IDN Summit Supply Chain of Excellence Awards Receives Record Number of Applicants
December 20, 2010
LEXINGTON, Ky. - A record number of healthcare systems have submitted applications for the 2011 IDN Summit Supply Chain of Excellence Awards as voting gets under way. The award honors innovative efforts for achieving critical supply chain efficiencies in healthcare. Voters will be considering 13 applicants in choosing the top four finalists to be recognized at the 2011 Spring IDN Summit &Expo, March 21-23, in Orlando, Fla.
"It's pleasing to see such an excellent response to the call for applications," says John Kelly, CEO, IDN Summit & Expo. "The large number of entries is reflective of the many innovations taking place in the healthcare sector today. I encourage all senior hospital and health system executives to vote online at the IDN Summit website and to join us at the 2011 Spring Summit to help us honor these cutting-edge initiatives."
Kelly says the awards program helps put the focus on the supply chain as a critical source of healthcare cost savings and efficiencies at a time when they are most critical to the industry. "The database of nominees and winners also serves as a rich source of best practices that other healthcare providers can draw on as they seek to streamline their operations," he adds. "It's encouraging to see so many innovative ideas represented by this year's entries."
The 2011 award program underwent several modifications. A National Peer Award winner will now be selected in each of three categories: innovation, efficiency (return on investment) and replication (ease of incorporation by other health systems), as well as an overall National Award Winner of Excellence.
All finalists will receive recognition among their peers across the country as well as in their own communities through articles in the trade press and local media highlighting their accomplishments.
Senior hospital and healthcare executives will have until Feb. 4 to cast online ballots to determine the four Peer Award winners, announced on Feb. 8. Each of the four finalists will make a presentation at the 2011 Spring IDN Summit, where they will be competing for attendee votes to determine which of them takes home the National Award Winner of Excellence.
Those eligible to vote include C-suite executives, executive vice presidents, vice presidents, directors and senior managers of supply chain or other departments. The nominees' submissions and the voting rules are available at IDN Summit Awards.
This year's slate of nominees includes:
* Baptist Health South Florida, for re-engineering its process of introducing new surgical products for trial and/or use.
* CHRISTUS Health, Irving, Texas, for developing a comprehensive savings plan targeting 10 strategic categories, including costly physician preference items.
* Coastal Cooperative of New Jersey, for its automated, online system of competitive bidding and analysis of vendor proposals.
* Greenville (S.C.) Hospital System University Medical Center, for adopting a perioperative supply formulary-similar to pharmacy drug formularies-to control costs.
* LeeSar/CSF, a buying cooperativeowned by Lee Memorial Health System, Fort Myers, Fla., and Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System, for broadening its membership to include Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital and Central Florida Health Alliance, Leesburg, thereby improving its buying clout and ability to standardize product purchases.
* Lifespan, Providence, R.I., which developed a supply-chain-contracting algorithm focused on physician preference items that engaged all key stakeholders in the process of identifying achievable savings and standardizing equipment.
* Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, for adopting a customized program to upgrade its infusion therapy equipment, and provide equipment management and maintenance services across the entire 11-facility system.
* Memorial University Medical Centerin southeast Georgia, which brought a Real-Time Location System in-house to better track the flow of equipment and other assets throughout the facility.
* New York City Health and Hospital Corporation, for developing and implementing a supply chain transformation that included educating the organization on the importance of the supply chain, saving $26 million to date.
* Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, which implemented a "virtual supplier network" that provided purchasing staff with total control of product content from contracted suppliers.
* Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, for implementing a vendor management program to control clinical and non-clinical supply spending.
* The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, for adopting a staff injury prevention initiative focused on equipment, supplies and education related to patient handling.
* UPMC, Pittsburgh, which adopted technology enabling it to wirelessly communicate electronic commands as voice commands directed at staff via wearable computers with headsets and microphones.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Lisa Ponssa, Content Director, Phone 813.928.0414,email lisa@idnsummit.com.
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About IDN Summit and Expo
Since its creation in 1986, IDN Summit & Expo has become the leading source of collaborative networking events, education and information resources and professional services for healthcare supply chain stakeholders. It focuses on best practices, enhanced communication and improved business processes that lead to more cost-effective patient care. The spring and fall summits bring together senior healthcare executives and their group purchasing organization and supplier partners in an open, learning environment. The meetings have as their foundation a range of strategic content developed by an independent Educational Advisory Board made up of senior integrated delivery network executives. Additional information may be found at idnsummit.com.
"It's pleasing to see such an excellent response to the call for applications," says John Kelly, CEO, IDN Summit & Expo. "The large number of entries is reflective of the many innovations taking place in the healthcare sector today. I encourage all senior hospital and health system executives to vote online at the IDN Summit website and to join us at the 2011 Spring Summit to help us honor these cutting-edge initiatives."
Kelly says the awards program helps put the focus on the supply chain as a critical source of healthcare cost savings and efficiencies at a time when they are most critical to the industry. "The database of nominees and winners also serves as a rich source of best practices that other healthcare providers can draw on as they seek to streamline their operations," he adds. "It's encouraging to see so many innovative ideas represented by this year's entries."
The 2011 award program underwent several modifications. A National Peer Award winner will now be selected in each of three categories: innovation, efficiency (return on investment) and replication (ease of incorporation by other health systems), as well as an overall National Award Winner of Excellence.
All finalists will receive recognition among their peers across the country as well as in their own communities through articles in the trade press and local media highlighting their accomplishments.
Senior hospital and healthcare executives will have until Feb. 4 to cast online ballots to determine the four Peer Award winners, announced on Feb. 8. Each of the four finalists will make a presentation at the 2011 Spring IDN Summit, where they will be competing for attendee votes to determine which of them takes home the National Award Winner of Excellence.
Those eligible to vote include C-suite executives, executive vice presidents, vice presidents, directors and senior managers of supply chain or other departments. The nominees' submissions and the voting rules are available at IDN Summit Awards.
This year's slate of nominees includes:
* Baptist Health South Florida, for re-engineering its process of introducing new surgical products for trial and/or use.
* CHRISTUS Health, Irving, Texas, for developing a comprehensive savings plan targeting 10 strategic categories, including costly physician preference items.
* Coastal Cooperative of New Jersey, for its automated, online system of competitive bidding and analysis of vendor proposals.
* Greenville (S.C.) Hospital System University Medical Center, for adopting a perioperative supply formulary-similar to pharmacy drug formularies-to control costs.
* LeeSar/CSF, a buying cooperativeowned by Lee Memorial Health System, Fort Myers, Fla., and Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System, for broadening its membership to include Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital and Central Florida Health Alliance, Leesburg, thereby improving its buying clout and ability to standardize product purchases.
* Lifespan, Providence, R.I., which developed a supply-chain-contracting algorithm focused on physician preference items that engaged all key stakeholders in the process of identifying achievable savings and standardizing equipment.
* Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, for adopting a customized program to upgrade its infusion therapy equipment, and provide equipment management and maintenance services across the entire 11-facility system.
* Memorial University Medical Centerin southeast Georgia, which brought a Real-Time Location System in-house to better track the flow of equipment and other assets throughout the facility.
* New York City Health and Hospital Corporation, for developing and implementing a supply chain transformation that included educating the organization on the importance of the supply chain, saving $26 million to date.
* Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, which implemented a "virtual supplier network" that provided purchasing staff with total control of product content from contracted suppliers.
* Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, for implementing a vendor management program to control clinical and non-clinical supply spending.
* The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, for adopting a staff injury prevention initiative focused on equipment, supplies and education related to patient handling.
* UPMC, Pittsburgh, which adopted technology enabling it to wirelessly communicate electronic commands as voice commands directed at staff via wearable computers with headsets and microphones.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Lisa Ponssa, Content Director, Phone 813.928.0414,email lisa@idnsummit.com.
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About IDN Summit and Expo
Since its creation in 1986, IDN Summit & Expo has become the leading source of collaborative networking events, education and information resources and professional services for healthcare supply chain stakeholders. It focuses on best practices, enhanced communication and improved business processes that lead to more cost-effective patient care. The spring and fall summits bring together senior healthcare executives and their group purchasing organization and supplier partners in an open, learning environment. The meetings have as their foundation a range of strategic content developed by an independent Educational Advisory Board made up of senior integrated delivery network executives. Additional information may be found at idnsummit.com.