December 7, 2020 – Premier Inc. (Charlotte, NC) named St. Luke’s University Health Network as the winner of the 2020 Richard A. Norling Premier Alliance Excellence Award.
Premier presented the annual award to St. Luke’s for exemplifying the highest level of industry innovation and advancements in delivering high-quality, cost-effective care.
St. Luke’s is a fully integrated, nationally recognized health network serving Pennsylvania and New Jersey, that includes 12 hospitals, more than 1,900 physicians and providers, and a regional medical school campus. The system leverages Premier’s performance improvement infrastructure and strategic supply chain services.
In using Premier’s data, technology, supply chain services and expertise, St. Luke’s has consistently achieved top decile performance for quality and efficiency. As a member of Premier’s bundled payment collaborative, St. Luke’s has been a top performer in generating positive savings, realizing more than $1 million in savings year over year. Additionally, through its partnership with Premier, St. Luke’s is leveraging innovative predictive analytics technology to improve maternal health, prospectively identifying women at risk for pre-eclampsia, postpartum hemorrhage and pre-mature birth with a high level of accuracy.
St. Luke’s was selected from Premier’s nationwide alliance of more than 4,100 U.S. hospitals and 200,000 other provider organizations.