Founded by The Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio (HCNO) in 1978 and separately incorporated in 1983, Northwest Ohio Shared Services (NOSS) is the regional marketing arm for Vizient, a national group purchasing organization. NOSS provides members throughout northwest Ohio, southeast Michigan and northeast Indiana with aggregate purchasing power through a supply chain portfolio offered by Vizient. NOSS has more than 250 members, including hospitals, nursing homes, surgery centers, clinics, schools, EMS units, provider pharmacies, adult feeding programs and physician practices.
A member-focused organization, NOSS also provides the following educational programs and services:
- Compliance Forum
- Information Technology Forum
- Pharmacy Directors Meetings
- Materials Managers Meetings
- Food and Nutrition Services
HCNO member hospitals participating in group purchasing or educational programming include:
- Bellevue Hospital
- Blanchard Valley Health System
- Fisher-Titus Medical Center
- Fulton County Health Center
- Henry County Hospital
- Magruder Hospital
- Mercy Health
- McLaren St. Luke’s
- University of Toledo Medical Center
- Wood County Hospital
