- Based on Outstanding Quality and Compliance -
LEXINGTON, Mass., June 30th /PRNewswire/ -- Instrumentation Laboratory (IL) today announced that it has received the prestigious Supplier Performance Award from Premier, Inc. for a second consecutive year. The award recognizes outstanding performance in quality and compliance by Premier vendors, with less than nine percent chosen as award winners. IL was presented with the honor at Premier's 2008 Annual Breakthrough Conference and Exhibition in Nashville, TN, attended by over 3,000 healthcare professionals.
Premier, based in San Diego, CA, is a healthcare alliance serving more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals and 50,000 other healthcare sites. Premier operates one of the leading healthcare purchasing networks and the nation's most comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information.
"We are very proud to receive this distinction from Premier which is illustrative of our ongoing commitment to and focus on enhancing quality in diagnostic medicine," said Brian Durkin, Director of Sales and National Accounts at IL. "Premier is focused on providing top quality patient care in a cost-effective manner, making IL's GEM Premier 4000 analyzer an ideal tool for their members."
IL and Premier have enjoyed a successful ten-year relationship, with a multi-year contract for IL's critical care portfolio, including the new GEM(R) Premier(TM) 4000 analyzer, the GEM Premier 3000 analyzer, consumables and service.
Serving more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals and nearly 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 ri
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