Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with New Addition to Premier Non-invasive Cardiology Equipment Portfolio

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Mon Oct 5, 2009 9:00am EDT 

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(Business Wire)--
Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced Philips Medical Systems of
Bothell, Wash. has been added to its non-invasive cardiology equipment
portfolio, joining Cardiac Science Corporation, also in Bothell, Wash., and GE
Medical Systems Information Technologies Inc. of Wauwatosa, Wis. 

Effective September 1, 2009, the agreement is available to acute care and
continuum of care members of the Premier healthcare alliance. 

About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient

The Premier healthcare alliance is more than 2,200 U.S. hospitals and
63,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to improve healthcare
quality and affordability. 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. Premier has offices in San Diego, Charlotte, N.C.,
Philadelphia and Washington. Follow Premier on Twitter.

Premier Inc.
Alven Weil, 704-733-5797 



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