Broadlane Announces Strategic Alliance With HELP International to Lower Costs for Capital Equipment.DALLAS -- Broadlane Inc., the leading provider of innovative business services to the healthcare industry, today announced a strategic marketing alliance with HELP International, a medical capital equipment planning and management services company, which will combine the purchasing volume of both companies to substantially lower the cost of medical capital equipment for customers of both companies. HELP International will add some of its existing medical capital equipment contracts to Broadlane's portfolio, which will result in an expanded offering and reduced prices. As a medical capital equipment planning firm with deep industry experience and a proprietary capital equipment planning software tool, HELP International specifies and procures all types of medical capital equipment. HELP acts as an agent for its clients, handling the entire equipment planning, procurement, and installation process without taking possession of or title to the equipment. HELP International contracts for more than $100 million in medical capital equipment purchases annually. Under the agreement, Broadlane will have a greater ability to provide its customers with additional resources and expertise for medical capital equipment consulting and planning services. Broadlane's own unique program offers support through all key phases of capital equipment's life cycle including analysis of equipment needed, contracting for appropriate equipment and service warranties, implementation and ongoing contract support. Broadlane has long provided powerful services for sourcing and acquisition of capital items and provides the best pricing available in the industry through its group buy programs and contracting expertise. "Over the last several years, we've watched Broadlane grow into an aggressive contracting company with extremely competitive medical capital equipment contracts," said Larry Hampton, chief executive officer of HELP International. "Our strategic alliance will result in a broadened contract portfolio and significantly expand the opportunity for cost savings to providers." Bill Ryan Bill Ryan (full name William Emmett Ryan III) (April 4, 1926 – February 18, 1997) was an American broadcast journalist with the NBC television network and its owned and operated local station WNBC-TV in New York City for 26 years, and also served for a year (1970-1971) as , vice president, strategic sales, at Broadlane, said: "Broadlane is exhaustive in its search for ways to lower capital equipment costs for healthcare providers. We welcome the opportunity to work with a company that has a reputation for superior customer service and deep industry knowledge." About HELP International HELP International provides medical equipment planning, procurement and project management services for healthcare development projects. These services include equipment inventory, appraisal, budgeting, planning, procurement, and relocation/ installation coordination. HELP's projects include facilities such as acute care medical/surgical hospitals, specialty hospitals, women's and children's hospitals This is a list of children's hospitals. See also Pediatric Care. International
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HELP is one of the largest and most experienced, independent, medical equipment, consulting organizations in the country, with offices in Plano, Texas Plano (IPA: /ˈpleɪnoʊ/) is a wealthy suburb of Dallas, Texas, located to the north, mainly within Collin County, but also extending into Denton County. According to the 2000 U.S. and Clearwater, Florida Clearwater is a city located in central Pinellas County, Florida, USA, nearly due west of Tampa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 108,787; however, according to the 2005 U.S. Census Bureau's estimates, the city's population fell slightly to 108,687. . 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 Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC) is an operating company that owns and operates 57 hospitals in the United States [1]. It is based in Dallas, Texas. Its stock ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange is NYSE: THC. , 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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