ECRI Institute names winners of 2017 Healthcare Supply Chain Achievement Award

April 20, 2017

ECRI Institute is proud to announce the winners of its sixth annual Healthcare Supply Chain Achievement Award. The prestigious award honors healthcare organizations that demonstrate excellence in overall spend management and in adopting best practice solutions in their supply chain processes.

The winners of ECRI Institute’s 2017 Healthcare Supply Chain Achievement Award are:

  • Boston Children’s Hospital – Boston, MA
  • Greenville Health System – Greenville, SC
  • Huntington Hospital – Pasadena, CA
  • Inova Health System – Falls Church, VA
  • Jefferson Health – Philadelphia, PA
  • MaineHealth – Portland, ME
  • Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids – Cedar Rapids, IA
  • UAB Medicine – Birmingham, AL
  • UC Health – Oakland, CA
  • University of Maryland Medical System – Baltimore, MD
  • WellStar Health System – Marietta, GA

This year’s winners were selected out of nearly 3,000 members nationwide. Winners are determined using a two-part selection process that is both quantitative and subjective.

The evaluation process was based on a study and analysis of each organization’s purchase order history and supply chain initiatives that included ongoing and consistent spend management and market analytics efforts for all medical devices, including capital medical equipment, supplies, physician preference items, service contracts, reagents, and others.