Premier Healthcare Alliance Honors Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics for Excellence in Supplier Performance
23 6월 2008 - 10:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
MALVERN, Pa., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Premier
healthcare alliance Purchasing Partners division recently announced
that Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
(http://www.siemens.com/diagnostics) was one of 15 winners chosen
for the Pinnacle Award out of more than 800 eligible suppliers,
representing the top two percent of healthcare equipment suppliers.
The award recognizes suppliers whose performance exceeds the
expectations of Premier and its members as they carry out their
missions of meeting the healthcare needs of communities they serve.
This is the third consecutive year Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
has been selected for this award. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) "Through
our relationship with Premier and their alliance members, we are
able to bring new technology to hundreds of laboratories and make
an impact in the care they provide patients," said Donal Quinn,
chief executive officer, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics. "We are
honored to receive this prestigious award and we look forward to
continuing to build our relationship with Premier and their
members." "Premier's Pinnacle Award honors top performing suppliers
such as Siemens that understand the importance of collaboration and
striving for performance excellence," said Premier Purchasing
Partners President Mike Alkire. "We're happy to honor these
companies as we work together to improve healthcare in our
communities." Based on performance data collected during the year
and shared with contracted suppliers through Premier's supplier
quality and business line review process, the annual awards are
designed to align contracted supplier performance to meet or exceed
Premier's and its members' expectations on a consistent basis.
Siemens provides Premier's members with a complete line of
products: immunoassay, chemistry, automation, coagulation,
microbiology, cardiac, drug, molecular, blood gas and urinalysis
solutions. About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award recipient Serving more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals and
50,000 other healthcare sites, the Premier healthcare alliance and
its members are transforming healthcare together. Owned by
not-for-profit hospitals, Premier operates one of the leading
healthcare purchasing networks and the nation's most comprehensive
repository of hospital clinical and financial information. A
subsidiary operates one of the nation's largest policy-holder
owned, hospital professional liability risk-retention groups. A
world leader in helping healthcare providers deliver dramatic
improvements in care, Premier is working with the United Kingdom's
National Health Service North West and the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services to improve hospital performance.
Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C.,
Philadelphia and Washington. For more information, visit
http://www.premierinc.com/ . For more information, please visit:
http://www.premierinc.com/about/news/awards/index.jsp. About
Siemens Healthcare Siemens Healthcare is one of the world's largest
suppliers to the healthcare industry. The company is a renowned
medical solutions provider with core competence and innovative
strength in diagnostic and therapeutic technologies as well as in
knowledge engineering, including information technology and system
integration. With its laboratory diagnostics acquisitions, Siemens
Healthcare is the first fully integrated diagnostics company,
bringing together imaging and lab diagnostics, therapy, and
healthcare information technology solutions, supplemented by
consulting and support services. Siemens Healthcare delivers
solutions across the entire continuum of care -- from prevention
and early detection, to diagnosis, therapy and care. Additionally,
Siemens is the global market leader in innovative hearing
instruments. The company employs more than 49,000 people worldwide
and operates in 130 countries. In the fiscal year 2007 (Sept. 30),
Siemens Healthcare reported sales of euro 9.85 billion, orders of
euro 10.27 billion, and group profit of euro 1.32 billion. Further
information can be found by visiting
http://www.siemens.com/healthcare.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Siemens Healthcare CONTACT:
Marion Bludszuweit, +49-9131-84-3292, ; or Audra Murphy,
+1-610-448-4547, , both of Siemens Healthcare Web site:
http://www.usa.siemens.com/healthcare
http://www.siemens.com/diagnostics
http://www.premierinc.com/about/news/awards/index.jsp
http://www.premierinc.com/
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