Twelve US health systems receive ECRI’s top honor for excellence in supply chain practices.
ECRI, a global patient safety nonprofit organization, announced the winners of its 2025 Healthcare Supply Chain Excellence Award. ECRI’s annual award recognizes US healthcare organizations for achieving excellence in overall spend management and adopting best practice solutions into their supply chain processes.
“This year’s awardees demonstrated that excellence in supply chain goes beyond cost reduction – it’s about collaboration, standardization, and smarter decision-making,” says Tim Browne, vice president of supply chain solutions at ECRI, in a release. “Whether they consolidated vendors for efficiency, reduced infection risks through evidence-based product selection, or achieved multimillion-dollar savings through benchmarking, these organizations showed how supply chain can be a true strategic asset in healthcare.”
The winners of ECRI’s 2025 Healthcare Supply Chain Excellence Award are:
- Broward Health – Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Chesapeake Regional Medical Center – Chesapeake, VA
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center – Columbus, OH
- Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center – Pomona, CA
- The Queen’s Health Systems – Honolulu, HI
- Stanford Medicine Supply Chain – Palo Alto, CA
- United Health Services Hospitals, Inc. – Binghamton, NY
- University Hospital – Newark, NJ
- UChicago Medicine – Chicago, IL
- University of Missouri Health Care – Columbia, MO
- Nicklaus Children’s Health System – Miami, FL
- VCU Health – Richmond, VA
The Healthcare Supply Chain Excellence Award, now in its 14th year, recognizes members of ECRI’s portfolio of supply chain services who demonstrate exemplary utilization of services across the procurement lifecycle, including budgeting, benchmarking, technology assessment, and strategic development. As part of the selection process, ECRI evaluated candidates’ 2025 spend management and market analytics efforts for capital medical devices, supplies, physician preference items, service contracts, and reagents.
“Our honorees exemplify how strategic supply chain management directly supports patient care,” says Stuart Morris-Hipkins, chief solutions officer at ECRI, in a release. “These organizations have proven that data-driven decisions not only deliver millions of dollars in savings but also enable clinical teams to focus on what matters most – patients. We are honored to recognize their innovation and leadership.”
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