Vizient announces 2026 Spend Management Visionary Award winners

IRVING, Texas, Oct. 7, 2026 — Vizient® announced the recipients of its 2026 Spend Management Visionary Awards, recognizing provider organizations and leaders whose work advances measurable performance, enterprise value and innovation across healthcare. The awards were announced at the Vizient Connections Summit in Las Vegas on Sept. 22.

The awards recognize achievement through two approaches. Metrics-based awards identify organizations through Vizient data analysis and demonstrated performance. Nomination-based awards recognize leaders whose enterprise impact, innovation and sustained results distinguish their work. Together, the awards highlight the role of disciplined spend management and visionary leadership in supporting financial, operational and clinical performance.

The 2026 Spend Management Visionary Award winners are:

Executive Leadership Visionary – Chief Supply Chain Officer

• Tom Harvieux, BJC Health

Executive Leadership Visionary – Chief Pharmacy Officer

• Marjorie Lazarre, Yale New Haven Health

Innovation Visionary

• Bruce Hall, MD, UC Davis Health

Spend Management Visionary of the Year

• Joseph Carr, Akron Children’s

Sourcing Visionary

• Allegheny Health Network — Medical/Surgical
• Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (Montage Health) — Capital Equipment
• Mass General Brigham — Laboratory
• The Ohio State University Health System — Physician Preference Items
• UAB Medicine — Indirect Spend/Purchased Services
• University Medical Center of El Paso — Pharmacy

Value Alignment Visionary

• Community Health Network — Indirect Spend/Purchased Services
• Duke University Health System — Physician Preference Items
• Emory Healthcare — Capital Equipment
• MedStar Health — Medical/Surgical
• Temple University Health System — Pharmacy

Enterprise Stewardship Visionary

• Indiana University Health — Capital Equipment
• Sutter Health — Physician Preference Items
• Tampa General Hospital — Medical/Surgical
• The Queen’s Health Systems — Pharmacy
• U of L Health — Indirect Spend/Purchased Services

Non-Acute Practice Visionary

• NewYork-Presbyterian — Health System
• Post-Acute Medical Health — Independent

"These leaders are redefining the role of supply chain and pharmacy in healthcare," said Simrit Sandhu, president, Spend Management, Vizient. "Through their vision and results, they are elevating both as strategic levers for performance, resilience, and value creation within their organizations and across the industry."

Learn more about the Spend Management Visionary Awards.

About Vizient
Vizient® enables healthcare providers to deliver better, more affordable care by improving financial sustainability, enhancing system performance, and accelerating strategic growth. More than two-thirds of the nation's acute care providers and more than one-third of ambulatory providers rely on Vizient solutions and services. By combining the nation’s most influential healthcare leader networks with industry-leading data and analytics, comprehensive solutions, and advisory services through Kaufman Hall, Vizient helps providers achieve financial, clinical, and operational excellence. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Vizient has offices throughout the United States. Learn more at vizient.com.