Premier
Premier, Inc., is a strategic alliance in
U. S. healthcare, entirely owned by more than 200 of the
nation's leading hospital and healthcare systems. These systems
operate or are affiliated with approximately 1,600 hospital
facilities in 50 states and hundreds of other care sites.
Premier provides an array of resources supporting health
services delivery, including supply chain management support
and group purchasing for more than $14 billion annually in
supplies and equipment. Premier also offers insurance programs,
performance improvement services of many kinds including
substantial comparative databases and associated benchmarking
applications, clinical technology services, and practice
support services. Premier is headquartered in San Diego, CA,
with offices in Chicago, IL, Charlotte, NC, and Washington, DC.
Comment on e-commerce standards work group
project:
"The time is right for the healthcare
supply industry to come together around unified data standards.
Internet-based technologies provide the power to connect all
the parties concerned and enable fundamental supply chain
process redesign for greater efficiency. But that will not
happen so long as we each speak different languages in the
marketplace. We have seen the evolution over time of common
standards in other industries, and believe we can accelerate
that process in healthcare, at lesser cost and with fewer false
starts. The hospitals and healthcare providers that make up our
purchasing groups need breakthroughs now.”
