Vizient Reports New, Renewed And Expanded Member Agreements With Health Care Organizations In The First Quarter of 2017

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc., continued to experience strong growth and high retention in its membership in the first quarter of 2017, as evidenced by multiple new or renewed group purchasing agreements and expanded service agreements for an array of analytics, advisory and collaboration services.

“Members are also selecting Vizient for access to services, expertise and analytics to help them meet their clinical and cost reduction goals. We are excited to work with these organizations and help them improve patient outcomes, reduce clinical variation and lower their supply and operating costs.”

“With more than $100 billion in annual purchasing volume, Vizient is able to offer hospitals significant savings opportunities via our extensive contract portfolio and other sourcing programs,” said Rand Ballard, chief customer officer for Vizient. “Members are also selecting Vizient for access to services, expertise and analytics to help them meet their clinical and cost reduction goals. We are excited to work with these organizations and help them improve patient outcomes, reduce clinical variation and lower their supply and operating costs.”

The health care organizations with new, renewed or expanded member agreements in the first quarter of 2017 include:

• Arnot Health
• Benefis Health System
• BJC HealthCare
• Capital Health
• Central Atlantic Health Network
• Central Atlantic Pharmacy Program
• Cleveland Clinic
• Community Health Network
• Cottage Health
• Gulf States Purchasing Coalition
• HCA Healthcare
• Health Future
• Hershey
• IHN Sourcing Group
• Initiant, LLC
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
• MemorialCare Health System
• NYC Health and Hospitals
• Sharp HealthCare
• Sentara Healthcare
• Thedacare
• West Coast Purchasing Coalition

About Vizient, Inc.

Vizient, Inc., the largest member-driven health care performance improvement company in the country, provides innovative data-driven solutions, expertise and collaborative opportunities that lead to improved patient outcomes and lower costs. Vizient’s diverse membership base includes academic medical centers, pediatric facilities, community hospitals, integrated health delivery networks and non-acute health care providers and represents more than $100 billion in annual purchasing volume. The Vizient brand identity represents the integration of VHA Inc., University HealthSystem Consortium and Novation, which combined in 2015, as well as MedAssets’ Spend and Clinical Resource Management (SCM) segment, including Sg2, which was acquired in 2016. In 2017, Vizient again received a World’s Most Ethical Company designation from the Ethisphere Institute. Vizient’s headquarters are in Irving, Texas, with locations in Chicago and other cities across the United States. Please visit www.vizientinc.com as well as our newsroom, blog, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube pages for more information about the company.