Inova, a five-hospital healthcare system in the Washington, D.C., metro area has been nationally recognized with the 2016 Premier Excellence Award.

Premier, a healthcare improvement company, selected Inova “for exemplifying the highest level of industry innovation and advancement in delivering high-quality, cost-effective care across Premier’s alliance of approximately 3,600 U.S. hospitals and 120,000 other providers,” according to a release.

“Inova’s consistent drive to accelerate healthcare innovation and excellence, coupled with their willingness to share best practices, is setting an industry standard,” said Susan DeVore, Premier’s president and CEO. “We’re proud to recognize their many accomplishments, as they are an integral part of the Premier alliance.”

Through its collaboration with Premier over the past two and a half years, Inova has reduced mortality and readmissions, achieved unprecedented “A” grades in national patient safety ratings at all five hospitals, and saved more than $250 million in total care costs. More than $50 million in savings is attributed to supply chain costs alone.

“This award is the result of true collaboration,” said Inova President and COO Mark Stauder. “The Premier alliance is a strong and powerful network of providers working together to move from reactive to preventive to predictive medicine so we can fundamentally transform healthcare.”