Making healthcare supply chains resilient

As a neutral, member-led nonprofit, HIRC builds practical, sourcing-ready standards and tools that help healthcare organizations reduce risk, eliminate redundant diligence, and ensure continuity of patient care.

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For Providers

What you gain with HIRC standards

Reduce duplicate diligence efforts

Improve supplier comparability and risk insight

Align procurement with continuity of care

Strengthen resilience across supply networks

For Suppliers

How HIRC supports supplier engagement

Clear expectations for resiliency capability

Consistent evaluation signals across buyers

Better visibility into readiness for continuity of care

Reduced repetitive qualification requests

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Benefits of alignment and collaboration

Streamlined adoption of shared resiliency criteria

Enhanced data exchange among members and stakeholders

Consistent framework for supplier performance evaluation

Members set the standard for
resilient sourcing

A neutral, member-led culture of working together to create sourcing-ready signals

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Recognizing supplier leadership

The HIRC Resiliency Badge — our highest supplier recognition — awarded to suppliers that demonstrate measurable resiliency and transparency in critical supply-chain practices.

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“HIRC’s collaborative forum—where real-time information is exchanged—helps providers and suppliers align on resiliency so patient care and safety are protected”

– Pete Bennett, SVP, Global Logistics at Cardinal Health

“HIRC’s standards and badges are now part of our business reviews and sourcing events, making resiliency a routine part of procurement.”

– Geoff Gates, Senior Director, P2P & Technology, Cleveland Clinic

“We will set HIRC standards and badges as expectations — they will change how we evaluate trading partners.”

– Tom Harvieux, CSCO, BJC Health Care

“Sharing resiliency information improves outcomes for providers, for suppliers, and — most importantly — for patients.”

– Alan Mavis, National Accounts, Sr. Director, Baxter Healthcare

“Resiliency is non-negotiable — we’re committed to fully adopting HIRC standards in our sourcing process.”

– Regine Villain, SVP, CSCO, Ochsner

How we work

Convene

Bring providers, suppliers, GPOs, and partners together to co-design standards and governance.

Define

Establish healthcare-specific standards that clarify expectations and enable comparison.

Deliver

Provide deployable tools procurement teams can use in real sourcing decisions.

Scale

Scale credentials and a sourcing-ready dataset so buyers can evaluate suppliers with confidence.

Making healthcare supply chains resilient

HIRC is a neutral, member-led nonprofit that builds sourcing-ready standards, tools, and credentials—so providers and suppliers can reduce duplicate diligence and protect continuity of patient care.

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