ECRI Announces Winners of 2024 Healthcare Supply Chain Excellence Award

On Sept. 19, ECRI, a global patient safety nonprofit organization, announced the winners of its “2024 Healthcare Supply Chain Excellence Award.” The annual award celebrates U.S. healthcare organizations that have achieved excellence in overall spend management and best practices in their supply chain.

The winners of ECRI’s 2024 Healthcare Supply Chain Excellence Award are:

• Appalachian Regional Healthcare – Lexington, KY
• Eskenazi Health – Indianapolis, IN
• Inova Health System – Falls Church, VA
• Owensboro Health Regional Hospital – Owensboro, KY
• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center – Pomona, CA
• Seattle Children’s Hospital – Seattle, WA
• St. Joseph’s Healthcare System – Paterson, NH
• Tampa General Hospital – Tampa, FL
• United Health Services Hospitals-Binghamton – Binghamton, NY
• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center – Houston, TX
• University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals – Galveston, TX
• University of Utah Hospital – Salt Lake City, UT

A press release on the announcement stated, “The Healthcare Supply Chain Excellence Award, now in its thirteenth year, 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’ 2023 spend management and market analytics efforts for capital medical devices, supplies, physician preference items, service contracts, and reagents.”

Further, “More than 3,000 U.S. hospitals and health systems are members of ECRI’s strategic sourcing and supply chain programs. ECRI has analyzed nearly $74 billion in supply and capital spend over the past year.”

The University of Utah Health was also awarded Healthcare Purchasing News' the Supply Chain Department of the Year Award in September.