Global Healthcare Exchange released its annual list of the 50 best healthcare supply chains in North America.
The 2016 GHX "Best 50" Supply Chains in North America list recognizes healthcare organizations for their work to improve operational performance and lower costs through supply chain automation, according to an emailed news release.
To compile the list, GHX assessed the performance of more than 4,000 hospitals in the U.S. and Canada connected to the GHX electronic trading exchange, according to an emailed release.This year's list includes 51 organizations due to a tie between two providers.
Here are the 2016 winners, listed in alphabetical order.
- Allina Health System (Minneapolis)
- Baptist Health System (San Antonio)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston)
- Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center (Findlay, Ohio)
- Bon Secours Health System (Marriottsville, Md.)
- Catholic Health System (Buffalo, N.Y.)
- Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno, Calif.)
- Crouse Health Hospital (Syracuse, N.Y.)
- El Camino Hospital - Mountain View (Calif.) Campus
- Fairview Health Services (Minneapolis)
- Freeman Health System (Joplin, Mo.)
- Group Health Cooperative (Seattle)
- Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center
- Harborview Medical Center (Seattle)
- Harris Health System (Houston)
- HealthEast Care System (St. Paul, Minn.)
- Lehigh Valley Hospital – Cedar Crest (Allentown, Pa.)
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (Palo Alto, Calif.)
- Mary Washington Hospital (Fredericksburg, Va.)
- Medical University Hospital Authority (Charleston, S.C.)
- Medstar Health (Columbia, Md.)
- Memorial Hermann Health System (Houston)
- MultiCare Health System (Tacoma. Wash.)
- NorthBay Healthcare (Fairfield, Calif.)
- Ochsner Clinic Foundation (New Orleans)
- Parkland Health & Hospital System (Dallas)
- Parkview Medical Center (Pueblo, Colo.)
- Presbyterian Healthcare Services (Albuquerque, N.M.)
- Riverside Health System (Newport News, Va.)
- Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System (San Jose, Calif.)
- Seattle Children's Hospital
- Sharp HealthCare (San Diego)
- Southwest General Health Center (Middleburg Heights, Ohio)
- St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center (Syracuse, N.Y.)
- Stanford (Calif.) Health Care
- The University of Chicago Medical Center
- Tufts Medical Center (Boston)
- UC Health (Aurora, Colo.)
- UCLA Healthcare (Los Angeles)
- UF Health (Gainesville, Fla)
- United Health Services (New York)
- University of California, San Francisco
- University of Virginia Hospital System (Charlottesville, Va.)
- UW Medicine – University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle)
- UW Medicine – Valley Medical Center (Renton, Wash.)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
- Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)
- Wayne Memorial Hospital (Goldsboro, N.C.)
- Westchester Medical Center (Valhalla, N.Y.)
- Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Health Services