Prime Healthcare Services renews its supply chain relationship with Broadlane

Oct 14 2009

Broadlane, the leading cost-management company for healthcare providers, announced today that Prime Healthcare Services in Victorville, California has renewed its supply chain relationship with Broadlane for another five years. Prime Healthcare will continue to access Broadlane’s unparalleled national contract portfolio of consumable supplies, equipment, pharmaceuticals and purchased services to help manage its approximate $100 million in annual supply spend for its 13 acute care hospitals and three medical groups.

“We are partnering with Broadlane to take our supply chain to the next level through utilization of the competitive pricing, unprecedented technology and supply chain services,” said Allen Stefanek, vice president of operations, Prime Healthcare. “Our relationship with Broadlane over the past few years has been very successful and provided significant improvements to help provide even better patient care. We performed due diligence over a six-month period, conducting a thorough cost analysis, review of added services and full request for proposal process. Ultimately, we chose to renew with Broadlane as our cost-management partner because of their superior contract portfolio, industry-leading supply chain services and service excellence.”

In addition to accessing Broadlane’s national contract portfolio, Prime Healthcare will continue to utilize:

• OnRamp®, Broadlane’s proprietary client portal, to access the national contract portfolio, informatics, Broadlane and industry news and education.
• BroadLink® (Broadlane’s e-commerce exchange) to automate and manage transactions between Prime Healthcare facilities and suppliers electronically.
• Broadlane Item Master Services will cleanse and manage processes and data related to the system’s item master to systematically improve the quality of purchasing data.
• Transaction Management Services to increase efficiency and lower its procurement-related expenses through Broadlane’s National Procurement Center, a centralized operation in Dallas.
• Informatics for access to reports and to improve insight related to contracts, capital equipment, pharmacy and other key areas of spend management.

“We are pleased to continue our successful, exclusive relationship with Prime Healthcare,” said Tom Sherry, chief operating officer, Broadlane. “Many healthcare providers are seeking cost-management alternatives, and we are happy to help take Prime Healthcare to even greater levels of supply chain excellence and cost-management success. We are grateful for the faith they have in our abilities to deliver these improvements in our continued relationship.”

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