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Standard Register Healthcare Signs Multi-Year Agreement with Premier Healthcare Alliance
Wednesday 24. July 2013 - Expanded agreement includes multimedia marketing communication and analytic services
Standard Register (NYSE:SR), a leader in managing information and communications for healthcare, today announced it has signed a three-year agreement with the Premier healthcare alliance, one of the nation’s largest healthcare performance improvement alliances and purchasing networks.
The agreement, which takes effect on August 1, significantly expands the scope of services Standard Register Healthcare has been providing to the 2,800 hospitals and 98,000 other healthcare sites that comprise the Premier healthcare alliance. In addition to traditional paper forms, print shop management services, electronic forms, electronic content management solutions and document imaging services, now Premier members will have access to Standard Register’s multi-channel marketing design, concierge, delivery and analytic services.
Premier also awarded a new sole supplier agreement to Standard Register Healthcare which benefits members enrolled in Premier’s ASCEND (Accelerated Supply Chain Endeavor) collaborative. ASCEND helps participants achieve and sustain rapid supply chain performance improvement.
Standard Register has been serving Premier alliance members since its inception, consistently introducing new services and technology-enabled solutions to support healthcare providers in their transformation. Over the last three years, it has saved member hospitals more than $25 million through programs focused on cost management, standardization and process improvement.
“Improving communication is central to achieving healthcare’s triple aim,” said John King, president of Standard Register Healthcare. “With this broadened portfolio of clinical and marketing communication services and solutions, we can help hospitals more fully engage patients, their advocates and their providers to improve the patient experience and population health while reducing the costs of healthcare.