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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.
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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.
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