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Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save With Premier Conventional Film, Dry Media and Printers Agreements

Posted on: Thursday, 24 July 2008, 09:01 CDT

Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced a new agreements for conventional film, dry media and printers have been awarded to suppliers Agfa Healthcare Corporation of Greenville, S.C., and FujiFilm Medical Systems USA Inc. of Stamford, Conn.

This new Premier category combines two former categories: conventional (also called "wet") and dry (also called "laser") film categories as well as corresponding printing/imaging systems.

The 36-month agreement, effective September 1, 2008 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 2,000 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: Business Wire

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