Hospitals, Healthcare Providers Will Save With New Premier IV Site Management Products Agreements
Posted on: Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 09:01 CDT
Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced that contracts for IV site management products have been awarded to Cardinal Health 200 Inc. of McGaw Park, Ill.; LSL Industries Inc. of Chicago, a minority business enterprise; and Medical Action Industries Inc. of Hauppauge, N.Y.
The contracts with Cardinal and Medical Action were effective December 1, 2007; the contract with LSL Industries was effective March 1, 2008. The agreements 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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