Selected by a panel of independent industry experts, the 2008 VIP Award categories and winners include:

VIP Classic

• Centra
• Healthcare Materials Management Services
• Methodist Medical Center of Illinois
• Providence Health & Services Washington/Montana

VIP Innovator

• Provincial Health Contact Centre

VIP Patient Safety

• Baptist Health Systems

VIP Classic

Healthcare Materials Management Services, London, Ontario – Established in 1997, Healthcare Materials Management Services (HMMS) is a joint venture between London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care London in Canada. HMMS combined supply purchasing and accounts payable operations for London, Ontario hospitals and regional hospital affiliates totaling more than 3,000 beds and combined operating budgets of $1.5 billion. More recently, it set the standard for integrated healthcare supply chain management with an e-commerce and automation initiative that reduced operating costs, improved service levels and maximized efficiencies. Results include more than $2.2 million in savings, with annual cost reductions of $1.5 million. To learn more, read the case study.

Methodist Medical Center of Illinois, Peoria, Ill. – Over the last decade, Methodist Medical Center of Illinois has been driving a technological transformation in the way physicians and other clinicians work. With a wide array of clinical and automation technology solutions already in place, the hospital has achieved impressive improvements in efficiency and patient safety. The next step was to eliminate the last vestiges of time-intensive paper processes by implementing a document imaging solution and physician portal technology. Working in partnership with McKesson, the hospital successfully transitioned to electronic document management, enabling physicians to access and complete charts remotely with electronic signature and laying the groundwork for an electronic health record (EHR). It not only reduced resource utilization and increased staff productivity, but also achieved a remarkable 99 percent physician satisfaction rating. To learn more, read the case study.

Providence Health & Services Washington/Montana, Renton, Wash. – Providence Health & Services Washington/Montana includes 10 hospitals spanning two states. But its mission is singularly focused: delivering the best care to every person, every time. To meet this goal, the region partnered with McKesson to implement numerous technologies, including an electronic health record across three of its Washington hospitals. With a fully electronic clinical environment now in place, Providence Health & Services Washington/Montana has achieved safer medication management of its 4.8 million annual doses – with 100 percent of medications now bar-coded and 93 percent electronically scanned – as well as efficiencies that have saved the region more than $2 million. To learn more, read the case study.

VIP Innovator

VIP Patient Safety