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Premier healthcare alliance awards GE Healthcare diagnostic imaging group buy

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 14, 2008) – Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, has awarded a group buy to GE Healthcare of Waukesha, Wisc., for diagnostic imaging products and point of sale (P.O.S.) service agreements, including computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, cardiovascular imaging, molecular imaging, ultrasound, general X-ray, and bone densitometry.

The group buy program is available to acute and continuum of care members of the Premier healthcare alliance through June 29, 2008.

About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
Serving more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals and 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 & 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.