Newly formed Presence Health to access Premier services, programs and applications to create an innovative, system-wide supply chain infrastructure
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Presence Health has entered into an agreement with the Premier healthcare alliance to create a supply chain infrastructure designed to reduce costs, improve care delivery and prepare for the future.
As a Premier owner, Presence will leverage a national purchasing network with industry-leading contract pricing. Using Premier’s committed purchasing programs, the health system will reduce costs across several critical areas of its supply chain, including med-surg products, pharmacy and food services.
Presence has also joined the Catholic Contracting Group (CCG), a strategic alliance within Premier. CCG’s portfolio of committed contracts with Premier suppliers will drive further value in the above areas, as well as in distribution and purchased services.
With access to the nation’s largest comparative database containing comprehensive data from one in four hospital admissions, Presence will identify opportunities beyond pricing to improve product standardization and utilization. Using this integrated data, Premier’s 2,500 hospital members make data driven, evidence-based decisions on the proper use of supplies, labor and clinical practice patterns. This combination of cost, clinical and outcomes information helps providers drive substantial quality and safety improvements, while saving millions of dollars.
“As part of its evaluation process, the Presence Health group purchasing organization (GPO) selection team established criteria across a broad range of factors, most importantly pricing and other financial considerations. But we also strongly considered availability of support services, technology tools, contracting philosophy, organizational fit, and the degree to which we will have a voice in leadership decisions and product evaluation discussions,” said Rick Salzer, system vice president. “In selecting Premier, one of the largest GPOs in the country, Presence Health has chosen a partner that matches these criteria. Through Premier’s national and CCG portfolios, technology and expertise, we will be able to leverage flexibility and commitment to select the products and services that meet our clinical needs while driving substantial cost reduction across our supply chain.”
According to Premier Chief Operating Officer Mike Alkire, “By collaborating, analyzing and sharing data and best practices across thousands of providers in the alliance, we have evolved purchasing from best price supply contracting to something far more profound. In doing so, our members are able to scale better approaches for their systems to drive out unnecessary expenditures while raising the bar on clinical effectiveness.”
Premier’s CCG members, which now represent more than 223 acute care hospitals and 3,742 alternate sites, include Bon Secours Health System in Marriottsville, Md.; Catholic Health Partners in Cincinnati; Dignity Health in San Francisco, Calif.; PeaceHealth in Bellevue, Wash.; Presence Health; and SSM Health Care in St. Louis.
Presence was formed by the November 1, 2011, merger of Resurrection Health Care and Provena Health. Resurrection has been a Premier owner since 2001 and currently uses Premier’s comparative database to benchmark clinical, financial and operational performance against top alliance hospitals.
About Provena Health – Resurrection Health Care – Now joined as Presence Health
Presence Health is a family of Catholic, not-for profit, healthcare services providing advanced medical care and exceptional service with compassion and hope. With locations in Chicago and its collar counties, as well as in East-Central Illinois, it is the largest Catholic health provider in Illinois, encompassing 12 hospitals, 29 long-term care and senior residential facilities, numerous outpatient services, clinics, home health services, hospice, private duty, and comprehensive Behavioral Health services. The new ministry is sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart, the Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary, the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas and the Sisters of the Resurrection. Visit www.provenaresurrection.org to learn more.
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 81,000-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.
CONTACT:
Premier healthcare alliance
Alven Weil, 704-816-5797
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Presence Health
Brian Crawford, 773-792-6322
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