A Badge Built on the
Science of Resiliency
A new healthcare industry standard and evidence-based assessment that evaluates supplier resiliency at a product category level. Our mission is to build and enhance resiliency through partnership and continuity of patient care.
Achieve the Resiliency Badge
Prior to this initiative, the healthcare industry has lacked a transparent and credible way to identify high-reliability suppliers. The badge provides proof of supplier resiliency and enables providers to select for this competency commercially. The net impact is a stronger healthcare supply chain.
4 Key Benefits of the Resiliency Badge Program
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Proof of Resiliency
The badge is a trusted symbol of a supplier’s ability to withstand disruptions and deliver critical supplies.
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Demonstrate Strengths & Innovations
Showcases a supplier’s commitment to best practices, innovation, and continuous improvement.
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Increase Efficiency
Reduces the need for one-off data requests from different healthcare organizations.
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Continuity of Patient Care
Increase industry partnership, growth, and continuity of patient care.
Industry-Wide Effort
50+
Provider & Supplier Organizations
350+
Healthcare Leaders
3000+
Hours of Combined
Expertise & Research
Providers Who Recognize the HIRC Resiliency Badge
Risk Domains Evaluated
A Rigorous Diagnostic
Demand Planning
- Demand Variability
- Management Collaborative
- Planning Demand Agility
- Channel Strength
Inventory Management
- Target Inventory & Safety Stock
- Lead Time Management
- Capacity Management
- Stockout and Backorder Management
- Redundancy, Optionality
- Inventory Accuracy
Logistics
- Warehouse
- End-to-End Network Design
- Carrier & Vendor Management
Supply Chain Visibility
- Extended Supply Chain Mapping
- Extended Supplier Collaboration
- Tracking & Tracing Mgmt
- Organizational Fulfillment
Supplier Management
- Supplier Performance Management
- Quality Management
- Supplier Geographic Diversity
- Supplier Qualification
Risk Management & Contingency
- Enterprise Risk Management Strategy & Process
- Business Continuity Planning and Mitigation
- Risk Identification & Awareness
- Third Party Risk Management
- Supply Chain Event Monitoring
- Product Recalls
Operational Health
- Performance Metrics
- Process Efficiency & Critical Workflows
- Data Governance & Management
Market
- Market Conditions
Why Earn the Resiliency Badge?
3 in 4
Providers say badge and executive summary give definitive proof of resiliency.
9 of 10
HIRC provider leaders say the Resiliency Badge will have a meaningful impact on bids, awards, annual reviews, and eliminating duplicate information requests.
3 in 4
Providers say it is very important that strategic suppliers obtain resiliency badge.
Resiliency Badge Process
All provider leaders surveyed indicate they prefer suppliers with any level of Resiliency badge, as opposed to no badge.
Month 1: Onboarding
To get started, contact HIRC to receive information on NDA, data security, and scoring rubric. Scoring rubric covers the 8 risk domains.
Month 2: Review Rubric & Upload Artifacts
Assessor (PwC or Accenture) conducts supplier interviews, assigns points in scoring rubric, conducts remediation with supplier, and shares outcome with HIRC. 75% of questions are governance / process focused. 25% of questions are product / measures focused. Assessment is virtual and focuses on risk and operations management maturity. Questions are individually weighted. Suppliers are welcome to preview the rubric to evaluate readiness. Supplier chooses scope of product categories. Up to five may be included. Each category is individually assessed. Selected evidence is uploaded.
Month 3: Interviews & Results
Badge outcome determined: HIRC notifies supplier of badging outcome (none / Silver / Gold / Diamond) for each product category that was assessed. Earned badges renewed every three years. Supplier chooses preference on how to be celebrated, including pre and post communications. Template PR is available for your convenience.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the cost?
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Standard pricing is $85k. Member pricing is $75k. Reduced pricing is available for early adopters. Cost covers the four week third party assessment and attestation. Badges expire after three years.
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How much effort is required?
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We estimate 1 FTE to coordinate internally, and fractional FTEs across each of the 8 domains to address the assessment. Timeline is approximately 1 month prep and 1 month assessment.
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How is my data protected?
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Privacy, security and confidentiality are paramount. Accordingly, you choose the platform and mechanism that you are most comfortable using. Examples: Microsoft Teams, Box. View only data access is sufficient.