Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Benefit from New Premier Agreements for Chicken
Date: 9-29-11
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sep 29, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Premier healthcare alliance has announced new agreements for chicken have been awarded to seven suppliers:
— AdvancePierre of Cincinnati.
— Cass Ventures (Fit Foodz), a women-owned business enterprise, of Atlanta; offering lower sodium, gluten free products.
— Murray’s Chicken of South Fallsburg, New York; whose chicken is antibiotic and arsenic free, as well as Certified Humane Raised & Handled®.
— Pilgrim’s of Greeley, Colo.
— Tip Top Poultry Inc. of Marietta, Ga.
— Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale, Ark.
Effective October 1, 2011, the agreements are available to acute care and continuum of care members of Premier.
About the Premier healthcare alliance, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient.
Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals and 77,000-plus other healthcare sites using the power of collaboration to lead the transformation to high quality, cost-effective care. Owned by hospitals, health systems and other providers, Premier maintains the nation’s most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network. A world leader in helping deliver measurable improvements in care, Premier has worked with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom’s National Health Service North West to improve hospital performance. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has an office in Washington. http://www.premierinc.com . Stay connected with Premier on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
SOURCE: Premier
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Posted: September 29, 2011 by Certified Humane
Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Benefit from New Premier Agreements for Chicken
Date: 9-29-11
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sep 29, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Premier healthcare alliance has announced new agreements for chicken have been awarded to seven suppliers:
— AdvancePierre of Cincinnati.
— Cass Ventures (Fit Foodz), a women-owned business enterprise, of Atlanta; offering lower sodium, gluten free products.
— Murray’s Chicken of South Fallsburg, New York; whose chicken is antibiotic and arsenic free, as well as Certified Humane Raised & Handled®.
— Pilgrim’s of Greeley, Colo.
— Tip Top Poultry Inc. of Marietta, Ga.
— Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale, Ark.
Effective October 1, 2011, the agreements are available to acute care and continuum of care members of Premier.
About the Premier healthcare alliance, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient.
Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals and 77,000-plus other healthcare sites using the power of collaboration to lead the transformation to high quality, cost-effective care. Owned by hospitals, health systems and other providers, Premier maintains the nation’s most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network. A world leader in helping deliver measurable improvements in care, Premier has worked with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom’s National Health Service North West to improve hospital performance. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has an office in Washington. http://www.premierinc.com . Stay connected with Premier on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
SOURCE: Premier
Click link below to read original article.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hospitals-healthcare-providers-to-benefit-from-new-premier-agreements-for-chicken-2011-09-29
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