CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The Premier healthcare alliance has recognized leading hospitals and health systems as winners of its 2013 Supply Chain Innovation and Excellence Awards for superior performance.

Fairview Health Services of Minneapolis and Henry Ford Health System of Detroit received the Supply Chain Innovation Award for driving new levels of performance and competitive advantage.

“Celebrating the successes of our member hospitals and health systems is an honor for Premier,” said Durral R. Gilbert, president of supply chain services for Premier, a provider-owned performance improvement alliance of 2,800 hospitals and 95,000 other care sites. “These providers are focused on delivering high-quality, cost-effective care to best meet the needs of the people they serve while creating value for the alliance as a whole. This recognition is well deserved.”

In addition, 29 organizations were honored with the Supply Chain Excellence Award, given to hospitals with advanced supply expense performance as measured by Premier’s SupplyFocus® solution. SupplyFocus is the industry’s largest comparative database of operational and supply chain cost information for acute care hospitals. Winners were identified using four industry standard supply expense ratios and a case-mix-index-based peer grouping methodology to ensure that organizations of diverse sizes and complexity were considered equally.

The awards were given on June 12 at Premier’s 2013 annual Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition in San Antonio.

2013 Supply Chain Excellence Award winners are:

Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee

Bon Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis, N.Y.

Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, Va.

Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital, Rocky Mount, Va.

Carilion Giles Community Hospital, Christiansburg, Va.

Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital, Christiansburg, Va.

Central Valley General Hospital, Hanford, Calif.

Daughters of Charity Health System, Los Altos Hills, Calif.

Dr. Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital, Tucumcari, N.M.

Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Suffern, N.Y.

Hampshire Memorial Hospital, Romney, W.Va.

Henry Ford Health System, Detroit

Maryvale Hospital, Phoenix

McLaren Macomb, Mount Clemens, Mich.

McLaren Orthopedic Hospital, Lansing, Mich.

Murphy Medical Center, Murphy, N.C.

Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital, Ashlan, Ky.

Presbyterian Espanola Hospital, Espanola, N.M.

Presence Health, Mokena, Ill.

Presence Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago

Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, Chicago

Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown, N.Y.

Socorro General Hospital, Socorro, N.M.

St. Clare Hospital, Baraboo, Wisc.

St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, Calif.

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle, Azle, Texas

The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.

The Methodist Hospitals, Inc. - Northlake Campus, Gary, Ind.

University of Louisville Hospital, Louisville, Ky.

About the Premier healthcare alliance

Premier is the nation’s largest performance improvement alliance of more than 2,800 U.S. hospitals and 95,000 other sites using the power of collaboration and technology to lead the transformation to coordinated, high-quality, cost-effective care. Owned by healthcare providers, Premier operates a leading purchasing network with more than $5 billion in annual savings. Premier also maintains clinical, financial and outcomes databases based on 1 in every 4 patient discharges. A world leader in measurably improving patient care, Premier has the largest performance improvement collaboratives in America, including one in partnership with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has an office in Washington. https://www.premierinc.com. Stay connected with Premier on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.