NASHVILLE, Tennessee—July 25, 2018—LifePoint Health®, a leading healthcare company based in Brentwood, Tennessee with a mission of Making Communities Healthier®, today was awarded the HealthTrust Innovation Grant for its antimicrobial stewardship program and demonstrating the organization’s commitment to appropriate antimicrobial usage. LifePoint will apply the grant, valued at $50,000, to advance its capabilities in Days […]
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HealthTrust Honors Member Excellence in Five Categories
NASHVILLE, Tennessee—July 24, 2018—HealthTrust today recognized five member organizations with its highest honor, a Member Recognition Award, during the annual HealthTrust University Conference (HTU). The performance improvement company for healthcare established the Member Recognition program to acknowledge outstanding contributions of members and individuals for achieving operational excellence and demonstrating best practices benefitting healthcare providers and their […]
Beaumont Health Selects HealthTrust for Supply Expense Management and Performance Improvement
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—May 2, 2018—HealthTrust, a leading performance improvement company for healthcare, and Beaumont Health, the largest hospital system in Michigan for inpatient admissions and net patient revenue, have executed a managed services agreement wherein HealthTrust will have responsibility for supply chain leadership and expense management for the non-profit system. The multi-year agreement, which became effective […]
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions’ Brendan Courtney Honored on 2018 Staffing Industry Analysts “Staffing 100” List
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—March 5, 2018—HealthTrust Workforce Solutions is pleased to announce that Brendan Courtney, president and chief executive officer, has been named among the most influential leaders in the staffing industry by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA). This marks the third consecutive year Courtney has been named to the North American Staffing 100 List. Staffing 100 honorees […]
HealthTrust Europe Announces Dennis Robb as Chief Executive Officer
Birmingham, England – March 1, 2018 – HealthTrust Europe today announced the appointment of Dennis Robb as chief executive officer, effective immediately. As CEO, Robb will lead the UK subsidiary organization of HCA Healthcare, which serves 146 acute hospitals across the United Kingdom, including NHS Trusts and HCA Healthcare UK. Robb joined HealthTrust Europe in […]
HealthTrust and Belmont University Initiate Pharmacy Fellowship
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Feb. 28, 2018—HealthTrust, a healthcare performance improvement company and group purchasing organization (GPO), today announced a joint program with the Belmont University College of Pharmacy’s Christy Houston Foundation Drug Information Center to enhance drug information services for members of the GPO’s Pharmacy Services Group. Participants will be employees of the drug information center and […]
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions Appoints Valerie L. Brown Ethics and Compliance Officer
NASHVILLE, Tennessee—January 25, 2018—HealthTrust Workforce Solutions announced that it has named Valerie L. Brown as ethics and compliance officer. The appointment underscores HealthTrust’s commitment to promoting a high level of regulatory compliance, organizational ethics and operational excellence. “Values-based ethics and compliance are vital components of the HealthTrust culture,” said Brendan Courtney, president and chief executive […]
HealthTrust Names John J. Young, M.D. Chief Medical Officer
Nashville, Tenn.—Jan. 16, 2018—HealthTrustSM today announced the appointment of John J. Young, M.D. as chief medical officer, effective Feb. 5, 2018. As CMO, Dr. Young will champion clinical integration in decision-making to advance providers’ clinical and financial performance. Dr. Young previously served as national medical director for LifePoint Health where he led strategic initiatives related […]
Prime Healthcare Selects HealthTrust for Supply Chain Optimization
(NASHVILLE, Tenn.)–November 14, 2017– HealthTrustSM, a healthcare performance improvement company, and Prime Healthcare, one of the nation’s leading integrated health systems based in Ontario, California, today announced the signing of an agreement designating HealthTrust as Prime’s exclusive group purchasing organization (GPO). Effective March 1, 2018, the agreement encompasses Prime Healthcare’s 45 hospitals and affiliated facilities […]
HealthTrust Teams with Valify for Purchased Services Benchmarking
Nashville, Tenn.—November 9, 2017—HealthTrustSM, a performance improvement company for healthcare, announced today its selection of Valify, LLC as its technology partner for expense visibility and benchmarking for purchased services. Valify, a healthcare cost management company dedicated to controlling purchased services expense, offers organizations the ability to identify and benchmark expense and manage savings targets in […]
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions Appoints Shaun McCamant Chief Nursing Officer, Clinical Operations
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—October 5, 2017—HealthTrust Workforce Solutions announced that it has named Shaun McCamant, MSN, RN Chief Nursing Officer, Clinical Operations. The appointment is a reflection of HealthTrust’s organizational commitment to operational and clinical excellence, driven by dedication to the care and improvement of human life. McCamant joins HealthTrust from the HCA Healthcare MidAmerica Division, where […]
Advice from a data scientist: Careful while crosswalking
Tying together clinical information from disparate health systems requires building crosswalks between data sets. HealthTrust’s Ed Hickey discusses limitations inherent in the crosswalking process. Read the Full Article
CHRISTUS Health and HealthTrust Announce Partnership to Foster a Clinically Integrated Supply Chain
(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — September 20, 2017 — HealthTrustSM, a leading healthcare performance improvement company, and CHRISTUS Health, an international, faith-based not-for-profit health system, announced today the signing of an agreement naming HealthTrust as the total spend management partner and exclusive national group purchasing organization (GPO) for the Catholic health ministry. The agreement is effective November […]
HealthTrust and BroadJump Offer Price Benchmarking
NASHVILLE, Tennessee—August 2, 2017—HealthTrustSM, a performance improvement company for healthcare, and BroadJump, a provider of automated, cloud-based data and analytic tools that help hospital operators extract maximum savings from their supply chain, have entered a collaborative agreement to provide HealthTrust members with access to BroadJump’s proprietary benchmarking and pricing intelligence services. Under the agreement, subscribers […]
HealthTrust Appoints Joey Dickson to Lead Supplier Diversity Efforts
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—August 1, 2017—HealthTrustSM, a leading healthcare improvement performance company, announced today that it has named Joey Dickson to lead its Supplier Diversity Program. The appointment reflects HealthTrust’s growing commitment to promote and expand sourcing opportunities for minority, woman and service-disabled veteran enterprises (MWSDVEs). HealthTrust advocates doing business with diverse suppliers that are located in the […]
HealthTrust Awards Scripps Health an Innovation Grant For Perioperative Opioid Stewardship Initiative
LAS VEGAS, Nevada—July 19, 2017—Scripps Health, a nonprofit integrated healthcare delivery system based in San Diego, California, was awarded a HealthTrust Innovation Grant at the 2017 HealthTrust University Conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada. HealthTrustSM established the annual grant three years ago to sponsor and reward new, scalable ideas for advancing healthcare by improving care […]
HealthTrust Presents 2017 Member Recognition Awards
LAS VEGAS, Nevada—July 18, 2017—HealthTrust has recognized 21 individuals with its highest honor during the 2017 HealthTrust University Conference in Las Vegas. The healthcare performance improvement company established its annual Member Recognition Award program to acknowledge outstanding contributions of member organizations for demonstrating best practices and achieving operational excellence benefitting providers and their patients. Awards […]
HealthTrust Europe Officer Named UK Solicitor of the Year
HealthTrust Europe Officer Recognised as UK Solicitor of the Year Birmingham, England—April 18, 2017—HealthTrust Europe, a subsidiary of HealthTrust Purchasing Group, L.P. and part of Hospital Corporation of America, is proud to announce that Chief Legal and Ethics Officer, Dale Robinson, has been presented with the UK Solicitor of the Year Award in Administrative and […]
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions Announces Partnership with DAISY Foundation
NASHVILLE, Tennessee—March 21, 2017—HealthTrust Workforce Solutions® is proud to announce that it has joined the not-for-profit DAISY Foundation as a participating organization. The DAISY Foundation is an international organization that recognizes extraordinary nurses and celebrates the passion and compassion they demonstrate in healthcare settings every day. In advancing the charter of the Foundation, Workforce Solutions […]
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions CEO Brendan Courtney Named to 2017 Staffing Industry Analysts “Staffing 100” List
NASHVILLE, Tennessee—February 15, 2017—HealthTrust Workforce Solutions is proud to announce that President and Chief Executive Officer Brendan Courtney has been named one of the 100 “most influential people in the staffing industry” for the second consecutive year by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) in its annual North American Staffing 100 List. The list represents a selection […]
