Vizient, Inc., the nation's largest provider-driven healthcare performance improvement company, honored top suppliers and distributors for their outstanding service to its provider customers. The awards were announced at the Vizient Connections Summit Sept. 16 in Las Vegas.

Simrit Sandhu, spend management president at Vizient, expressed pride in honoring suppliers who significantly support their mission to help providers align cost, quality, and market performance. "These suppliers are crucial in our collective goal to meet and surpass provider expectations, and they have shown a true commitment to collaboration for the improvement of healthcare," Sandhu said.

Vizient recognized the following suppliers and distributors for their support of Vizient provider customers in three categories:

The Supplier of the Year Awards honor suppliers in their respective categories who have demonstrated an unmatched willingness to partner with Vizient to improve their own performance and help support Vizient's mission to strengthen providers' delivery of high-value care by aligning cost, quality, and market performance.

The Excellence Awards honor suppliers who demonstrate superior service, support, reliability, ethics and integrity in collaboration with Vizient and Vizient provider customers within the respective award category. These suppliers provide comprehensive contract access across product/service lines and proactively engage the broader Vizient enterprise. They are committed to value creation and improving total cost of care within the award category.

The Program Excellence Awards honor superior service, support, reliability, ethics and integrity in collaboration with Vizient and Vizient provider customers within the respective program. These suppliers provide differentiated value through these unique program channels.

About Vizient, Inc.

Vizient, Inc., the nation’s largest provider-driven healthcare performance improvement company, serves more than 65% of the nation’s acute care providers, including 97% of the nation’s academic medical centers, and more than 35% of the non-acute market. The Vizient contract portfolio represents $140 billion in annual purchasing volume enabling the delivery of cost-effective, high-value care. With its acquisition of Kaufman Hall in 2024, Vizient expanded its advisory services to help providers achieve financial, strategic, clinical and operational excellence. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Vizient has offices throughout the United States. Learn more at www.vizientinc.com.

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"These suppliers are crucial in our collective goal to meet and surpass provider expectations, and they have shown a true commitment to collaboration for the improvement of healthcare."