Mellissa Nguyen is the Senior Program Manager of Environmentally Preferred Sourcing at Vizient, the country's largest member-owned health care services company. Under her leadership, Vizient developed and deployed an environmentally preferred sourcing program, representing the largest portfolio of products with environmentally preferred attributes in the healthcare supply chain spend, serving more than half the nation's health care organizations. Through her work, Vizient has partnered with suppliers across every hospital purchasing sector including food, medical commodities, and furniture, creating sustainability standards that make today's healthcare systems more resilient.

Mellissa and Kevin discuss the future of healthcare and sustainability coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of sustainable procurement practices in driving positive impact.

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