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IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Great Place to Work has honored Vizient, Inc. as one of the 2021 Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services. This is Vizients first time being named to this prestigious list, this year coming in at 24th place. Earning a spot means that Vizient is one of the best companies to work for in the country. The Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services award is based on analysis of survey responses from more than 463,000 current employees across the U.S. In that survey, 94% of Vizients employees said Vizient is a great place to work. This number is 35 points higher than the average U.S. company. This year presented enormous challenges, and to successfully make it through, we all had to rise to the occasion, adapt and show our resilience, said Colleen Risk, chief people officer, Vizient. I'm proud of each and every employee for proving externally what we already know to be true internally: Our culture is the foundation of all we do. Congratulations to you, #TeamVizient; you cultivate our culture day in and day out, making Vizient a great place to be. This one's for you! The Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services list is highly competitive. Great Place to Work, the global authority on workplace culture, selected the list using rigorous analytics and confidential employee feedback. Companies were only considered if they are a Great Place to Work-Certified organization. Great Place to Work is the only company culture award in America that selects winners based on how fairly employees are treated. Companies are assessed on how well they are creating a great employee experience that cuts across race, gender, age, disability status, or any aspect of who employees are or what their role is. These companies are proof that strong company culture is not restricted to the physical workplace, said Sarah Lewis-Kulin, VP global recognition, Great Place to Work. Despite the challenges of the pandemic and remote work, employees at these companies say they feel supported by their leaders, connected to their colleagues and that managers bring out the best in everyone. About Vizient Vizient, Inc. provides solutions and services that improve the delivery of high-value care by aligning cost, quality and market performance for more than 50% of the nations acute care providers, which includes 95% of the nations academic medical centers, and more than 20% of ambulatory care providers. Vizient provides expertise, analytics and advisory services, as well as a contract portfolio that represents more than $100 billion in annual purchasing volume, to improve patient outcomes and lower costs. In 2021, Vizient acquired Intalere, which expanded its footprint with ambulatory and rural acute care providers. Vizient has earned a Worlds Most Ethical Company designation from the Ethisphere Institute every year since its inception. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Vizient has offices throughout the United States. Learn more at www.vizientinc.com. About the Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services Great Place to Work selected the Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services by gathering and analyzing confidential survey responses from more than 463,000 employees at Great Place to Work-Certified organizations across the country. Company rankings are derived from 60 employee experience questions within the Great Place to Work Trust Index survey. Read the full methodology. To get on this list next year, start here. About Great Place to Work Great Place to Work is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All. Learn more at greatplacetowork.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Answer: Great Place to Work Names Vizient One of the 2021 Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services, Ranking 24