September 26, 2007 SWISSRAY LANDS THREE YEARS CONTRACT WITH PREMIER
East Brunswick, N.J., September 26, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Swissray International, Inc. announced today that they have been awarded a three year contract with Premier. This contract allows Swissray to sell their market leading direct digital Radiography (DR) systems to any of the more than 1,700 US hospital members and 47,000 other healthcare providers that belong to Premier.
John Monahan, Sr. Vice President of Strategic Accounts for Swissray states “We are very proud to have been selected by the Premier imaging committee. Premier is one of the largest and finest Group Purchasing Organizations in the country. Their product evaluation process is quality driven and quality is where Swissray DR Systems excel. More than ever before health care providers are searching for better utilization of scarce resources. Swissray’s DR systems enable the provider to significantly decrease cost and increase staff efficiency and job satisfaction, while improving the delivery of patient care without expanding space. With our unique APS™ – Automated Positioning System Swissray’s DR solutions offer the fastest patient throughput in the industry at the lowest radiation dose. Being chosen by Premier validates our strategy to provide “best of breed” DR technology to healthcare providers”.
About Premier
Premier, 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient Serving 1,700 hospitals and more than 47,000 other healthcare sites, Premier is the largest healthcare alliance in the United States dedicated to improving patient outcomes while safely reducing the cost of care. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier
operates the nation's largest healthcare purchasing network, the most comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information and one of the largest policy-holder owned, hospital professional liability riskretention groups in healthcare. Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Washington.
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