May 11, 2021 – Community Hospital Corporation (CHC) (Plano, TX) announced that it recently surpassed a major milestone: CHC Supply Trust now serves 101 hospitals by providing group purchasing organization (GPO) access, supply chain management support, and strategic insight necessary to meet current and future needs.
CHC Supply Trust, the supply chain services arm of CHC Consulting, said it foresees the significant growth in member hospitals to continue.
CHC Supply Trust offers healthcare supply chain management support to community hospitals, including GPO access through the HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HPG) to achieve the best in industry pricing for hospitals regardless of size or volume.
Jon Pruitt, SVP for CHC Supply Trust, commented on COVID-19’s impact on hospitals and CHC Supply Trust’s ongoing role due to the outbreak: “The pandemic demonstrated that hospitals must optimize their supply chain to better prepare for disruptions, reduce supply chain waste and help offset COVID-related costs. We continue to fulfill PPE demands based on the pandemic, and we recently augmented our services to help hospitals save on purchased services by aggregating volume across multiple hospitals.”