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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 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 nearly 70,000 other healthcare sites working together to achieve high quality, cost-effective care. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, 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