CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Premier healthcare alliance today announced new agreements for operating room accessory products have been awarded to Cardinal Health of McGaw Park, Ill.; Covidien of Mansfield, Mass.; DeRoyal Industries Inc. of Powell, Tenn.; Medline Industries Inc. of Mundelein, Ill.; and OP-marks Inc., a women-owned business, of Bogart, Ga.
Additionally, two agreements for operating room accessory products were awarded to Premier SEEDS™ suppliers:
- Mectra Labs Inc., a minority-owned business, of Bloomfield, Ind.; and
- Viscot Medical LLC, a veteran-owned business, of East Hanover, N.J.
SEEDS – Sourcing Education and Enrichment for Diverse and Small Suppliers – is Premier’s supplier diversity program that aims to increase the number of minority-, women-, veteran-owned and small business enterprises doing business with alliance members.
Effective August 1, 2012, the agreements are available to acute care and continuum of care members of Premier.
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Premier is a performance improvement
alliance of more than 2,600 U.S. hospitals and 84,000-plus other
healthcare sites using the power of collaboration to lead the
transformation to high quality, cost-effective care. Owned by hospitals,
health systems and other providers, 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 has worked with
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom's
National Health Service North West to improve hospital performance.
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