Vizient held its first annual Connections Summit this spring. It is the first such conference since the integration of VHA Inc., University HealthSystem Consortium, Novation and recently acquired MedAssets Spend and Clinical Resource Management segment.
“As the newly combined Vizient, we believe the Summit’s format [offers] an incredible opportunity for cross-sharing knowledge and information between academic medical centers, pediatric hospitals, large IDNs and community hospitals,” said Byron Jobe, president and chief administrative officer. “Our member event in the fall, Vizient Connections Clinical Summit, will have a similar format and be focused on clinical, quality and performance improvement strategies.”
Vizient designed the Summit for CEOs, COOs and CFOs, nurses, pharmacists and service line leaders with supply chain responsibility, as well as supply chain executives and value analysis program facilitators. It offered educational and interactive sessions on topic areas including:
- Care delivery improvement across the continuum
- Strategies for operational excellence
- Value-based care delivery
- Data use, analysis and measurement
- Network solutions for performance excellence
President’s Award of Honor
Vizient honored two member healthcare systems for performance-related achievements in 2015: The University of Vermont Medical Center, which qualified for the President’s award by winning awards in supply chain performance excellence and sustainability excellence; and Yale New Haven Health System, which qualified by earning awards in supply chain management sourcing and resource management processes and sustainability.
Supply Chain Management Excellence Awards
Vizient presented Excellence Awards in supply chain management in seven categories. The winners were:
Distribution, logistics and inventory management
- INTEGRIS Health, Inc.
- Penn State Hershey Medical Center
- Premier Health
Supplier diversity
- University of Maryland Medical System
Sourcing and resource management
- Parkview Health
- Susquehanna Health System
- Yale New Haven Health System/Yale New Haven Hospital
PharmaLYNX Index
- Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
PriceLYNX health care organization index
- Tift Regional Medical Center
PriceLYNX physician preference items index
- Crozer-Keystone Health System
- Genesis HealthCare System
- Lancaster General Health
- OhioHealth
Supply chain performance excellence
- Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
- Emory University Hospital Midtown
- Lehigh Valley Health Network
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- The University of Vermont Medical Center, Inc.
Sustainability Excellence Awards
Vizient’s Sustainability Excellence Award recognizes member hospitals who demonstrated focus and commitment to sustainability practices through the implementation of a new program with measurable success. The winners were:
- NorthShore University HealthSystem
- Stony Brook University Hospital
- Thedacare, Inc.
- University of Utah Hospital and Clinics
- University of Vermont Medical Center, Inc.
- Valley Hospital
- Yale New Haven Health System/Yale New Haven Hospital
Supplier awards
Twenty-five suppliers were recognized as outstanding performers that served legacy VHA and University HealthSystem Consortium members, Provista and members of Children’s Hospital Association in 2015:
- Mark McKenna Overall Supplier of the Year Award: Fresenius Kabi USA.
- Academic Participation Award: Teleflex Medical Incorporated.
- Non-Acute Partner of the Year Award: Henry Schein, Inc.
- Pediatric Supplier of the Year Award: Dräger Medical Inc.
- Diversity Supplier of the Year Award: Action Health.
- Environmental Excellence Award: Ecolab Inc.
- Innovative Technology Award: Invuity, Inc.
- Compliance & Integrity Award: Standard Textile Co., Inc.
- Physician Preference Supplier of the Year Award: Terumo Medical Corporation.
- Generic Pharmaceutical Supplier of the Year Award: AuroMedics Pharma LLC.
- Brand Name Pharmaceutical Supplier of the Year Award: GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals.
- aptitudeTM Seller of the Year Award: Medline Industries, Inc.
- Capital & Imaging Supplier of the Year Award: Dräger Medical Inc.
- Acute Distributor of the Year Award: McKesson Corp. Pharmacy Distribution.
- Specialty Distributor of the Year Award: FFF Enterprises, Inc.
- Support & Purchased Services Supplier of the Year Award: Integrated Medical Systems.
- Food & Nutrition Supplier of the Year Award: Jennie-O Turkey Store, LLC.
- Business & Technology Supplier of the Year Award: FedEx Healthcare Solutions.
- IMPACT Standardization Programs Supplier of the Year Award: Cardinal Health.
- Group Buy Supplier of the Year Award: Philips Healthcare.
- NOVAPLUS® Supplier of the Year Award: MediCore.
- NOVAPLUS Pharmaceutical Supplier of the Year Award: Fresenius Kabi USA.
- Medical/Surgical Supplier of the Year Award: Cardinal Health.
- National Account Manager of the Year Award: Norman Frankel, Standard Textile.
- Custom Solutions Partner of the Year Award: Medtronic USA, Inc. Cardiovascular Group.