Sep 20, 2019

“This year’s award winners demonstrate how advanced analytics, when combined with leadership, collaboration , adaptability, can create a shared sense of purpose within an organization that enables it to improve patient care and outcomes across the care continuum. We are proud to recognize the achievements of each top performing organization,” said Byron Jobe, president and chief executive officer for Vizient. The Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award is given annually to comprehensive academic medical centers, large, specialized complex care medical centers, complex care medical centers and community-based medical centers that demonstrate superior performance, as measured by the Vizient Quality and Accountability Ranking program, which has been calculated annually since 2005. Descriptions of the award cohorts are available here . The 2019 Comprehensive Academic Medical Center winners are: Rush University Medical Center University of Utah Health UC San Diego Health Stanford Medicine Oregon Health and Science University Houston Methodist Hospital Mayo Clinic Florida Cleveland Clinic – Fairview Hospital University of Washington Medical Center Vizient, Inc. provides solutions and services that improve the delivery of high-value care by aligning cost, quality and market performance for more than 50% of the nation’s acute care providers, which includes 95% of the nation’s academic medical centers and more than 20% of ambulatory care providers. 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 World’s Most Ethical Company designation from the Ethisphere Institute every year since its inception. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Vizient has offices throughout the United States. Learn more at www.vizientinc.com . View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190920005040/en/ Angie Boliver