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Alliance Medical Used by Six Out of Fourteen Top Hospitals as Listed in U.S. News & World Report; All Top 14 Hospitals in America Use Third Party Reprocessing Companies.


PHOENIX -- Alliance Medical Corporation (Alliance), a leading reprocessor of single-use medical devices (SUDs), today announced that it is the trusted provider of reprocessed SUDs for six out of the 14 "Honor Roll honor roll
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Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948.
 magazine's 2004 ranking. For the second consecutive year, Alliance has been chosen by more of the nation's top hospitals than any other reprocessor.

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 510(k) clearances for reprocessed medical devices, which are used by hospitals to help control continually rising supply costs. Through reprocessing Reprocessing may refer to:
  • Nuclear reprocessing
  • Recycling
, Alliance has saved hospitals and surgery centers in excess of $150 million, allowing healthcare facilities to focus spending on vital patient services, new medical technology and nursing salaries. In addition, Alliance has eliminated hundreds of tons of unnecessary waste from the nation's landfills.

"To have many of our customers included on such an esteemed list underscores our role in providing reliable and safe products," said John Grotting, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Alliance Medical Corporation. "We subject each reprocessed device to a rigorous set of standards and procedures thus ensuring that our customers can trust our end products."

About Alliance Medical

Alliance Medical Corporation is a leading reprocessor of specific single-use medical devices (SUDs) and has safely reprocessed more than 10 million SUDs, saving hospitals and surgery centers in excess of $150 million. Alliance goes beyond providing technically superior medical device reprocessing services to deliver guaranteed maximum supply-cost savings to leading healthcare organizations. Alliance is differentiated by our unwavering partnership commitment, clinical implementation expertise and dedicated field associates which together ensure that we exceed our partners' goals and expectations. The Company's services focus on reducing supply costs of hospitals and surgery centers suffering from shrinking reimbursements and increasing costs. Alliance has agreements with leading national group purchasing organizations, alliances and supply chain service firms, including VHA VHA Veterans Health Administration
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, Broadlane and University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC UHC UnitedHealthcare
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), as well as a number of nationally recognized hospital integrated delivery networks, including Banner Health Banner Health is a non profit health system based in Phoenix, Arizona. The health system is one of the largest employer’s in the state - employing over 27,000 employees.  and Henry Ford Health System that collectively represent more than 4,000 healthcare facilities. For more information about Alliance Medical Corporation, visit www.alliance-medical.com; or call 888-888-3433.
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