Providence Hospitals Wins GHXcellence Award for Achievements in Supply Chain Performance
June 15, 2009
COLUMBIA, SC – June 15, 2009 – Providence Hospitals recently received a GHXcellence Award for achievements in improving supply chain performance. The award was recently presented during a recognition ceremony in Nashville at the 9th Annual GHX Supply Chain Summit—the largest forum in the U.S. focused on both the buy and sell side of the health care supply chain.
The theme of this year’s awards was “Be Bold: Achieve best practice in your supply chain.” The awards are granted to those organizations that best met specific criteria during the 2008 calendar year, including:
- Increased use of e-commerce solutions throughout the health care supply chain
- The number of trading partners with whom they conducted e-commerce
- The percentage of orders transacted electronically
- The percentage of invoices transacted electronically
- Reduction in order and invoice discrepancies and errors
Providence President & CEO George Zara believes this award is indicative of the hospitals’ commitment to quality. “Providence Hospitals’ strives to achieve excellence in all areas of our organization. Receiving recognition for supply chain performance signifies the depth of our efforts.”
“During these challenging economic times, health care providers and suppliers are beginning to recognize the strategic value of their supply chains and the significant impact they have on the financial health of their organizations,” said GHX CEO Bruce Johnson. “This year’s GHXcellence Awards honor those organizations that are leading this trend by maximizing the value of supply chain technology and ecommerce solutions to improve process efficiencies and achieve hard-dollar savings.”
Providence Hospital
Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity Health System, Providence Hospitals is known statewide for its compassionate care. This non-profit organization is licensed for 304 beds and is comprised of four entities: Providence Hospital, Providence Heart & Vascular Institute, Providence Hospital Northeast and Providence Orthopaedic & Neuro Spine Institute. A faith-based health care facility in the Midlands area of South Carolina, Providence employs more than 1,900 caring individuals.
Providence Hospital, located in downtown Columbia, was founded by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine in 1938. The facility is best known for the expertise in cardiac care it provides through Providence Heart Institute, which is recognized statewide as a referral center for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
Providence Hospital Northeast was established in 1999 and offers a range of medical services in surgery, emergency care, women’s and children’s services and rehabilitation. Providence Northeast is home to Providence Orthopaedic & Neuro Spine Institute, which provides medical and surgical treatment of diseases and injuries of the bones, joints and spine.
About GHX
As the business hub for health care, GHX enables health care providers and suppliers in North America and Europe to reduce costs and improve margins by automating processes, reducing operating expenses and increasing knowledge-based decision making. Products and services include trading partner connectivity, order and contract management and validation, data synchronization, sales force automation and business intelligence. Equity owners of GHX are Abbott Exchange, Inc.; AmerisourceBergen Corp.; Baxter Healthcare Corp.; B. Braun Medical Inc.; Becton, Dickinson & Co.; Boston Scientific Corp.; Cardinal Health, Inc.; Covidien; C.R. Bard, Inc.; Fisher Scientific International, Inc.; GE Healthcare; HCA; Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.; McKesson Corp.; Medtronic USA, Inc.; Owens & Minor; Premier, Inc.; Siemens; University HealthSystem Consortium; and VHA Inc. For more information, visit www.ghx.com.
