HealthTrust Purchasing Group Awards Language Services Associates Five-Year Contract for Interpretation and Translation Services

HORSHAM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Language Services Associates, Inc. (LSA), a global language service provider offering a full suite of multicultural solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a five-year contract by HealthTrust Purchasing Group, LP (HealthTrust) to offer interpretation and translation services to its membership nationwide. Under the terms of this agreement, approximately 1,400 HealthTrust member healthcare facilities, along with members of its commercial Division, CoreTrust Purchasing Group, will have access to LSA’s full suite of language-based services at competitive rates, including Interpreting by Telephone (IBT), Video Remote Interpreting (VRI), Face-to-Face Interpreting, Translation and Localization and Intercultural Consulting. This contract will start on August 1, 2010.

“With immediate access to LSA’s full suite of innovative language-based solutions, we are confident that HealthTrust members will benefit from our services. We look forward to the opportunity to serve HealthTrust’s membership while continuing to improve quality patient care worldwide.”

As an active language service provider in the healthcare field for almost 20 years, LSA understands that effective communication is essential for the delivery of high quality medical care. “We are extremely pleased that HealthTrust has decided to award us with this five-year contract for interpretation and translation services,” said Starla Keith, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, LSA. “With immediate access to LSA’s full suite of innovative language-based solutions, we are confident that HealthTrust members will benefit from our services. We look forward to the opportunity to serve HealthTrust’s membership while continuing to improve quality patient care worldwide.”

About HealthTrust Purchasing Group

HealthTrust Purchasing Group, LP, headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., is a group purchasing organization that supports nearly 1,400 not-for-profit and for-profit acute care facilities, as well as ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices, and alternate care sites. With an annual purchasing volume by its members of more than $17 billion, HealthTrust is committed to obtaining the best price for clinically recommended products, ensuring their timely delivery, and continuously evaluating and improving its services to the patients, physicians and clinicians it serves. The Web site is www.healthtrustpg.com.

About Language Services Associates

Since 1991, Language Services Associates (LSA) has been facilitating foreign language communication and eliminating multicultural communication barriers across a variety of settings and industry segments, including healthcare, government, utilities, insurance and financial services. Founded by Laura K. T. Schriver, who still holds the title as President and CEO, LSA promises to deliver innovative language-based solutions, including telephonic interpretation with real-time reporting and video-based interpretation, while consistently providing exceptional customer service support. The company has quickly become one of the largest and fastest-growing language service providers in the world. LSA was recently named one of the fastest-growing women-owned/led companies in North America by Women Presidents’ Organization and was included in Common Sense Advisory’s list of “Top 35 Global Language Service Providers.”

LSA is proud to offer all encompassing language and cultural services, including Interpreting by Telephone (IBT), Face-to-Face Interpreting, Video Remote Interpreting (VRI), Translation and Localization, American Sign Language (ASL) and Intercultural Consulting. For more information on the company, please call [phone] or visit us online. You may also follow LSA on Twitter and fan LSA on Facebook.