Hospitals to Benefit from New Premier Agreement for Hand Hygiene Monitoring Systems
The Premier healthcare alliance announces a new agreement for hand hygiene monitoring systems has been awarded to BioVigil Hygiene Technologies LLC of Ann Arbor, Mich.
Effective Nov. 1, 2012, the agreement is available to acute-care and continuum of care members of Premier.
Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,700 U.S. hospitals and 90,000 other sites using the power of collaboration and technology to lead the transformation to coordinated, high-quality, cost-effective care. Owned by hospitals, health systems and other providers, Premier operates a leading healthcare purchasing network with more than $4 billion in annual savings.
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