Standards & Initiatives

Join us in building and adopting industry wide standards for healthcare supply chain resiliency. Posted standards represent the voices of providers, suppliers, and industry partners. Initiatives are your opportunity to lean in and help shape the future of resiliency.

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Established Standards

BCM Assessment

What
Framework for providers to assess suppliers’ formal preparedness

How
Available as lightweight self-assessment

Why
Promote awareness of, and investment in resiliency maturity

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Mapping & Monitoring

What
Framework to balance geographic transparency and confidentiality

How
Secure option for one-to-many event impact communication

Why
Promote proactive awareness and collaborative response

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Resiliency Scorecard

What
Framework for providers to assess the resiliency of suppliers

How
Populated in advance to promote joint review

Why
Promote and enhance partnership & resiliency in trading relationships.

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Resiliency Badge

Evidence-based resiliency badge program for suppliers

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Transparency Badge

If you are engaged on all three standards and choose to share with the HIRC community, then you qualify for the HIRC Transparency Badge.

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Initiatives In Progress

Shaped by HIRC Members, these initiatives represent our current focus areas. Interesting in participating? Learn about membership »

Standards Adoption

Increase adoption of Transparency Badge and existing standards

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Resiliency T&C

Create one common contracting clause for resiliency in healthcare

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Resiliency Research

Collaborate with Gartner on risk and resiliency research

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QuickStart for Mapping

Collaborate with SRS to rollout member-only freemium offering

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Communications Standard

Collaborate with Notisphere on supply disruption communication standard

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Industry Intel

Collaborate with Peer Supply to develop shared risk intel offering

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Scorecard 2.0

Promote alignment on resiliency standards and commitments

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Services Guidepost

Perform reviews of popular resiliency services as a member-only resource

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“Mayo Clinic has made a strategic investment in resiliency. Collaborating with HIRC is a key component to our strategy.”

– Jim Francis, CSCO at Mayo Clinic

“Resiliency has fallen to the wayside in healthcare each time supply chains normalized in the past. HIRC is committed to this as our singular initiative to evolve the industry.”

– Bill Selles, SVP of Corewell Health

“Resiliency matters because patient care and safety matter. HIRC’s collaborative forum, where real-time information is exchanged in support of supply chain resiliency, enables this common goal of member providers and suppliers.”

– Pete Bennett, SVP, Global Logistics at Cardinal Health

“Medtronic has aligned with HIRC standards because we recognize it takes the healthcare community to accomplish resiliency.”

– Joe Robinson, VP, Enterprise Risk & Continuity at Medtronic

“HIRC plays a critical role in shaping resiliency standards as an industry. We are enthusiastic participants and advocates of this work to drive supply assurance.”

– Molly Zmuda, VP, Spend Management at Vizient

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