Sg2 Blog

Editor’s note: Terri Scannell, Vizient Senior Social Responsibility Director, authored this post, which was originally published on Sg2’s parent company Vizient Inc’s blog. Chances are, you may have heard of a little acronym called ESG. What you may not know, however, is what it means exactly and why it’s important for healthcare. After all, the last thing we need is anoth...

AI tools are beginning to play a key role in scaling the behavioral health workforce. At Sg2, we believe the most impactful solutions are those that supplement—not replace—clinical judgment, especially in high-need areas like triage, intake and early intervention. AI can extend care teams by managing low-acuity interactions and flagging patients who need a higher level of support. Effo...

The ongoing exercise of patching workforce holes via recruitment and the digitization of select tasks and job functions has produced returns that are not only inadequate for long-term survival but also diminishing with each passing year. This perpetual cycle has only exacerbated the root problem: outdated workforce models. To truly move the needle on workforce transformation, organizations must e...

This year’s Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update: A Report of US and Global Data From the AHA highlighted several striking trends. Released in January, the report underscores ongoing challenges and disparities in stroke care. Source: Martin S et al. Circulation. 2025. What does this mean for stroke care? Greater emphasis on targeted prevention among high-risk populations will be impe...

The Fairview Health Services Chief Strategy Officer outlines how a successful, data-driven strategy must align with an organization’s strengths, deliver positive margins, and enhance care quality, safety and patient experience. Sameer Badlani, Chief Strategy Officer at Fairview Health Services, believes building better health care is more about what you shouldn’t do than what you sho...

Despite headwinds, private equity (PE) continues to make strong inroads into health care. PE investment will remain a significant force for the foreseeable future, which represents both an opportunity and a challenge for health systems. Although some see PE as an unwelcome intrusion that complicates physician alignment and service line growth, forward-thinking health systems are leveraging PE par...

The health care industry is facing economic headwinds: surging inflation, pandemic-driven staffing shortages and rising competition from novel disrupters. About half of all hospitals reported a loss in 2022, according to Kaufman Hall, and the outlook for 2023 isn’t much better. Today’s conditions demand a new business model, one that centers on customers first—not products or s...

Making Care Primary Model Overview On June 8th, CMS announced the upcoming launch of the Making Care Primary (MCP) model. This new CMS model aims to achieve three goals: Provide patients with primary care services that are integrated and coordinated with specialty care as well as leverage community-based connections to better address patients’ social determinants of health (SDOH) needs...

Editor’s note: This post was originally published on Sg2’s parent company Vizient Inc’s blog. Most health care services volumes are poised for a rapid recovery from the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a shift in where care is delivered that began before the pandemic has only accelerated and is particularly impacting emergency department demand. Even while the Sg2 ...

Perhaps one of the hottest topics in healthcare today, Medicare Advantage (MA) is anticipated to have a monumental year in 2023. Not only do Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projections indicate 2023 will be the year MA penetration surpasses the symbolic majority threshold of 50% nationally, but also major regulatory changes are set to be enacted or finalized that will impact both plan sponsors a...