A neighborhood well being care system ranked nationally for its provide chain administration, regardless of setbacks reminiscent of rising prices. 

Corewell Health earned the No. 3 spot on Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 listing for 2022, recognizing the well being care system’s excellence in provide chain administration. 

Corewell Health has moved up from final 12 months, when it was ranked No. 6 nationwide. The well being care system has been within the prime 25 since 2018. 

Now in its 14th 12 months, the Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 rankings program identifies examples of provide chain excellence with the purpose of serving to well being programs construct stronger provide chains for bettering affected person outcomes and controlling prices.

“Supply chain plays an increasingly important role in improving patient outcomes and reducing costs across the health system,” mentioned Bill Selles, senior vp of provide chain, Corewell Health. “I’m proud of the way our work impacts patient care and so pleased that the team received this recognition.”

In this 12 months’s rating, Cleveland Clinic took the highest spot with the very best total peer and analyst opinion scores, its second consecutive 12 months within the No. 1 place. Phoenix-based Banner Health took the No. 2 rating, whereas Wisconsin and Illinois’ Advocate Aurora Health and New Orleans’ Ochsner Health joined Corewell to spherical out the Top 5. 

Other notable names on the 2022 listing included Michigan’s personal Trinity Health in addition to Ascension, Providence and Mercy Health. 

Additionally, 4 well being care suppliers made their debut within the 2022 rating: Stanford Health Care, Allina Health, CommonSpirit Health and Sutter Health.

Gartner’s rating focuses on U.S.-based well being programs and this 12 months included an environmental, social and governance measure for the primary time. The methodology for the 2022 rating was 60% group opinion and 40% quantitative information, which comprised high quality of affected person care, bond ranking and environmental, social and governance (ESG).

According to Gartner, superior provide chains:

• Understand buyer worth
• Invest in demand administration as a differentiating functionality
• Promote innovation (not simply compliance) towards ESG components

This 12 months, rising monetary strain attributable to inflated price was recognized as a key problem weighing on well being care chief provide chain officers.

“While in years past we have seen an emphasis on cost and efficiency related to capabilities, this year is different,” mentioned Eric O’Daffer, vp analyst with the Gartner Supply Chain observe. “Costs are higher and margins are decreasing. The expectation is for supply chains to drive cost savings, while simultaneously adding services and increasing resiliency.”