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Hospitals, healthcare providers to save with new Premier physical therapy products agreements
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 10, 2008) – Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new awards for physical therapy products have been made to Sammons Preston of Bolingbrook, Ill., a Patterson Medical company, and Vestibular Technologies of Cheyenne, Wyo.
The 36-month agreements, effective March 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 more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals and nearly 50,000 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.
