CHA Hospital Fun Facts
CHA Custom Contracting
National Contracting
Preferred Pediatric Program
Vizient & CHA Staff
100
According to a 2015 CHA SCOP Profile Summary this hospital had the most staff beds.
Who is Texas Children's Hospital?
100
A group of CHA members that provides guidance on CHA custom contracting initiatives.
Who are the Supply Chain Leadership Team (SCLT)?
100
This Vizient employee is the Sr. Portfolio Executive for a group of pediatric agreements and graduated from Indiana University.
Who is Sarah Herrmann?
100
Vizient has over 40,000 of these on contract.
What are pediatric products?
100
A Vizient employee that became CHA Sourcing Executive earlier this year and also lists falconry and videography as two of her hobbies.
Who is Kylie Taylor?
200
This hospital was deemed the southern center for children suffering from polio in the 1950's.
Who is Nicklaus Children's Hospital (Miami)?
200
This company worked with the Vizient CHA custom contracting team to complete their first ever GPO agreement for dental products and also included a CHA custom enhancement for non-acute distribution.
Who is Henry Schein?
200
The 3 Vizient contracted suppliers for Infant Formula.
Who are Abbott, Mead Johnson and Nestle?
200
This Vizient staff member knows how to surf (like...on a board in the ocean).
Who is Tearah Ott?
200
This person graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master's degree in Middle Eastern Studies.
Who is Jeff Markle?
300
In the 1960’s Dr. Albert Sabin was practicing here as he developed the oral polio vaccine.
Who is Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center?
300
An aggregation initiative where CHA members have increased group market share from 5% to 42% since 2013 and achieved $465k in estimated annual value from savings, rebates and admin fees.
What is NOVAPLUS Pitt Plastics Can Liners?
300
These 2 pediatric agreements recently brought an additional 50% in price savings to Vizient members after 2 previous significant price reductions.
What are the Infant Diapers agreements?
300
This Preferred Pediatric Program product category has two suppliers - per the pediatric council's recommendation.
What is Infant Diapers?
300
This person has over 22 hours of Christmas music in their iTunes account.
Who is Julie Benson?
400
In 2007 this children’s hospital opened the first in the world Congenital Hybrid Cardiac Operating Suite.
Who is Nationwide Children's Hospital?
400
332
What is the number of active CHA aggregation / custom contracting agreements at Vizient?
400
The Vizient agreements with contract coverage for phototherapy eye shields.
What are the Infant Care Equipment agreements?
400
7%
What are the average savings you can expect from Preferred Pediatric Program products?
400
This person was the former Secretary for the Future Farmers of America.
Who is Jennifer Gedney?
500
The first genome center in the world entirely inside a children’s hospital was established here and focuses on the diagnosis of inherited pediatric diseases.
Who is Mercy Children's Hospital in Kansas City?
500
$13,796,857
What were the net implementable savings presented to CHA members last year from CHA aggregation / custom contracting initiatives?
500
An agreement that represents the highest amount of Vizient member spend in the Pediatric Sourcing portfolio.
What is Abbott Medical Nutritionals?
500
These are the two capital suppliers in the Preferred Pediatric Program
Who are Draeger Medical and Sizewise?
500
This person has played tennis at Wimbledon.
Who is Heather Walter?
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