Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save With Premier Enterprise Image Management Solutions Agreements
Posted on: Thursday, 14 February 2008, 09:01 CST
Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for enterprise image management solutions have been awarded to Agfa Healthcare Corp. of Greenville, S.C., and DR Systems Inc. of San Diego.
A new Premier category, it expands the previous PACS (picture archiving and communication systems) designation to include cardiology and radiology and includes software, hardware, equipment and services used to integrate, transmit and manage electronic clinical images.
The 36-month agreements, effective January 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 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 and 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: Business Wire
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