


Healthcare Industry News: Premier Purchasing
News Release - November 16, 2010
Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Benefit from New Premier Agreements for Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology Products
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network)-- Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for diagnostic and interventional cardiology products have been awarded to Abbott Vascular Devices of Redwood City, Calif.; Boston Scientific Corporation of Natick, Mass.; Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. of Piscataway, N.J.; Medtronic USA Inc. of Minneapolis; and Merit Medical Systems Inc. of South Jordan, Utah.Effective September 1, 2010, the agreements are available to acute care and continuum of care members of the Premier healthcare alliance.
About the Premier healthcare alliance, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,400 U.S. hospitals and 70,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to achieve high quality, cost-effective care. Owned by hospitals, health systems and other providers, Premier maintains the nation's most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network. A world leader in helping deliver measurable improvements in care, Premier works with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West to improve hospital performance. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has offices in San Diego, Philadelphia and Washington. http://www.premierinc.com
Source: Premier Purchasing
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