Mountain View, CA – El Camino Health has been recognized by healthcare supply chain leader Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) as part of the inaugural class of its Supply Chains of Distinction Award for 2023, which honors top performing hospitals and health systems in North America. This award honors GHX Exchange-connected provider organizations that excelled in driving best-in-class supply chain operations. El Camino Health is one of 25 medium health systems awarded for its supply chain work.
"El Camino Health is honored to be recognized by GHX as a top-performing hospital in the vital area of supply chain," said Carlos Bohorquez, chief financial officer of El Camino Health. "My thanks go to our incredible supply chain team who work tirelessly, to ensure our frontline workers have the supplies necessary to deliver high-level care to our patients every day. We are committed to achieving the highest levels of efficiency and are always looking for ways to improve patient outcomes through supply chain automation and innovation."
The award is based upon a set of "perfect order" metrics, rated as a percentage of PO lines sent across the GHX Exchange (integrated) that are touchless and completely automated, from purchase through payment. GHX has also launched a Perfect Order Dashboard featuring monthly performance metrics and rankings, helping to empower hospitals and health systems to commit to best-in-class practices around order performance throughout the year.
In years past, these awards were known as the “Best 50” and this marks the third consecutive year that El Camino Health has been recognized for supply chain excellence. This year's recipients will be honored at the 2024 GHX Summit taking place May 13-16, 2024 in Austin, TX.
"The Supply Chains of Distinction Award honors organizations that are redefining supply chain excellence and setting the standard for healthcare supply chains of the future," said Tina Vatanka Murphy, president and CEO, GHX. "By embracing digital and data transformation, organizations like El Camino Health are contributing directly to the sustainability of healthcare, making a lasting impact on the patients and families that we serve together."
The class of 2023 Supply Chains of Distinction Award recipients can be found here.
About El Camino Health
El Camino Health has served the communities of Santa Clara County for more than 60 years, with nationally recognized physicians and nurses at two not-for-profit acute care hospitals in Los Gatos and Mountain View, and primary care, multi-specialty care, and urgent care locations across the region. El Camino Health is dedicated to giving patients high-quality care utilizing the most advanced technology and research, delivering results first and respect always.
Aside from achieving outstanding patient outcomes, the hospitals have earned numerous awards for clinical excellence, including being named one of the World’s Best Hospitals 2024 by Newsweek, one of the Best Hospitals for Maternity Care by U.S. News & World Report and becoming the San Francisco Bay Area’s first Magnet hospital, earning four consecutive designations from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for nursing excellence.
Key service lines include cancer care, cardiovascular care, maternity care, mental health and addiction services, orthopedics, pulmonology, urology, and women’s health. Visit elcaminohealth.org to learn more.
About GHX
Building on decades of collaboration among providers, manufacturers, distributors and other industry stakeholders, Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) is leading the charge in helping organizations run the new business of healthcare. By automating key business processes and translating evidence-based analytics and data into meaningful action, GHX is helping the healthcare ecosystem to move faster, operate more intelligently and achieve greater outcomes. With the support of GHX, healthcare organizations have removed billions of dollars of wasteful healthcare spend. For more information on GHX's suite of cloud-based supply chain solutions, visit www.ghx.com and The Healthcare Hub.
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