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Premier healthcare alliance experts to present at national events in June

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 1, 2009) – Leaders from the Premier healthcare alliance will speak around the country in June, sharing insights regarding health plan claims data technology, as well as effective healthcare organizational leadership as defined by Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria.

Rick Norling, president and CEO, will participate in a panel discussion on creating an effective institutional system framework within a healthcare organization at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Improvement/Action (IMPACT) Leadership Meeting on June 2 in Detroit. The discussion will be based on Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria. Premier received the award in 2006, and Sharp HealthCare, a Premier alliance member, was awarded the Baldrige Award in 2008.

Additionally, on May 18, Frank R. Ernst, PharmD, MS, senior research scientist, discussed linking a multihospital database to health plan claims data for continuum of care outcomes research at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Conference in Orlando, Fla.

About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
The Premier healthcare alliance is more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 64,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to improve healthcare quality and affordability. 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. Follow Premier on Twitter.