Vermont Business Magazine For the 2nd time in recent years, the ECRI Institute has recognized The University of Vermont Health Network for excellence in supply chain management that improves health care quality while reducing costs. Effective management has led to savings or cost avoidance across the Health Network totaling $38.1 million over the past five years. Supply chain involves buying and distributing all clinical and non-clinical items at the lowest possible cost. Among other functions, the supply chain operation makes sure doctors and other providers have the items they need at the time they need them to provide the best care for patients.
- $38.1 million saved across the Network in 5 years
- One of only 12 organizations recognized out of 3,000 studied
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ECRI, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving patient care through the discovery of healthcare best practices, recognized only twelve healthcare organizations out of 3,000 participating in the analysis. The winning organizations are those that achieve excellence in supply chain performance through improved management, leadership and overall supply chain processes. The previous recognition was granted in 2013.
“The ECRI Institute is a key decision-support resource for us in supporting high quality patient care,” said Charlie Miceli, vice president and network chief supply chain officer at the University of Vermont Health Network. “Its mission aligns with our tenets of ‘One Supply Chain, Cost Management, Enhanced Business Processes and Meaningful Informatics’. The ECRI Institute jointly serves as the tip of the spear in supporting our efforts to reduce per capita cost of health care for our patients in Vermont and Northern New York.”
About ECRI Institute
ECRI Institute (www.ecri.org), a nonprofit organization, dedicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research to healthcare to discover which medical procedures, devices, drugs, and processes are best to enable improved patient care. As pioneers in this science for nearly 50 years, ECRI Institute marries experience and independence with the objectivity of evidence-based research. Strict conflict-of-interest guidelines ensure objectivity. ECRI Institute is designated an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. ECRI Institute PSO is listed as a federally certified Patient Safety Organization by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Find ECRI Institute on Facebook (www.facebook.com/
University of Vermont Health Network
The University of Vermont Health Network is a four hospital system serving the residents of Vermont and northern New York:
- The University of Vermont Medical Center
- The University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center
- The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital
- The University of Vermont Health Network – Elizabethtown Community hospital
With over 4,000 health care providers throughout our region, we work together to offer high-quality care more cost-efficiently and as close to home as possible. Strengthened by our academic connection to the University of Vermont, each of our hospitals remains committed to its local community by providing compassionate, personal care shaped by the latest medical advances and delivered by highly skilled experts.