Healthcare Purchasing News has been honoring Supply Chain departments consistently and exclusively for 20 consecutive years. Here’s a look back at the winning departments, which spanned large and urban facilities and healthcare systems to small and suburban hospitals, along with honorable mentions and finalists. From a regional perspective through 2023, nine have hailed from the East Coast (three from Pennsylvania), one from the West Coast and 10 from nine states in between (with Tennessee claiming two of that total). Prior to recognizing Supply Chain departments, HPN saluted Supply Chain department leaders for 15 consecutive years with a three-year gap between the annual individual and department awards.
2023 – UChicago Medicine – Gold Chain
Silver Chain: Hartford (CT) HealthCare
Bronze Chain: MultiCare Health System, Tacoma, WA
Finalists: Stanford (CA) Medicine and UC Irvine (CA) Health
2022 – Sutter Health, Sacramento, CA – Gold Chain
Silver Chain: Parkview Health
Bronze Chain: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Finalists: OU Health, UHealth-University of Miami
2021 – Banner Health, Phoenix, AZ
Honorable Mention: Stanford Medicine
Finalists: CentraCare Health, South Broward/Memorial Health
2020 – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, Lebanon, NH
Honorable Mention: HonorHealth
Finalists: Froedtert Health, Intermountain
2019 - Tower Health, West Reading, PA
Finalists: AtlantiCare, Atlantic Health System, Intermountain
2018 - Piedmont Health, Atlanta
Finalists: Boston Children’s Hospital, Temple University Health
2017 - Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis
Finalists: Centura Health, University of Vermont Health
2016 - Christus Health, Irving, TX
Finalists: AtlantiCare, Summa Health, University of Vermont Health
2015 - Riverside Health System, Newport News, VA
Finalists: UAB Hospital, University of Chicago Medicine, Union Hospital
2014 - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Honorable Mention: Owensboro Health
Finalist: University of Chicago Medicine
2013 - Greenville (SC) Health System
Finalists: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Upstate Medical University (SUNY)
2012 - UPMC Health System, Pittsburgh, PA
Finalist: University of Chicago Medicine
2011 - WellStar Health System, Atlanta, GA
Finalists: Lancaster General Hospital, Rockingham Memorial Hospital
2010 - Broward Health, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Honorable Mention: Ohio State University Medical Center
Finalist: Fletcher Allen Healthcare
2009 - Mountain States Health Alliance, Johnson City, TN
Finalists: North Short Long Island Jewish Healthcare System, Texas Children’s Hospital
2008 - Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
Finalists: Naval Hospital-Pensacola, FL, Temple University Health System
2007 - SSM Health Care-St. Louis
Finalists: Fairview Southdale Hospital, OhioHealth, University Health Care System
2006 - Baptist Health System, Birmingham, AL
Honorable Mentions: Air Force Medical Logistics Flight, West Penn Allegheny Health System
Finalists: University of Connecticut Health Center
2005 - Cleveland (OH) Clinic
Finalists: Sarasota Memorial Hospital, West Penn Allegheny Health System
2004 - Terrebonne General Medical Center, Houma, LA
Finalists: Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, MedCentral, West Penn Allegheny Health System
HPN’s Materials Manager of the Year/Materials Management Leadership Award recipients
2000: Vicki Doss, regional director of materials management, Central California Division, Adventist Health, Bakersfield, CA
1999: Brett Still, CPM, MBA, director, regional materials management, Providence Health System-Portland (OR)
1998: Brenda Meares, manager, procurement services, WakeMed, Raleigh, NC
1997: Timothy K. Glennon, vice president and corporate procurement officer, Staten Island (NY) University Hospital
1996: Sara M. "Sally" Bird, deputy director, Directorate of Medical Materiel, Defense Personnel Support Center, Defense Logistics Agency, Philadelphia
1995: John Gialanella, director of materiel services, the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
1994: James Francis, vice president of materiel services, BJC Health System, St. Louis
1993: T. Tod Timmel, Genesee Hospital, Rochester, NY
1992: Stuart Wasilewski, director of materials management, Rockford (IL) Memorial Hospital
1991: Robert Simpson, Neponset Valley Health System, Norwood, MA
1990: George Malik, Philadelphia-Lankenau Hospital
1989: Douglas Carr, Nanaimo (BC) Regional General Hospital, Canada
1988: James Gandy, Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL
1987: Peter Mike, Tucson (AZ) Medical Center
1986: Lee Boergadine, Yale-New Haven (CT) Hospital
