Vizient Inc., based in Irving, Texas, is a corporation that serves over 5,000 not-for-profit health system members and their affiliates, including 1,360 acute care hospitals.
[2] VHA and UHC (University HealthSystem Consortium) owned a supply chain company called Novation and aptitude(R), the industry's first online direct market for local contracting.
VHA also owned Provista, the enterprise's supply chain company serving the non-acute market as well as government, education, and business sectors.
[citation needed] VHA changed its name in 1994, adopting the initials of its former name (Voluntary Hospitals of America).
The name change was to move beyond the outdated and often-misunderstood concepts of "voluntary" and "hospitals", while retaining its name recognition.