HealthTrust Performance Group honors members for excellence, sustainability and innovation as organization members gather.
October 2022 – The Journal of Healthcare Contracting
Six HealthTrust member organizations were honored recently for supply chain excellence, sustainability and innovation benefitting their patients, communities and stakeholders. Recipients of the annual Member Recognition Awards – the most prestigious honors presented by HealthTrust Performance Group – were announced at the HealthTrust University conference in Nashville, held in July. David Osborn, Ph.D., senior vice president of strategic accounts and advisory services presented awards to the following health systems and their representatives.
Operational Excellence – Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tenn., for implementing more than 100 supply chain initiatives which yielded significant savings.
- Susan Schrupp, senior vice president and chief purchasing officer
- Gina Nieszczur, senior director, imaging services
- Jamie Smigel, director, category analytics
- Joanna Morton, RN, BSN, director, clinical resources
- Scott Wood, director, supply chain management
Clinical Excellence – Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pa., for leveraging analytics and value analysis for perioperative services to improve efficiency and lower costs while enhancing patient care.
- Janelle Alfano, director, perioperative business services
- Allison Hontz, administrator, strategic sourcing
- Keith Carl, manager, network value analysis
- Tamara Gates, contract and product manager
- Alexandre Warman, administrator, perioperative business services
Social Stewardship – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass., for sustainability initiatives reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption, and diversion of non-hazardous waste through reuse, reprocessing and recycling.
- Avery Palardy, sustainability program manager
- Pharmacy Excellence – Atlantic Health System, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, N.J., for its megasite vaccination program serving thousands of New Jersey residents per day with no wasted doses or medication errors.
- Timothy Lise, PharmD, BCPS, executive director, pharmacy services
- Kunal Shah, assistant manager, pharmacy
- Mark Harris, manager, pharmacy
- Michele Sienkiewicz, manager, pharmacy services
- Doug Bloomstein, manager, pharmacy services
- Judy Redmond, assistant manager, pharmacy
- Esther King, assistant manager, pharmacy
Innovation – Hackensack Meridian Health, Edison, N.J., for automating supply chain tasks resulting in time savings and improved efficiencies to the inventory system and item master.
- Geffry Lafortune, customer service supervisor
- Laura Catalini, pricing and data integrity supervisor
Outstanding Member – Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Memphis, Tenn., for contract adoption initiatives leading to cost savings and improved patient outcomes.
- Chris Hilty, manager, pharmacy supply chain
- Christopher Bell, director, supply chain management
- Clark Story, project manager, supply chain management
- Gregory Mathis, manager, supply chain management
- Jeremy Cook, senior director, supply chain management
- Larry Fogarty, vice president, supply chain
- Rusty Parker, senior director, supply chain management
- Steve Colclasure, supervisor, supply chain
Boldly Forward
With the theme, “Boldly Forward, The Future of a World Disrupted,” HealthTrust’s invitation-only conference featured notable discussions from experts across the healthcare continuum and fostered an atmosphere of collaboration to propel supply chain stability and excellence forward in an environment of global disruption.
More than 3,700 attendees, including exhibitors, sponsors and affiliates participated in the conference. HTU’22 featured expert insights and best-practice sharing in support of supplier diversity, staffing shortages and supply chain innovation. Members selected from among dozens of educational sessions focused on professional and personal development. Many classes offered Continuing Education credits in disciplines such as nursing, supply chain and pharmacy. The event also created an environment for sharing innovative best practices and networking, as well as entertainment and an evening at Topgolf.
In his remarks, HealthTrust president and CEO Ed Jones shared the results of a HealthTrust member survey assessing the magnitude of disruption that healthcare professionals have experienced in both their personal and professional lives. Notable findings from the survey included:
- 96% of respondents said that their world has been significantly disrupted over the past two years.
- 99% indicated that they think about supply chain in a much different way today than they did three years ago.
- 84% are more resourceful about solving issues and challenges since the onset of the pandemic.
- 75% have made changes to their personal lives as a result of the pandemic.
“As healthcare providers, we face ever-evolving challenges from global supply chain disruptions and labor shortages that are threatening the financial viability of hospitals and their ability to serve patients and communities,” said Jones. “Despite these obstacles – many of which are beyond our control – I am confident the collective wisdom and alignment of our members coupled with collaboration with other strategic partners can solve for many of the pressing issues that we face today or tomorrow.”
The 25th annual HealthTrust University will be July 17-19, 2023, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.