Healthcare Purchasing News recognizes and salutes those teams of professionals who seem to go beyond the call of duty to make a difference and succeed as tangible examples for others to follow.
What makes a supply chain op worth watching? What they’re doing and why they matter in the areas of cost-cutting, efficiency-driven, clinically motivated and patient-centric concepts, ideas, activities and outcomes. While these categories may seem rather cut-and-dry statistically, we use anecdotal, unscientific and completely subjective methods to choose organizations, motivated by self-reported innovative thinking and work.
2021 Supply Chain Operations Worth Watching:
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, Lebanon, NH
- Dignity Health, San Francisco
- HonorHealth, Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ
- Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA
- Jackson Health System, Miami
- M Health Fairview, Minneapolis
- OhioHealth, Columbus, OH
- St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA
- UPMC, Pittsburgh
- University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City
2020 Supply Chain Operations Worth Watching:
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, Lebanon, NH
- Dignity Health, San Francisco
- HonorHealth, Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ
- Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA
- Jackson Health System, Miami
- M Health Fairview, Minneapolis
- OhioHealth, Columbus, OH
- St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA
- UPMC, Pittsburgh
- University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City
2019 Supply Chain Operations Worth Watching:
- Ascension Health, St. Louis, MO
- Aspirus Inc., Wausau, WI
- Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ
- Avera Health, Sioux Falls, SD
- Baptist Health Medical Center, Little Rock, AR
- Charleston Area Medical Center/CAMC Health System, Charleston, WV
- Departments of Defense, Philadelphia and Veterans Affairs, Washington (DoD/DVA)
- Freeman Health System, Joplin, MO
- Hartford HealthCare, Hartford, CT
- Hunterdon Healthcare System, Flemington, NJ
- The University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS
2018 Supply Chain Operations Worth Watching:
- CaroMont Health, Gastonia, NC
- Centura Health, Centennial, CO
- Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, NJ
- Indiana University Health, Indianapolis
- Mount Sinai Health System, New York
- Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, IN
- Providence St. Joseph Health, Renton, WA
- Tower Health, Reading, PA
- UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC
- University of Chicago Medicine
- The University of Vermont Health Network, Burlington, VT
2017 Supply Chain Operations Worth Watching:
- Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
- Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston,MA
- Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY
- Novant Health, Winston-Salem, NC
- OSF Healthcare, Peoria, IL
- Ochsner Health, Baton Rouge, LA
- Sanford Health, Fargo-Sioux Falls, SD
- Scripps Health, San Diego, CA
2016 Supply Chain Operations Worth Watching:
- Advocate Health Care, Downers Grove, IL
- Ardent Health Services, Nashville, TN
- AtlantiCare, Atlantic City, NJ
- BJC HealthCare, St. Louis, MO
- St. Luke’s Health System, Kansas City, MO
- Texas Health Resources, Arlington, TX
- Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
- Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
2015 Supply Chain Operations Worth Watching:
- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
- Denver Health, Denver, CO
- Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOL), Baton Rouge, LA
- HCA Supply Chain Services, Nashville, TN
- Legacy Health, Portland, OR
- Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, SC
- Mercy Hospital Joplin, Joplin, MO
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
- Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, Chicago, IL
- Riverside Health System, Newport News, VA
- St. Francis Hospital Medical Center, Hartford, CT
2014 Supply Chain Operations Worth Watching:
- Adventist HealthCare, Gaithersburg, MD
- Agnesian HelathCare, Fond du Lac, WI
- Berkshire Health Systems, Pittsfield, MA
- Ellis Medicine, Schenectady, NY
- Integris Health, Oklahoma City, OK
- Loma Linda (CA) University Medical Center
- North Texas Medical Center, Gainesville, TX
- St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima, OH
- UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
- Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, Glendale WI
2013 Supply Chain Operations Worth Watching:
- CHE-Trinity Health, Livonia, MI
- The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- CHRISTUS Health, Dallas
- Continuum Health Partners, New York
- Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City
- Kaleida Health, Buffalo, NY
- SCL Health System, Denver
- South County Hospital, Wakefield, RI
- SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
- University Health System, San Antonio, TX
- William Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI
2012 Supply Chain Operations Worth Watching:
- Banner Health, Phoenix
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
- Concord (NH) Hospital
- Edward Hospital & Health Services, Naperville, IL
- Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Pine Bluff, AR
- Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas
- St. Luke’s Health System, Boise, ID
- Scottsdale (AZ) Health
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia PA
- UAB University Hospital, Birmingham, AL
- University of Chicago Hospitals & Healthcare
2011 Supply Chain Operations Worth Watching:
- Broward Health, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
- Fletcher Allen Healthcare, Burlington, VT
- Froedtert Health, Milwaukee
- Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
- Greenville (SC) Health System
- Lancaster (PA) General Health
- LeeSar, Fort Myers, FL
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
- McLeod Health, Florence, SC
- Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston
- Mercy/Resource Optimization and Innovation, Chesterfield, MO
- Mountain States Health Alliance, Johnson City, TN
- The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
- Orlando (FL) Health
- Piedmont Health, Atlanta
- University of Pittsburgh (PA) Medical Center
- WellStar Health System, Marietta, GA
