AmeriNet and Beckman Coulter Add Automation to Agreement.ST. LOUIS--(BW HealthWire)--June 14, 1999-- AmeriNet Inc., the nation's largest membership-based health care group purchasing organization A group purchasing organization is an entity that leverages the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members. Many GPOs are funded by administrative fees that are actually paid by the vendors. (GPO) and Beckman Coulter This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BEC), a leading provider of biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. instrument systems, have announced an expansion of their relationship by renewing their immunochemistry Immunochemistry A discipline concerned both with the structure of antibody (immunoglobulin) molecules and with their ability to bind an apparently limitless number of diverse chemical structures (antigens); with the structure, organization, and rearrangement agreement and amending it to include Beckman Coulter's automation systems and high-volume SYNCHRON(R) LX 20 clinical analyzers. The agreement, representing an estimated $250 million to $300 million in sales for Beckman Coulter over the next four years, took effect April 1, 1999 and extends to 2003. The agreement allows AmeriNet to offer Beckman Coulter's comprehensive diagnostics products together with The Power of Process(TM) laboratory process analysis to more than 9,200 members, and provides access for AmeriNet members to all Beckman Coulter clinical chemistry and cellular analysis laboratory products. Ken Rosemann, vice president, program development for AmeriNet, said he is pleased for AmeriNet's members. "By providing AmeriNet's members with a laboratory process analysis to help reduce costs and become more efficient," said Rosemann, "Beckman Coulter can create customized laboratory solutions. In that way, our members can expect to see improved productivity and lower total costs." Albert Ziegler, senior vice president of diagnostics commercial operations for Beckman Coulter, said he is delighted with the enhancement to the existing contract. "This agreement," said Ziegler, "provides a great opportunity to bring cost-effective laboratory processes to the membership of AmeriNet. I'm especially pleased with the addition of our automation solutions. These systems address the most labor-intensive steps in the laboratory, which can mean real savings for AmeriNet's members." Through the "Power of One," Beckman Coulter offers instruments that provide hospital laboratories with the capacity to perform 100 percent of routine blood testing and 75 percent of all tests requested. AmeriNet represents products of the company's Diagnostics Division to its member organizations. These products include clinical chemistry, immunodiagnostics, hematology, flow cytometry flow cytometry (flōˑ sī·t  ˑ·m , coagulation coagulation (kōăg'y lā`shən), the collecting into a mass of minute particles of a solid dispersed throughout a liquid (a sol), usually followed by the precipitation or , centrifuges and progressive automation. Beckman Coulter is a leading provider of instrument systems and complementary products that simplify and automate processes in life science and clinical laboratories. The company's products are used throughout the world in all phases of the battle against disease, from pioneering medical research and drug discovery to diagnostic testing Diagnostic testing Testing performed to determine if someone is affected with a particular disease. Mentioned in: Von Willebrand Disease that aids in patient treatment. Annual sales for the company totaled $1.7 billion in 1998, with approximately half of this amount generated outside the United States. Founded in 1986, AmeriNet, with headquarters in St. Louis, operates through its three shareholder health care organizations: Hospital Shared Services shared services, n.pl the administrative, clinical, or other service functions that are common to two or more hospitals or their health care facilities and used jointly or cooperatively by them. , Intermountain Health Care Inc. and Vector. It represents more than 9,200 member facilities in all 50 states, including hospitals, medical group practices, nursing homes, surgery centers, managed care organizations, pharmacies and integrated delivery networks. This membership represents more than 321,000 health care beds. Additional information about AmeriNet can be found at www.amerinet-gpo.com. |
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