Premier Healthcare Alliance Awards Instrument and Scope Repair Contract to PREZIO Health
PREZIO Health announces a comprehensive, multi-year agreement with the Premier healthcare alliance that covers handheld surgical instrument repair, power and pneumatic instruments, and endoscopic equipment repairs. This contract establishes a partnership between PREZIO Health and the Premier healthcare alliance to better service their customers and help health systems by offering surgical instrument and scope repair at specially negotiated pricing and terms. Hospitals and healthcare providers will benefit from the new Premier agreements for surgical instrument and scope repair.
We are proud to partner with such prestigious group of facilities, says Greg Bright, vice president of operations and business development. Surgical instrument and endoscopic equipment play a key role in delivering high-quality patient care. We are delighted to use our core competencies to assist healthcare providers. We know that the PREZIO Health and Premier partnership will provide quantifiable clinical, operational and financial advances for each customers business.
Driven by 15 member sourcing committees and four advisory subcommittees, Premier continually uses innovative strategies to evaluate their total portfolio and offer unique programs to provider greater financial outcomes. Through their partnership, Premier and PREZIO Health will help alliance members reduce costs, while also improving quality care.
 We are very excited to announce this partnership with Premier that covers our full service portfolio of handheld surgical instrument repair and scope repairs, says Neil Shapiro, vice president of sales administration. We are one of only six vendors awarded a contract in this category, which speaks to the success we have had in delivering superior solutions.
Effective Feb. 1, 2013, the PREZIO Health agreement is available to acute care and continuum of care members of the Premier healthcare alliance.
Source:Â PREZIO Health
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