Vizient, Inc. Announces Moving Analytics as the 2018 Innovation Challenge Winner
October 5, 2018
IRVING, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vizient,
Inc. today announced Moving Analytics as the winner of its 2018
Innovation Challenge, an interactive competition between four
early-stage growth health care companies. The competition was held on
Wednesday, Oct. 3, during the opening session of the Vizient
Clinical Connections Summit in Las Vegas.
The Innovation Challenge is an interactive pitch competition that offers
a unique opportunity for health care startup companies who are revenue
producing and have market traction but still in the early growth stages
of their business. This year’s competition featured finalists in virtual
care/remote monitoring and care coordination and communication domains.
Each finalist gave an eight-minute presentation then answered questions
from an expert panel that included the chief executive officers from two
Vizient member hospitals, an investor and Vizient’s President and CEO
Byron Jobe. At the conclusion of the presentations, the audience of
roughly 2,000 health care professionals attending the 2018 Vizient
Connections Summit voted and selected Moving Analytics as the winner of
the 2018 Innovation Challenge.
Moving
Analytics is a digital cardiac rehab and secondary prevention
program for cardiovascular disease. The program is designed specifically
for low to moderate risk patients with CAD or CHF and comorbidities like
diabetes and COPD, at one-fourth the cost of current care while three
times higher in participation of current care.
“This is such a great competition for the participants and the audience.
It is a unique opportunity for interaction between the innovators and
hospital experts on new products that have the potential to improve the
quality of care and the health care experience for patients,” said
Bharat Sundaram, president, analytics and advisory services for Vizient.
“We thank each of this year’s contestants for sharing their innovations
with our members and congratulate Moving Analytics on winning this
year’s Innovation Challenge.”
About Vizient, Inc.
Vizient, Inc., the largest member-driven health care performance
improvement company in the country, provides innovative data-driven
solutions, expertise and collaborative opportunities that lead to
improved patient outcomes and lower costs. Vizient’s diverse membership
base includes academic medical centers, pediatric facilities, community
hospitals, integrated health delivery networks and non-acute health care
providers and represents approximately $100 billion in annual purchasing
volume. The Vizient brand identity represents the integration of VHA
Inc., University HealthSystem Consortium and Novation, which combined in
2015, as well as MedAssets’ Spend and Clinical Resource Management (SCM)
segment, including Sg2, which was acquired in 2016. In 2018, Vizient
again received a World’s Most Ethical Company designation from the
Ethisphere Institute. Vizient’s headquarters are in Irving, Texas, with
locations in Chicago and other cities across the United States. Please
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Contacts
Vizient, Inc.
Angie Boliver, 972-830-7961
angie.boliver@vizientinc.com