Premier Healthcare Alliance Honors Case Medical for Operational Excellence
Case Medical announces that it is a winner of the seventh annual Pinnacle Award, presented by the Premier healthcare alliance.
Premier is a hospital-owned performance improvement alliance of 2,600 hospitals and 84,000 other care sites. It contracts with more than 800 suppliers, and Case Medical is one of 27 suppliers to receive the Pinnacle Award. Winners are recognized for their outstanding management of Premier agreements and their drive toward the mutual goal of providing clinical and financial value to the alliance members of Premier.
Case Medical is pleased to be recognized as a manufacturer dedicated to providing our customers with innovative and sustainable sterilization products that are not only a clinical and financial value but are also safe for healthcare professionals, patients and the environment," says Phil Agranoff, director of sales. He accepted the award at Premiers 2012 Annual Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition in Nashville, Tenn. The award ceremony was held at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center on June 7.
As providers continue efforts to operate in a high quality, cost-effective environment Case Medical has truly been supporting Premier alliance members, says Mike Alkire, Premier's chief operating officer. Were proud to recognize them as a top performing organization.
The Pinnacle Award rewards Premiers contracted suppliers that support attainment of mutual goals, drive contract utilization and are committed to performance improvement.
Case Medical, Inc. is a leader in the field of product development and manufacturing of medical devices. The companys full line of medical equipment includes the SteriTite universal sealed sterilization container system, the MediTray line of modular sterilization trays and Case Solutions including SuperNova instrument cleaners, a concentrated liquid cleaning system with dose control. Case Medical offers innovative, validated and cost-effective products for sterilization, storage, decontamination and customizable solutions. Case Medical's facility is an FDA-registered facility with full GMP compliance to ISO-13485 with design and manufacturing completely in-house.
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