Gist Healthcare Podcast

Data reveal stronger surgical outcomes across US hospitals

KauffmanPodcast
By J Carlisle Larsen
12 min readNov 10, 2025
Clinical operations and quality

Gist Healthcare Podcast from KaufmanHall

A new analysis from Vizient and the American Hospital Association shows that outcomes for hospitalized surgical patients have improved in recent years.

In this episode, Chris DeRienzo, Senior Vice President and Chief Physician Executive for the AHA, discusses the data behind those findings and what may be contributing to the changes. The conversation looks at how hospitals are managing increasingly complex patients while maintaining gains in safety and quality.

Author

J Carlisle Larsen

J. Carlisle Larsen

Vice President, Senior Producer

J. Carlisle Larsen, JC, is Vice President, Senior Producer for Kaufman Hall. Her responsibilities include breaking down healthcare business and policy news. Prior to joining Kaufman Hall, JC spent 10 years working in the Midwest WDET-FM (Detroit’s NPR Station) and Wisconsin Public Radio covering a wider range of topics, from social issues to healthcare politics. Her work has appeared on...