Honorees across were recognized for using market intelligence and benchmarking data to guide purchasing decisions amid rising supply and operating costs.
Staritas, a healthcare supply chain intelligence company, has named 12 health systems and hospitals as recipients of its 2026 Supply Chain Excellence Award, recognizing organizations for their performance in supply chain management and their use of data, benchmarking, and market intelligence to inform purchasing decisions.
Staritas says the recognition arrives as hospitals continue to face pressure from rising supply, technology, and operating costs—conditions that have elevated the role of supply chain expertise in identifying savings and shaping strategic sourcing across the enterprise.
2026 Award Recipients
The 2026 honorees span 10 states:
- Bon Secours Mercy Health — Blue Ash, Ohio
- Bronson Healthcare — Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Inova — Fairfax, Virginia
- Jackson Health System — Miami, Florida
- Montefiore Einstein — Bronx, New York
- MU Healthcare — University of Missouri — Columbia, Missouri
- Northeast Georgia Health System — Gainesville, Georgia
- The Queen’s Health Systems — Honolulu, Hawaii
- United Health Services Hospitals, Inc. — Binghamton, New York
- Universal Health Services — King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
- VCU Health — Richmond, Virginia
- WakeMed Health & Hospitals — Raleigh, North Carolina
“Healthcare organizations are under tremendous pressure to control costs without compromising the resources clinicians and patients depend on,” says Emmet O’Gara, CEO of Staritas, in a release. “This year’s recipients demonstrate how leading supply chain organizations are responding by bringing greater rigor, visibility and insight to decisions that can have a meaningful impact across the enterprise.”
Looking Beyond Unit Price
The award recognizes organizations that use market intelligence and benchmarking to identify savings opportunities, evaluate purchasing decisions, and improve spend management across multiple supply and capital categories, including medical supplies, capital equipment, physician preference items, service contracts, and reagents.
Staritas noted that healthcare supply chain teams influence decisions that extend beyond negotiating prices on individual products. From capital equipment and purchased services to physician preference items, utilization, and standardization, supply chain leaders have an opportunity to influence acquisition cost, operational performance, and the allocation of healthcare resources.
“What stands out about this year’s recipients is how they turn intelligence into action,” says Stuart Morris-Hipkins, chief operating officer of Staritas, in a release. “They are looking across categories, questioning variation, and using market evidence to focus their teams on the opportunities that can have the greatest impact.”
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