Reduce physician preference item variation with better evidence
Vizient unifies spend, quality, and procedural insights to drive confident standardization and protect margins.
Balance evidence with physician preference
Physician preference categories create some of the hardest supply chain decisions because they sit at the intersection of cost, outcomes, clinician trust, and procedural variation. Vizient helps leaders move beyond price-only conversations into a stronger value analysis model grounded in evidence, utilization, and procedural context.
In practice
What stronger PPI discipline makes possible
Physician alignment drives spend transformation
Bridge the gap between data and action with clinician-ready insights that drive meaningful change.
Run coordinated plays, not single moves
Move from reactive cost-cutting to strategic execution with trusted data that aligns physicians.
Targeted data drives physician-led standardization
UNC Health unbundled complex contracts and achieved physician-led consistency while protecting margins through data-driven engagement.
Lower cost per case with similar or better outcomes—that’s substantial.
PPI inflation demands physician-led value analysis
Costs rise over 2% annually while advanced value analysis delivers 5-10% reductions—making physician alignment essential to protect and improve margins.
Projected PPI inflation rate
Our projections show a 2.25% increase in cost for physician preference items between July 2026 and June 2027
Reduction in supply cost
Advanced value analysis programs can reduce supply cost by 5-10%, on average
PRODUCTS
The capabilities behind the solution
Physician preference items
Support cardiology, orthopedics, spine, and surgical-services categories with deeper category intelligence and benchmarking.
Procedural Analytics
Use integrated spend and procedural data to see where PPI variation is creating the most avoidable cost exposure.
Clinical value analysis maturity support
Advance value analysis beyond price review by connecting evidence, utilization, and governance to product decisions.
Physician preference card optimization
Combine technology and expertise to streamline your process and sustain your improvements to drive efficiency.
Cost variation intelligence
See where physician preference is actually widening cost
PPI categories become expensive when product variation and procedural behavior are visible only in fragments. Vizient helps leaders connect the data needed to act with more precision.
Comprehensive value analysis
Move value analysis from price negotiation to performance discipline
Organizations see stronger returns when value analysis integrates cost, utilization, outcomes, and governance instead of treating PPI decisions as isolated contracting events.
Evidence-based physician engagement
Create evidence physicians can act on, without compromising trust
Standardization holds better when clinicians can evaluate product choices through a more complete view of quality, utilization, procedural context, and financial impact.
ASSESS YOUR ORGANIZATION
See your organization's performance in perspective
See how you compare and where to focus next.