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Premier Inc. to Present at National Events In July; Discussions Include Recent Release of Evidence That Improving Patient Care Can Reduce Costs, Save Lives
(CSRwire) CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2006--Leaders from the Premier
Inc. healthcare alliance will speak at conferences around the nation in
July, with several presentations focusing on Premier's recent release of
evidence that improving patient care can reduce costs and save lives.
Premier executives, including President and CEO Richard A. Norling, will
also discuss the latest information from Premier's Hospital Quality
Incentive Demonstration (HQID) project with the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS).
Norling will speak at the following events:
-- American Hospital Association Health Forum Leadership Conference: How
P4P Accelerates Quality Improvement, Lessons From the Front Lines; Friday,
July 14; San Francisco, CA. http://www.healthforum.com/healthforum/html/conferences/summit.
-- The Leapfrog Group and National Business Coalition on Health
Incentives and Rewards (I&R) Workshop: The Market at Work, Rewards;
Wednesday, July 19; Chicago, IL. http://www.nbch.org/workshop06/index.html.
-- The Health Information Technology Symposium at MIT: Pay for
Performance and Health Information Technology; Thursday, July 20;
Cambridge, MA. http://www.hitsymposium.com.
Premier Vice President of Clinical Informatics Denise Remus, Ph.D.,
R.N., will also speak at the Leapfrog Group and National Business
Coalition event on Thursday, July 20, regarding the recent analysis.
According to Premier's analysis, if all pneumonia and heart bypass
patients nationally had received most of a set of basic, widely accepted
care measures in 2004, costs would have been as much as $1 billion lower.
Other projected outcomes associated with this improved process delivery
include 3,000 fewer deaths, 6,000 fewer complications, 6,000 fewer
readmissions and 500,000 fewer days in the hospital.
The analysis utilized quality process indicators collected as part of
Premier's HQID pay-for-performance project with CMS, the first national
project of its kind. Using first-year project clinical quality data that
has been audited and validated by CMS, Premier undertook additional
analysis using the detailed cost and clinical data available in Premier's
Perspective(TM) database, the most comprehensive clinical comparative
database in the nation. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com/p4p/press.
About Premier Inc.
Premier Inc., helps hospitals accelerate performance on both clinical
outcomes and supply chain costs. Premier is a healthcare alliance entirely
owned by more than 200 of the nation's leading not-for-profit hospitals and
healthcare systems. These organizations operate or are affiliated with
nearly 1,500 hospitals and more than 38,500 other healthcare sites.
Premier Purchasing Partners provides an array of services supporting
health services delivery including group purchasing totaling more than $25
billion annually in supplies and equipment purchasing, as well as supply
chain and clinical performance improvement services. Premier Healthcare
Informatics offers performance measurement, benchmarking, and reporting
products and advisory services supporting quality improvement. Premier
Insurance Management Services helps hospitals manage insurance costs and
improve risk management and claims capabilities. Headquartered in San
Diego, CA, Premier has offices in Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; and
Washington, DC. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com.
Copyright Business Wire 2006
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