BRENTWOOD, Tennessee—August 13, 2014—HealthTrust℠ honored its 2014 Member Recognition Award winners on July 29 during the 2014 HealthTrust University Conference & Vendor Fair, held in Nashville. The organization established its annual awards program six years ago to acknowledge the outstanding performance and contributions of its members. The categories for nominations included:
- Outstanding Member – recognizes members who have demonstrated the greatest financial improvement using HealthTrust cost savings initiatives, contract compliance and adoption of new contract categories.
- Operational Excellence – recognizes members who have implemented and demonstrated a best practice in streamlining and maximizing supply chain operations and/or cost savings initiatives.
- Clinical Excellence – recognizes members who have implemented and demonstrated a best practice in supply chain clinical initiatives.
- Social Stewardship – recognizes members who have demonstrated a commitment to conservation and preservation of the health care environment and/or those who have a proven track record of advancing diversity in their use of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises.
- Gita Wasan Patel Pharmacy Excellence Award (new this year) – recognizes members who have implemented and demonstrated a best practice in supply chain pharmaceutical initiatives, including improvements in patient care outcomes, operational efficiency and/or financial savings.
The 2014 member winners are:
Outstanding Member Awards (3)
- Kent Nance, director of Contracting and Supplier Diversity for Parallon East Florida Supply Chain in Miramar, Florida
Establishing rapport between his facilities and HealthTrust, while asking crucial questions of suppliers about the value and advantages of their products, empowered Nance to drive contract development and adoption. His membership on the HealthTrust Facility Infrastructure Advisory Board has also made him an invaluable resource for Parallon East Florida’s disaster preparedness. - Contract Implementation Workgroup at Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) in Englewood, Colorado. Team members include:
- Shaun Kelly, Supply Chain director, CHI Nebraska Region
- Billy Nelson, director of supply chain technology
- Jamie Smigel, senior contracting analyst, Integrated Supply Chain Department
- Barbara Stogsdill, contract manager, Pacific Northwest Region, Integrated Supply Chain Department
- Karen Wenzler, clinical research manager, Value AnalysisA disciplined approach to contract standardization and compliance across 89 hospitals in 18 states enabled this team to generate a projected $15.2 million in annual savings for CHI. The goal is to fully implement a chosen category within 90 days of the contract effective date, achieved in part by using dashboards to track progress and including compliance in performance goals.
- Supply Chain Team at Methodist Le Bonheur Health System in Memphis, Tennessee. Team members include:
- Jeremy Cook, corporate director of supply chain management
- Andy Cox, corporate director of supply chain management
- Larry Fogarty, vice president of supply chain management and CFO of Olive Branch Hospital
- Charles Hennesy, manager of the Supply Chain Analyst Group
- Zach Romaine, manager of Pharmacy Supply Chain
By engaging clinical leadership and partnering with HealthTrust via SourceTrust (for medical devices) and ServiceTrust (for purchased services), this team achieved more than $12 million in savings for its organization. HealthTrust suppliers help drive conversions and clinician-directed leader groups throughout Methodist Le Bonheur ensure ongoing compliance to those contracts.
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Operational Excellence Awards (3)
- Christine Gingery, senior sourcing analyst, Supply Chain at Ministry Health Care Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
By pinpointing the data necessary to make smarter financial decisions across the supply chain, Gingery has facilitated $400,000 in annual savings for her organization by equipping pharmacy directors with financial dashboards to better monitor contract compliance and audit rebates received. Her operator experience also proved invaluable to the development of HealthTrust’s inSight spend analytics suite. - Supply Home Delivery Team at Trinity Home Health Services in Livonia, Michigan. Team members include:
- Denise Daldin, home care and infusion consultant
- Patrick Ramsey, director of operations support
- Sharon Tullar, non-acute care manager, Supply Chain
This team partnered with HealthTrust-contracted supplier Cardinal Health to create a program that delivers needed supplies directly to patients’ homes, significantly reducing mileage expenditures for the CHE Trinity Health subsidiary. It also helped develop a best-value product formulary enabling more consistent clinical outcomes with lower costs and increased productivity for clinicians.
- Supply Chain Team from Saint Alphonsus Health System in Boise, Idaho. Team members include:
- Jean Basom, BSN, MBA, regional supply chain director
- Donna Bean, MBA, CMRP, FAHRMM, Oregon Supply Chain director
- Blaine Petersen, MBA, CMA, regional chief financial officer
Using regional collaboration, this team integrated the supply chains of four hospitals to increase standardization of products and operating procedures while keeping the organization on track for supply savings targets. To date, bedside nursing care, surgical supplies, laboratory and cardiac cath lab have been successfully regionalized.
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Clinical Excellence Award
Spine Best Practices Committee at the HCA TriStar Division in Nashville, Tennessee. Team members include:
- Erika Frazier, MBA, HCA American Group lead, Clinical Excellence Facility Interface Team
- Greg Mays, director of Orthopaedics and Spine, HCA TriStar Division
- Michael J. Schlosser, M.D., FAANS, chief of staff, TriStar Centennial Medical Center
- Stephanie Thompson, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, assistant vice president, Clinical Services Group, HCA
TriStar’s top spinal surgeons joined forces to address costly variation in care by developing evidence-based guidelines, reducing the annual spend on osteobiologics by an average of 32 percent. The team’s sustainable, best-practice model can now be replicated in key markets across the enterprise, as well as to limit care variation, reduce costs and improve patient outcomes in multiple other specialty areas.
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Social Stewardship Awards (3)
- Green Team at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, New Jersey. Team members include:
- Josh Binn, perioperative materials and support services manager
- Richard Killeen, director of Purchasing
- Geffry LaFortune, senior buyer, Purchasing Department
- Janet O’Dea, senior buyer, Purchasing Department
- Kyle Tafuri, sustainability advisor
Hackensack remains at the forefront of the green movement with a series of new initiatives that include re-education on medical waste, recycling of keyboards, an organic rooftop garden and the conversion of vegetable oil into biodiesel fuel. The Green Team spearheads all such initiatives, but is supported by 200 volunteers who promote and encourage staff participation.
- Veteran Recruiting Team at HCA in Nashville, Tennessee. Team members include:
- Maria Benedetti, vice president of Human Resources, IT&S and Clinical Services Group
- Avery King, lead military veteran recruiter, Executive Talent Acquisition team
- Neil Lambert, director of Non-hospital Recruiting
- Sheila Stern, MBA, director of Workforce Strategy & Development, chair of Military Veteran Steering Committee and manager of the American Corporate Partners program
Sending recruiters to veteran-specific job fairs nationwide, this team more than doubled its goal of hiring 1,000 veterans. It also provides dedicated support after the hire to ease the transition from military service to the civilian workplace and has enlisted 58 HCA employees to serve as volunteer mentors to military veterans based on job interest.
- Community Commitment Team at Bigfork Valley Hospital in Bigfork, Minnesota. Team members include:
- Gail Blackmer, board chair
- Linnette Davidson, board member
This rural hospital is making a big impact with the construction of a new commons with a 24-hour fitness center, sponsorship of community events focused on fun physical activities, the building of energy-efficient facilities and a partnership with a local high school to introduce teens to healthcare careers. Wellness and sustainability programs have strong board, leadership and administrative support.
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Gita Wasan Patel Pharmacy Excellence Award
Matthew Clifton, PharmD, director of Pharmacy Services at Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie, Georgia
Clifton partnered with HealthTrust’s Clinical Pharmacy team and clinical consultants from Cardinal Health and CareFusion to automate and renovate the pharmacy department, institute pharmacist review on orders before administration, create an Automatic Therapeutic Interchange program and develop a medication safety team. Pharmacy’s relationship with nursing has also strengthened.
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About HealthTrust:
HealthTrust (legally known as HealthTrust Purchasing Group, L.P.) is committed to strengthening provider performance and clinical excellence through an aligned membership model and the delivery of total cost management solutions, including supply chain solutions and a contract and service portfolio unparalleled in quality, scope and value. HealthTrust (www.healthtrustpg.com) serves nearly 1,400 acute care facilities, 800 ambulatory surgery centers and members in more than 10,600 other locations, including physician practices, long-term care and alternate care sites. Headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, HealthTrust is closely integrated with the proven capabilities of Parallon Business Solutions, LLC (www.parallon.com), a leading provider of healthcare business and operational services, including revenue cycle management, workforce and technology solutions.
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