CHRISTUS Health Renews with Broadlane, Expands Scope of Supply Chain Services.DALLAS -- Broadlane today announced that CHRISTUS Health has signed a renewal agreement for a variety of supply chain services to be provided by Broadlane. The exclusive five-year agreement became effective Sept. 1. A key element of the renewal is an expansion of the services Broadlane provides to CHRISTUS. Since first being hired by CHRISTUS three years ago, Broadlane has provided traditional supply chain services. With the renewal, Broadlane is now also providing more of its advanced supply chain services, including various data and technology services, clinical utilization services, purchasing services and logistic lo·gis·tic also lo·gis·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to symbolic logic. 2. Of or relating to logistics. [Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation management services. "As an organization, CHRISTUS has made enormous strides over the past three years with Broadlane's help in terms of improving our supply chain operating processes, focus and discipline," said Steve Pitzer, the system director for supply chain management for CHRISTUS. Said Stephen Barnabee, associate finance officer for CHRISTUS: "These improvements have directly led to much greater success in leveraging suppliers for reduced costs and this has enabled CHRISTUS to stay ahead of the inflation curve, using reductions to current operating expenses Operating expenses The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted. to off-set the impact of new technology costs." Said Roger Nolan, vice president and general manager for Broadlane: "In many ways, CHRISTUS has enabled Broadlane to take innovation off of the drawing board and apply it out in the field. The collaborative approach we have developed with CHRISTUS stimulates participation from every level at every facility." Charles Saunders Charles Saunders may mean any of several notable persons:
v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. the supply chain service components using Broadlane's innovative processes and advanced technology, we can achieve performance and cost savings that will result in more affordable and efficient care for CHRISTUS' patients." About CHRISTUS Health Sponsored jointly by the Congregations of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word The Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word is a Roman Catholic religious order of women begun in 1866, with a request from the French-born Claude Marie Dubuis, the second Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Galveston, which then included the entire state of in Houston and the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , CHRISTUS Health is one of the largest Catholic health systems in the country, employing more than 25,000 people with total assets of $3.8 billion. With a mission to extend the healing ministry of Jesus According to the Canonical Gospels, the Ministry of Jesus began when Jesus was around 30 years old, and lasted a period of 1-3 years. In the Biblical narrative, Jesus' method of teaching involved parables, metaphor, allegory, sayings, proverbs, and a small number of direct sermons. Christ, CHRISTUS Health comprises over 40 hospitals and long-term care facilities long-term care facility n. See skilled nursing facility. , as well as dozens of other health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract in more than 60 communities in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Utah, as well as Monterrey and Saltillo, Mexico. CHRISTUS Health is headquartered in the Greater Dallas Metropolitan Area, with additional offices operating in both San Antonio and Houston to support the health system operations. About Broadlane Through a comprehensive set of services focused on contracting, purchasing, clinical and pharmacy cost management, labor, capital equipment and information management, Broadlane helps providers go further to reduce costs and improve financial performance. Broadlane is known for superior and verifiable cost savings, deep clinical and operational expertise and technology that enables more effective spend management. Together, these capabilities help providers rapidly achieve industry-best procurement practices. Broadlane serves thousands of acute care hospitals, sub-acute care facilities and physician practices across the country. The company, which is headquartered in Dallas, has other offices in California New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Ohio. For more information, visit www.broadlane.com. |
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