Healthcare Industry News: Premier Purchasing
News Release - February 27, 2009
Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with New Premier Agreements for Feeding Pumps, Sets, Devices and Tubing
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(HSMN NewsFeed)--Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for medical nutrition products: feeding pumps, sets, devices and tubing have been awarded to Kimberly-Clark Global Sales, LLC, of Dallas; Abbott Nutrition of Abbott Park, Ill.; Baxa Corporation of Englewood, Colo.; Covidien of Mansfield, Mass.; and CORPAK MedSystems of Wheeling, Ill.Effective February 1, 2009, the 36-month agreements are available to acute care and continuum of care members of the Premier healthcare alliance.
About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
Serving more than 2,100 U.S. hospitals and 53,000-plus other healthcare sites, the Premier healthcare alliance and its members are transforming healthcare together. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier operates one of the leading healthcare purchasing networks and the nation's most 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. A world leader in helping healthcare providers deliver dramatic improvements in care, Premier is working with the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to improve hospital performance. Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Washington. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com.
Source: Premier Purchasing
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