May 13, 2022 – Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) honored the recipients of its 21st annual GHXcellence Awards during the company’s annual GHX Summit awards ceremony. The GHXcellence Awards recognize provider and supplier organizations, and individuals, that are advancing the business of healthcare through complex problem solving, relentless innovation and supply chain leadership.
- 2021 Organizational Award Recipients and Key Contributors:
- Collaboration: Abbott Laboratories and the American Diabetes Association
- Community Impact: Ochsner Health
- Key Contributor: Mark French, Vice President, Supply Chain & Resource Management
- Innovation: Stanford Health Care
- Key Contributor: Andrew Smith, Senior Manager, Systems and Analytics
- Innovation: Medtronic
- Key Contributor: Jodi Weinzetl, Senior Global Education and Strategic Partnerships Director, Lung Health & Visualization
- Commitment to Safety & Security: Providence
- Achieving Financial Agility: Trinity Health, Duke Health and GE Healthcare
- Elevating the Clinically Integrated Supply Chain: Scripps Health
- Key Contributor: Liz Eisenberg, Director, Clinical Value Analysis
- S. Healthcare Provider of the Year (Large – 1,000+ beds): RWJBarnabas Health
- S. Healthcare Provider of the Year (Medium – 500-1,000 beds): UC Davis Health
- S. Healthcare Provider of the Year (Small – less than 500 beds): UCI Health
- S. Healthcare Supplier of the Year (Large): Medline Industries, Inc.
- S. Healthcare Supplier of the Year (Mid-Size): Hologic
- Canadian Healthcare Supplier of the Year: StrykerCorporation
- Canadian Healthcare Provider of the Year: Transform Shared Service Organization
- 2021 Individual Award Winners:
- Healthcare Hero: Jack Koczela, Director of Services, Supply Chain, Froedtert Health
- Healthcare Hero: Mark Van Sumeren, Managing Director, Health Industry Advisor
- Supply Chain Leadership: Richard Bagley, Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Penn State Health
The top-performing provider and supplier organizations were evaluated based on GHX performance metrics. Winners in the other award categories were selected based on submitted nominations and a combination of strategic performance metrics that were evaluated by a selection committee made up of GHX executives and leading healthcare influencers. This year, GHX added three new awards to honor those elevating the clinically integrated supply chain, excelling in safety and security and demonstrating keen financial agility.