Transform your perioperative supply chain with stronger operational discipline
Reduce variation, waste and process drag in the OR with support focused on preference cards, bill-only automation and procedural optimization.
The OR creates outsized pressure when supply processes stay disconnected
Perioperative leaders face persistent challenges across supply variation, unnecessary waste, clinician preferences, and disconnected bill-only processes. These gaps affect case setup, throughput, payment cycles, and overall operating performance.
Vizient helps organizations build a perioperative supply chain approach that connects preference cards, bill-only management and broader procedural optimization to financial and operational outcomes.
At a glance
Operational signals shaping perioperative performance
Expense scale, transformation focus, and customized solutions unite to strengthen perioperative performance.
of hospital expenses stem from the OR
focus areas highlighted for perioperative supply chain transformation
customized solution model built around each organization’s perioperative needs
Preference card quality
Improve case setup by strengthening preference cards
Reviewing the preference card library is essential for more predictable case setup, better throughput, reduced waste, and faster turnover. Vizient helps organizations bring more structure to that work, so preference cards become a source of control rather than frustration. That creates operational improvement clinicians can feel on the floor.
Bill-only automation
Reduce friction in bill-only processes
Manual bill-only workflows create inaccurate purchase orders, long payment cycles, invoice holds and off-contract spend. Vizient helps leaders redesign these processes, so procedural supply management becomes more reliable and less labor intensive. This makes a chronic source of friction easier to contain.
Procedural optimization
Connect operational discipline to financial performance
Perioperative performance improves when supply, procedural, and workflow decisions are treated as one system. Vizient helps organizations focus on the operational moves that support profitability, resilience and better patient care. The result is a supply chain strategy with clearer downstream impact.
What perioperative supply chain support helps organizations improve
Use the offering to reduce variation, improve process reliability, and strengthen both financial and clinical performance in the OR.
Create more predictable case setup and stronger OR throughput by improving the quality of the preference card library.
Reduce manual effort, invoice delays, PO errors and off-contract spend tied to bill-only workflows.
Strengthen the perioperative supply model so it can better withstand operational pressure and procedural cost escalation.
Translate process redesign into less waste, faster turnover and more sustainable procedural economics.
Customer story
Explore the next move for your perioperative supply chain
Perioperative improvement compounds when workflow, preference cards and bill-only processes are all addressed together.
FAQs
Common questions organizations ask when improving perioperative supply chain performance.
The source notes that 40% of hospital expenses stem from the OR. This makes inefficiency and variation especially costly.
This work helps address supply variation, waste, clinician preferences, inaccurate preference cards and manual bill-only processes.
Better preference card quality supports more predictable case setup, stronger throughput, reduced waste and faster OR turnover.
Vizient helps address long payment cycles, invoice holds, PO inaccuracies and off-contract spend tied to inefficient bill-only processes.
Related products
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Procedural Analytics
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Ortho ASC Contracts
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Procure-to-Pay
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Talk with our team
Discuss where perioperative processes are slowing performance
Connect with our experts to explore preference card quality, bill-only redesign and perioperative supply chain priorities.