Alameda County Medical Center Selects Broadlane for Contracting and Procurement Services.DALLAS -- Broadlane, the leading provider of innovative business services to the healthcare industry, today announced that Alameda County Medical Center, one of the major hospital systems serving the Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern Bay Area, has signed a five-year agreement with Broadlane to provide contracting and procurement services. With 475 licensed beds on three campuses, Alameda County Medical Center spends approximately $25 million annually for supplies. Under the agreement, Broadlane will negotiate and manage a portion of Alameda County Medical Center's supply contracts including national, regional and local agreements. In addition, the hospital will connect to many of its vendors using Broadlane's provider-centric e-commerce exchange, BroadLink(TM). Broadlane's exchange is the only one in the industry to provide real-time price verification. "Reducing costs and improving business efficiency are important goals for the medical center," said George Horner, chief financial officer of Alameda County Medical Center. "We're hopeful that true savings can be accomplished by partnering with organizations that have a history of looking outside the box for savings opportunities." Chris Peasner, Broadlane's senior vice president for client services, said: "Signing Alameda County Medical Center is a significant milestone and further demonstrates the appetite of hospitals for operational efficiency gains. Our focus on technology and process improvements allows us to reach providers of any size because we deliver superior customer service and operational efficiency." About Alameda County Medical Center The Alameda County Medical Center includes Highland Hospital Highland Hospital may refer to: In the United States:
About Broadlane Broadlane delivers transformational business services to healthcare providers, enabling them to reduce costs and improve operational performance. Through the application of innovative technology and scaled solutions that range from consulting to full-service management, Broadlane is helping to set new standards for efficient healthcare delivery. Broadlane focuses on a growing list of business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets that includes supply chain management, purchased services and labor solutions. Broadlane customers include leading healthcare providers such as Advocate Health Care, CHRISTUS Health, Community Health Systems, Continuum Health Partners, Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. , Kindred Healthcare Kindred Healthcare Incorporated (NYSE: KND) is a Fortune 500 healthcare services company located in Louisville, Kentucky. Kindred Healthcare was founded in 1985 as Vencor, Inc. , Tenet Healthcare, The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Universal Health Services Universal Health Services, Inc. NYSE: UHS is a Fortune 500 company based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. This company is one of the nation's largest health care management companies, operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory centers , US Oncology, William Beaumont Hospitals and others. Broadlane counts among its customers more than 800 acute care hospitals, more than 3,400 sub-acute care facilities and thousands of physician practices. Broadlane is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Oakland, Calif.; Cincinnati; Dallas; and New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . For more information, visit www.broadlane.com. |
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