Parkland recognized by GHX as 2020 “Best 50” Healthcare Provider for Supply Chain Excellence
Highlighting commitment and innovative approach to safe, high quality healthcare
Parkland Health & Hospital System has been recognized by healthcare supply chain leader Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) as a “Best 50” healthcare provider. For the past 13 years, GHX’s annual “Best 50” award spotlights the top North American hospitals and health systems based on their proven ability to improve operational performance while driving down costs through supply chain automation.
“It’s such an honor for our organization to be recognized by GHX as a “Best 50” healthcare provider,” said Pamela Bryant, senior vice president and Chief Supply Chain Officer at Parkland. “I’m extremely proud of our team who worked hard and long hours to meet the system’s supply chain needs during such a difficult year. COVID-19 posed so many challenges, particularly in procuring adequate supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) for our healthcare workers. The award demonstrates our staff’s commitment to finding innovative solutions to those challenges in order to guarantee that Parkland could continue to provide safe, high quality healthcare, despite the pandemic”
Honorees are selected from a pool of more than 4,100 provider organizations connected to the GHX digital trading platform that score highest in areas such as maximizing document automation, Exchange utilization and trading partner connections during the 2020 calendar year. The recipients will be recognized during Summit Live on May 26, 2021.
“Every year, GHX honors a select group of providers that are setting a high bar for healthcare supply chain excellence,” said Bruce Johnson, president and CEO, GHX. “This year’s honorees stand out given how immensely challenging COVID-19 was for the global healthcare supply chain. Parkland showed an especially deep commitment and innovative approach to removing waste, driving efficiencies and raising the quality of patient care when it was even more critical.”
The full list of 2020 winners and past winners can be found here: https://www.ghx.com/awards/best-50/
About GHX
Building on decades of collaboration between 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 world-class, cloud-based supply chain solutions, visit www.ghx.com and The Healthcare Hub. GHX has also launched a COVID-19 Information Center that provides a wealth of free resources and access to data and information needed to help serve patients and protect staff during the pandemic.
For more information about Parkland, visit www.parklandhospital.com
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