Premier and UltraLinq Healthcare Solutions Finalize Agreement

The Premier healthcare alliance Inc., a world leader in helping to deliver measurable improvements in care, and UltraLinq Healthcare Solutions, an innovator in cloud-based medical image management, have announced a new group purchasing agreement. Effective December 1st 2011, UltraLinq has been added to the products endorsed by Premier to help improve the health of communities.

"UltraLinq is excited to join Premier and it's impressive array of shareholders, partners, and vendors in helping to improve patient experience and outcomes while allowing alliance members to manage risk and control costs," said Stephen Farber UltraLinq's CEO. "Premier programs like QUEST, which in three years have saved hospitals $4.5 billion and over 24,000 lives, promote responsible, patient-centric care and epitomize the direction healthcare should be moving in. We are eager to take part in this transformation."


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 80,000-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.