* 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.
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* 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.
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