August 10, 2020 - Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) announced a new agreement with Encompass Group, LLC for its Novaplus Enhanced Supply Program that will increase the supply of personal protective equipment, enabling access to 40 million AAMI level 3 disposable isolation gowns annually to Vizient member hospitals. The agreement also includes disposable bouffant caps and shoe … [Read more...]
Premier: Telehealth sees record usage, increasing 149x during first wave
August 06, 2020 - Virtual visits to ambulatory settings hit record usage during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing 149X in aggregate between March and May, compared to the prior nine-month, pre-pandemic weekly average, reports Premier Inc (Charlotte, NC). While the sudden uptake of virtual visits cooled off slightly as the first surge waned, ambulatory … [Read more...]
HealthTrust honors healthcare systems for excellence, sustainability
August 05, 2020 - HealthTrust has singled out five of its member organizations for supply chain excellence and social stewardship benefiting their providers, patients and communities. Recipients of the Member Recognition Awards, the most prestigious honors presented annually by HealthTrust, were announced during a segment of HealthTrust University Conference livestreamed … [Read more...]
Vizient announces product categories for Q3 Group Buys Program
August 05, 2020 - Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) announced the product categories and supplier savings opportunities available as part of its Quarter 3 Group Buys Program available through Sept. 30. Siemens Healthineers, the featured supplier for Quarter 3, is offering savings opportunities across 12 capital and imaging categories including: cardiovascular imaging … [Read more...]
Premier, Somerset Pharma partner to stabilize pricing, enhance competition for antibiotic used to treat respiratory infections
August 04, 2020 - Premier Inc. (Charlotte, NC), through its ProvideGx program, has partnered with Somerset Pharma, LLC., to supply sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim, an antibiotic combination used to treat respiratory infections, a common complication associated with COVID-19. Somerset is a new market entrant for this drug, working to creating a viable, competitive alternative … [Read more...]
Intermountain Healthcare partners with Intalere company HITT to implement OptiMIM
August 03, 2020 – Intalere (St. Louis, MO) that announced Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City, UT), along with a number of other leading health systems, recently began utilizing the OptiMIM Advantage solution, which provides a trusted data source to improve efficiency and patient safety while reducing financial, regulatory and product risk. According to … [Read more...]
Premier Inc: “Five Reasons Health Systems are Prioritizing Integration with Specialists”
August 03, 2020 - “Specialists and health systems have played a symbiotic role in the U.S. healthcare system for years, but in the months leading up to the onset of COVID-19, that symbiosis was starting to fracture due to shifting market dynamics, greater payer focus on non-hospital based care and disruptors. “Specialists have long depended on health systems for patient … [Read more...]
Premier: Statement for the Record on the Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Protecting the Reliability of the U.S. Medical Supply Chain During COVID-19
July 31, 2020 – “In a statement for the record for the Senate Finance Committee hearing on protecting the reliability of the U.S. medical supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier underscores how the existing private sector supply chain can be further enabled and augmented to prevent gaps in vital medical supplies to address future pandemics. "To help strengthen … [Read more...]
Vizient supply chain expert Cathy Denning to participate in Senate Finance Committee Hearing on counterfeit PPE
July 30, 2020 – Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) announced that Cathy Denning, a sourcing and supply chain expert, is testifying before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance during the second part of its hearing, “Protecting the Reliability of the U.S. Medical Supply Chain During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Denning, RN, MSN, group SVP of sourcing operations, analytics and center of … [Read more...]
NIH to use Premier Healthcare Database to evaluate wider health impacts of COVID-19
July 30, 2020 - Premier Inc. (Charlotte, NC) announced a data licensing agreement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The agreement grants researchers in the Critical Care Medicine Department at the NIH Clinical Center access to the Premier Healthcare Database (PHD) to conduct research on the impact of COVID-19 on patients across the U.S. Researchers at the NIH … [Read more...]