Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Benefit from New Premier Agreements for Patient Temperature Management

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Premier healthcare alliance today announced that new agreements for patient temperature management have been awarded to Adroit Medical Systems Inc. of Loudon, Tenn., a veterans business enterprise; Cincinnati Sub-Zero Products Inc. of Cincinnati, a women-owned business; Life Recovery Systems HD LLC of Kinnelon, N.J., a small business enterprise; Philips Healthcare of Andover, Mass.; and Stryker Corporation of Kalamazoo, Mich.

Effective July 1, 2011, the agreements are available to acute care and continuum of care members of Premier.

About the Premier healthcare alliance, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient

Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals and 75,000-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. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has an office in Washington. http://www.premierinc.com. Stay connected with Premier on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.



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