Healthcare Industry News:  Premier Purchasing 

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 News Release - January 10, 2008

Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with New Premier Physical Therapy Products Agreements

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(HSMN NewsFeed)--Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new awards for physical therapy products have been made to Sammons Preston of Bolingbrook, Ill., a Patterson Medical company, and Vestibular Technologies of Cheyenne, Wyo.

The 36-month agreements, effective March 1, 2008, are available to acute care and continuum of care members of the Premier alliance.

About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient

Serving 1,700 U.S. hospitals and more than 49,000 other healthcare sites, the Premier healthcare alliance is working to transform healthcare. Owned by non-profit hospitals, Premier operates one of the largest healthcare purchasing networks and the nation's largest comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information. A subsidiary operates one of the nation's largest policy-holder owned, hospital professional liability risk-retention groups. Premier is also working with the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West region to implement a model pay-for-performance program, dubbed “Advancing Quality.” Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia, and Washington. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com. Established to improve the health of communities, Premier and its members are transforming healthcare together.


Source: Premier Purchasing

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