Eighteen Member Hospitals Win First-Ever Premier Supply Chain Excellence Awards.Winners Cited for Superior Supply Expense Performance CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Eighteen hospital members of the Premier healthcare alliance have been cited for achieving superior supply expense performance by winning the largest healthcare purchasing network's first-ever Supply Chain Excellence Awards. The awards were presented Tuesday in ceremonies at Premier's Annual Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Fla. Nine other members received honorable mention. "Achieving and sustaining strong supply chain performance is essential to a healthy bottom line to ensure that the health needs of our communities are met. Therefore, safely reducing supply expense is the definitive focus of Premier and our members," said Mike Alkire, president of Premier Purchasing Partners, LP. "We are pleased to recognize the significant accomplishments of these member hospitals. Their efforts lead the way for our more than 1,500 member hospitals." All of the winners' supply expense performance is measured by Premier's SupplyFocus(TM), the industry's largest comparative database of operational and supply chain cost information for acute care hospitals. Winners were identified using four industry standard supply expense ratios and a case-mix-index-(CMI (Computer-Managed Instruction) Using computers to organize and manage an instructional program for students. It helps create test materials, tracks the results and monitors student progress. )-based peer grouping methodology to ensure that organizations of diverse sizes and complexity were considered equally. Supply expense ratios include supply expense as a percent of total operating expense Operating Expense The essential things that a company must purchase in order to maintain business. Notes: For example, the payment of employees wages are an operating expense. Also known as OPEX. , supply expense as a percent of net patient revenue, supply expense per adjusted patient day, and supply expense per adjusted discharge. "Each of these metrics has strengths and weaknesses if examined alone; however, in aggregate, organizations that perform well in these metrics are excellent, all-around supply chain performers," Alkire said. To be eligible, each organization had to submit four quarters of calendar 2006 data to SupplyFocus by April 30, 2007. With 40 indicators measuring and trending performance in cost and operations, SupplyFocus(TM) enables hospitals to compare supply expense performance to that of similar facilities and easily identify improvement opportunities. CMI-stratified acute care hospital and critical access hospital winners and honorable mentions are as follows: CMI - .95 or less, winners: North Arkansas Regional Medical Center, Harrison, Ark., and Adventist GlenOaks Hospital (Adventist Health System The Adventist Health System is the organisation responsible for overseeing matters related to Hospitals and other medical facilities, related to the Seventh-day Adventist Church within the United States. ), Glendale Heights, Ill; honorable mention: Grenada Lake Grenada Lake is a reservoir on the Yalobusha River in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Grenada Lake was constructed to help control flooding along the Yazoo River Basin. The dam is located on the Yalobusha River approximately 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Grenada, Mississippi. Medical Center, Grenada, Miss. CMI -.96 - 1.05, winners: Methodist Hospital Methodist Hospital is the name of numerous medical institutions.
It is sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Mary and based in St. Louis, Missouri. ), Centralia, Ill. CMI - 1.06 - 1.15, winners: Takoma Regional Hospital (Adventist Health System), Greenville, Tenn., and Presbyterian Hospital of Kaufman (Texas Health Resources), Kaufman, Texas; honorable mention: Randolph Hospital, Asheboro, N.C. CMI - 1.16 - 1.25, winners: Harris Methodist Northwest Hospital (Texas Health Resources), Azle, Texas, and Memorial Hospital Pembroke (Memorial Healthcare System), Pembroke Pines, Fla.; honorable mention: Mercy Hospital Western Hills (Catholic Health Partners), Cincinnati. CMI - 1.26 - 1.35, winners: Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center (Resurrection Health Care), Chicago, and Mercy Hospital Fairfield (Catholic Health Partners), Fairfield, Ohio; honorable mention: Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc., Huntington, W.V. CMI - 1.36 - 1.45, winner: Sinai-Grace Hospital (Detroit Medical Center The Detroit Medical Center is a Detroit-based non-profit corporation that owns and operates nine general and specialty hospitals in southeast Michigan. Detroit Medical Center hospitals include: CMI - 1.46 - 1.60, winners: St. Joseph Hospital (Catholic Health System), Cheektowaga, N.Y., and Henry Ford Hospital Henry Ford Hospital is a hospital located in Detroit, Michigan a few blocks from Wayne State University and the New Center area, near the Fisher Building and Cadillac Place. The hospital was founded in 1915 by Henry Ford as a philanthropic project. (Henry Ford Health System), Detroit; honorable mention: Kuakini Health System, Honolulu. CMI - > 1.60, winners: Ellis Hospital (Yankee Alliance), Schenectady, N.Y., and Allegheny General Hospital Allegheny General Hospital is a large urban hospital located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Allegheny General Hospital, also commonly known locally by the acronym "AGH," was founded in 1885 in Pittsburgh's North Side, in the area formally known as Allegheny City. (West Penn Allegheny Health System West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS) is the second-largest provider of healthcare in metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It competes against much-larger UPMC. ), Pittsburgh; honorable mention: West Penn Hospital (West Penn Allegheny Health System), Pittsburgh. Critical Access hospital winners: Mercy Memorial Hospital (Catholic Health Partners), Urbana, Ohio, and Page Memorial Hospital (Valley Health System), Luray, Va.; honorable mention: East Morgan County Hospital (Banner Health), Brush, Colo. About Premier, 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is given by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology. Through the actions of the National Productivity Advisory Committee chaired by Jack Grayson, it was established by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality recipient Serving 1,700 hospitals and more than 46,500 other healthcare sites, Premier is the largest healthcare alliance in the United States dedicated to improving patient outcomes while safely reducing the cost of care. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier operates the nation's largest healthcare purchasing network, the most comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information and one of the largest policy-holder owned, hospital professional liability risk-retention groups in healthcare. Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C. and Washington. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com. |
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