Irving, Texas-based VHA, Inc., has named the winners of its 2014 Excellence Awards, honoring 13 member hospitals for achievements related to supply chain performance improvement, according to a news release.
The Excellence Awards in Supply Chain Management are awarded in eight categories. The awards were presented on April 27 at VHA's national Navigating to Excellence Forum in Las Vegas.
The following are the winners of the Excellence Awards.
Distribution, Logistics and Inventory Management
- Providence Health and Services, Renton, Wash. (two awards)
- Providence Health and Services, Portland, Ore.
Supplier Diversity
- Partners HealthCare System, Boston
Innovation and Creativity
- Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Sourcing and Resource Management
- Allina Health, Minneapolis
- Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, S.D.
- Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System
VHA PharmaLYNX Index Most Improved
- MedStar Health Inc., Columbia, Md.
VHA PriceLYNX Health Care Organization Overall
- Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover, N.H.
VHA PriceLYNX Lifetime Achievement
- Columbus (Ind.) Regional Hospital
VHA PriceLYNX Physician Preference Items Index
- Freeman Health System, Joplin, Mo.
- Lakeland Healthcare, Saint Joseph, Mich.
- PinnacleHealth System, Harrisburg, Pa.
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