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Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with New Premier Agreement for Vertical Transport Elevator, Escalator and Dumbwaiters Equipment and Service

Wed Oct 7, 2009 9:01am EDT
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(Business Wire)--
Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced a new agreement for vertical
transport elevator, escalator and dumbwaiters equipment and service has been
awarded to Otis Elevator Company of Farmington, Conn. 

Effective November 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. 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. Premier has offices
in San Diego, Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Washington. Follow Premier on
Twitter.

Premier Inc.
Alven Weil, 704-733-5797
alven_weil@premierinc.com

Copyright Business Wire 2009



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