Gartner announces ranking of the Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for 2024
Gartner, Inc. has released its 16th annual Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 ranking, which recognizes U.S. health systems that demonstrate leadership in supply chain.
AdventHealth claims the top spot for the first time, jumping two spots from 2023. Stanford Health Care, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Corewell Health and Banner Health round out the top five (see Table 1). Inova, Endeavor Health, St. Luke’s Health System and Vanderbilt Health debut on the 2024 ranking, while BayCare Health System and HCA Healthcare return this year.
For the Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for 2024, Gartner has added a quantitative risk management component to the ranking to credit health systems for taking a leading role in their approach to risk management. Twelve health systems in the Top 25 and Masters received a score of 10 out of 10 for risk management and 23 received some credit in this area.
In its seventh year, the Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 Masters category recognizes sustained supply chain leadership at health systems. This recognition is awarded only to supply chains that have achieved a top-five score at least seven times in the past 10 years. Cleveland Clinic attains Masters status for the first time joining Mayo Clinic and Intermountain Healthcare who have both achieved Masters status for seven years in a row.
The Joint Commission issues Sentinel Event Alert to help prepare healthcare organizations for environmental disasters
To support healthcare organizations in implementing proactive risk management strategies, The Joint Commission has issued Sentinel Event Alert, “Environmental disasters: Preparing to safely evacuate or shelter in place.” This alert outlines steps for healthcare organizations to consider as they prepare for weather and climate-related disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, floods and extreme heat.
Joint Commission Emergency Management (EM) standards require healthcare organizations to have a comprehensive EM program that provides a systematic analysis for planning and decision-making. The EM program structure can respond to any type of emergency through an all-hazards approach.
To assist in safe evacuation or sheltering in place during an environmental disaster, the Sentinel Event Alert suggests that healthcare organizations consider taking the following actions:
1. Revisit and update emergency plans.
2. Establish and build collaborative relationships.
3. Develop a resilient communications infrastructure.
4. Plan how to meet essential needs and provide care to staff and patients.
5. Plan and practice how to evacuate and shelter in place.