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Healthcare Leaders and Health Systems are Committed to SCMetrix™

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CHICAGO  February 19, 2008  The Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) of the American Hospital Association and the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (ASU) announced today that several prominent health systems have committed their facilities’ data to the SCMetrix™ benchmarking program; AHRMM and ASU’s goal is to have 100 hospitals participate in SCMetrix™ by March 2008.

The SCMetrix™ online tool was developed by AHRMM and ASU last year in response to the healthcare industry’s request for a benchmarking program that would allow hospitals to benchmark their supply chain performance against other like facilities (similar size, scope of service, procedure, geographic location, etc.) within and outside of their own system.

“For years, professionals in the healthcare supply chain have asked AHRMM for assistance in benchmarking their facilities’ performance,” said AHRMM President Mary Ann Michalski. “Their message was loud and clear, ‘if you build it, we will come.’ AHRMM and ASU have built a solution and supply chain leaders have pledged their commitment. Now, we need secure commitments from the organizations. Much is made of healthcare lagging behind…this is our chance to get the information we need to drive best practices and efficiencies throughout the supply chain.”

The health systems that have committed to SCMetrix™ include:

“Over the past six months there has been significant interest in SCMetrix™ with hundreds of professionals participating in webinars hosted by AHRMM and ASU,” W.P. Carey School of Business Professor and Project Leader Vicki Smith-Daniels said. “This interest has been promising. In order for us to accrue the most value from these benchmarks, hospitals need to complete their first of 2007 data collection soon.”

She also notes that AHRMM and ASU are offering an added incentive to the first 100 hospitals that complete the uploading of their data into the system; each participating organization will receive a two-year, no-charge subscription to the program through 2009.

For more information on SCMetrix™, please visit www.scmetrix.org.

About AHRMM
The Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) is the leading national association for executives in healthcare resource and materials management. A personal membership group of the American Hospital Association, AHRMM serves more than 3,900 active members. Founded in 1962, AHRMM advances and supports the healthcare supply chain profession by providing leadership, education, resources and networking. For more information, visit www.ahrmm.org.

About W. P. Carey School of Business at ASU
W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University is one of the largest business schools in the United States, with more than 190 faculty members, 1,400 graduate students, and more than 2,700 upper-division undergraduate students. The school is internationally recognized for its leadership in supply chain management and services marketing and is highly regarded for its faculty’s research productivity. The school’s seven research centers serve as a link between business communities and the areas of marketing, entrepreneurship, information technology and supply chain management. For more information, please visit wpcarey.asu.edu.