’s provider-led sourcing portfolio, Excelerate, in conjunction with Vizient’s Savings Actualyzer, with the pharmacy module, to benchmark and analyze data to help optimize its supply chain and pharmacy cost performance. OhioHealth is … [Read more...]
Vizient urges Congress, CMS to make recently expanded telehealth flexibilities permanent
Vizient Inc. (Irving, TX) urged Congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to “make permanent many of the legislative and regulatory actions, particularly those related to telehealth, that have been put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.” “Throughout the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, America’s hospitals and health care professionals have taken … [Read more...]
SpendMend receives expanded contract agreement with Vizient, Inc.
SpendMend (Grand Rapids, MI) announced an expanded agreement with Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) to include new services. Under the expanded contract, Vizient members will have access to contract pricing for SpendMend’s Medical Device Explant Tracking, which tracks explanted medical devices across multiple hospital departments, and Pharmacy Auditing. The company says that … [Read more...]
Vizient teams up with suppliers to offer remote patient monitoring solutions in wake of COVID-19
Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) is partnering with suppliers to provide relief for hospitals from the strains of delivering patient care, monitoring and rehabilitation services brought on by COVID-19. The GPO says that the new resources and technology offerings “address hospitals’ immediate and unique needs but are also designed as sustainable approaches to care delivery and … [Read more...]