ECRI has announced the winners of its ninth annual Healthcare Supply Chain Achievement Awards. The awards recognizes U.S. health care organizations for achieving excellence in overall spend management and adopting best practice solutions into their supply chain processes.
“The pandemic has underscored the vital role that the healthcare supply chain plays in ensuring not only the safety of workers and patients, but also the financial health of health care provider organizations,” says ECRI President and CEO Marcus Schabacker, MD, PhD. “We are proud of these organizations for having strong supply chain processes that position them to secure safe and cost-effective medical products.”
This year’s award winners include:
- Coastal Community Health, Jacksonville, FL
- CommonSpirit Health, Phoenix, AZ
- Eskenazi Health, Indianapolis, IN
- Hawai’i Pacific Health, Honolulu, HI
- Huntsville Hospital Health System, Huntsville, AL
- Jackson Health System, Miami, FL*
- Memorial Healthcare System, Miramar, FL
- New York City Health + Hospitals, New York, NY
- RWJBarnabas Health, West Orange, NJ
- United Health Services Hospitals, Inc., Binghamton, NY
- Universal Health Services Inc., King of Prussia, PA*
- Virginia Mason Health System, Seattle, WA
*2019 award winners
The Healthcare Supply Chain Achievement Award recognizes members of ECRI’s portfolio of supply chain services who demonstrate exemplary utilization of services across the procurement lifecycle, including budgeting, benchmarking, technology assessment and strategic development. As part of the selection process, ECRI evaluated candidates’ 2019 spend management and market analytics efforts for capital medical devices, supplies, physician preference items, service contracts and reagents.
More than 3,000 U.S. hospitals and health systems are members of ECRI Institute’s strategic sourcing and supply chain programs. In the past 12 months, ECRI has analyzed more than $43 billion in supply spend and has provided valuable guidance on COVID-19-related personal protective equipment and alternative vendors during supply shortages.
“These organizations have impressed us with their adherence to supply chain and value analysis best practices,” says Michael Argentieri, vice president of technology and safety, ECRI. “Consistently, these health systems use data analytics, best practices, and leadership engagement to manage procurement processes.”
ECRI’s integrated technology decision support solutions help healthcare organizations of all sizes and settings reduce clinical spend and enhance patient outcomes. To learn more about ECRI’s Supply Chain Achievement Award winners, visit www.ecri.org, e-mail communications@ecri.org, or call (610) 825-6000, ext. 5891.
