Half of Healthcare Providers Are Looking to Buy Business Intelligence

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    OREM, UT, May 01, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- A tidal wave of healthcare business intelligence (BI) purchases is anticipated to come in the next three years, according to the KLAS report, "Business Intelligence Perception 2012: A Wave is Coming." Energy around healthcare BI is increasing at a frenetic pace; half of providers are looking to buy or replace their BI solutions in the next three years.

Providers have adopted a forward-thinking approach to BI. Not only do they want to use their new BI solution for clinical and financial data, but they are also seeking out solutions that have predictive analytics, data modeling, forecasting, trending, and other functionality that will help them get through various regulatory, HIE, and ACO challenges that lie ahead. One CIO told KLAS, "If hospitals can't produce data analytics in the next couple of years, they are going to suffer. As far as I am concerned, data is money in the future."

The vast majority of providers have an enterprise go-forward BI strategy, but some are planning to use a "hybrid strategy" of multiple BI vendors nonetheless to fulfill their organization's needs. "Seventeen percent of the customers we spoke with said that they are using multiple BI solutions to meet various departmental and reporting needs," stated author of the report Joe Van De Graaff. "And that number is likely to grow."

Overall, McKesson has received the most provider considerations, with IBM, Oracle, QlikTech, and SAP rounding out the top five alphabetically. Besides McKesson, a number of other core EMR vendors gained a noticeable portion of the mindshare. Providers interviewed for this research identified a total of 37 vendors they were considering for BI.

This perception study discusses how providers view prepackaged solutions versus tool sets, how core clinical vendors fare against third-party BI firms, how consulting firms are being considered in go-forward BI strategies, and how providers perceive each BI vendor's technology and performance.

To learn more about business intelligence, the report "Business Intelligence Perception 2012: A Wave is Coming" is available online to healthcare providers for a significant discount. Providers and vendors can visit www.KLASresearch.com/KLASreports for more information or to purchase the report. In addition, providers can participate in the research by evaluating a healthcare technology vendor they utilize at www.KLASresearch.com/eval.

About KLAS
KLAS is a research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare vendors. KLAS' mission is to improve HIT delivery by independently measuring vendor performance for the benefit of our healthcare provider partners, consultants, investors, and vendors. Working together with executives from over 4,500 hospitals and over 2,500 clinics, KLAS delivers timely reports, trends, and statistics, which provide a solid overview of worldwide vendor performance in the industry. KLAS measures performance of software, professional services, medical equipment, and infrastructure vendors. For more information, go to www.KLASresearch.com, email marketing@KLASresearch.com, or call 1-800-920-4109 to speak with a KLAS representative. Follow KLAS on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KLASresearch.

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Emerge Medical Awarded an Orthopedic Trauma Agreement with the Premier Healthcare Alliance

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DENVER, CO., March 21, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Emerge Medical, Inc., a pioneer in generic orthopedic devices for the healthcare industry, announced today that it has signed a nationwide agreement with the Premier healthcare alliance. The agreement will make Emerge's orthopedic devices available to Premier's 2,500 hospital members at specially negotiated pricing and terms.

Emerge will provide Premier member hospitals with a high-quality, low-cost alternative to traditional medical device suppliers. Emerge manufactures standard orthopedic devices exclusively in the United States and provides them for 40 to 50% less than competitors. Price savings stem from Emerge's business model of focusing on quality manufacturing processes and products, eliminating costly sales reps, and streamlining the supply chain.

"Above all, Emerge enables hospitals and physicians to deliver high-quality orthopedic devices to patients," said Chaun Powell, Vice President Sales, Emerge Medical, Inc., "without having to pay premium prices."

Emerge's business model addresses two prominent economic issues in orthopedics: the high cost of legacy products and unsustainable annual price increases. Emerge solves the first by reducing the price of products like plates and screws by up to 50%, providing customers with significant immediate savings. Emerge also offers a radically different approach to long-term pricing. Rather than industry standard annual price increases of 5 to 15% on basic products, Emerge guarantees customers annual cost reductions for the term of their contract. Hence, fair pricing is now available to the orthopedic market.

"This approach is a game changer for hospitals," said Powell. "Our vision is akin to other game-changing trends in the healthcare industry, such as the transition to generic pharmaceuticals in the 1980s. We are currently focused on the orthopedic trauma market and are delighted to partner with another visionary organization in Premier."

"Premier's agreement with Emerge continues to validate the company's business model as a viable solution for meeting the economic demands facing the healthcare industry today," said John Marotta, CEO, Emerge Medical, Inc.

As the U.S. healthcare system is under increasing pressure to create efficiencies across the entire supply chain, Emerge Medical offers hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, group purchasing organizations and integrated delivery networks (IDNs) carefully researched products at lower costs due to its simplified distribution channel.

About the Premier healthcare alliance, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals and 81,000-plus other healthcare sites using the power of collaboration to lead the transformation to high quality, cost-effective care. Owned by hospitals, health systems and other providers, Premier maintains the nation's most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network. A world leader in helping to deliver measurable improvements in care, Premier has worked with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West to improve hospital performance.

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has an office in Washington. https://premierinc.com

About Emerge Medical, Inc.
Emerge Medical, Inc., a pioneer in the delivery of orthopedic devices to the healthcare industry, provides high quality, orthopedic surgical products at fair prices to healthcare supply chain managers, material managers and procurement executives. Emerge Medical is committed to reducing healthcare costs through the development of standardized, generic implants and instruments. The company currently offers devices for the $2 billion orthopedic trauma market. Emerge is able to realize cost savings of up to 50% by streamlining the supply chain and working directly with hospital administrators, which eliminates the selling, general and administrative (SG&A) costs traditionally associated with medical devices.

Emerge Medical, Inc. is based in Denver, Colorado. For more information on the company, please visit the news section of the Emerge site.

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Emerge Medical Awarded an Orthopedic Trauma Agreement with the Premier Healthcare Alliance

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DENVER, CO., March 21, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Emerge Medical, Inc., a pioneer in generic orthopedic devices for the healthcare industry, announced today that it has signed a nationwide agreement with the Premier healthcare alliance. The agreement will make Emerge's orthopedic devices available to Premier's 2,500 hospital members at specially negotiated pricing and terms.

Emerge will provide Premier member hospitals with a high-quality, low-cost alternative to traditional medical device suppliers. Emerge manufactures standard orthopedic devices exclusively in the United States and provides them for 40 to 50% less than competitors. Price savings stem from Emerge's business model of focusing on quality manufacturing processes and products, eliminating costly sales reps, and streamlining the supply chain.

"Above all, Emerge enables hospitals and physicians to deliver high-quality orthopedic devices to patients," said Chaun Powell, Vice President Sales, Emerge Medical, Inc., "without having to pay premium prices."

Emerge's business model addresses two prominent economic issues in orthopedics: the high cost of legacy products and unsustainable annual price increases. Emerge solves the first by reducing the price of products like plates and screws by up to 50%, providing customers with significant immediate savings. Emerge also offers a radically different approach to long-term pricing. Rather than industry standard annual price increases of 5 to 15% on basic products, Emerge guarantees customers annual cost reductions for the term of their contract. Hence, fair pricing is now available to the orthopedic market.

"This approach is a game changer for hospitals," said Powell. "Our vision is akin to other game-changing trends in the healthcare industry, such as the transition to generic pharmaceuticals in the 1980s. We are currently focused on the orthopedic trauma market and are delighted to partner with another visionary organization in Premier."

"Premier's agreement with Emerge continues to validate the company's business model as a viable solution for meeting the economic demands facing the healthcare industry today," said John Marotta, CEO, Emerge Medical, Inc.

As the U.S. healthcare system is under increasing pressure to create efficiencies across the entire supply chain, Emerge Medical offers hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, group purchasing organizations and integrated delivery networks (IDNs) carefully researched products at lower costs due to its simplified distribution channel.

About the Premier healthcare alliance, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals and 81,000-plus other healthcare sites using the power of collaboration to lead the transformation to high quality, cost-effective care. Owned by hospitals, health systems and other providers, Premier maintains the nation's most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network. A world leader in helping to deliver measurable improvements in care, Premier has worked with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West to improve hospital performance.

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has an office in Washington. https://premierinc.com

About Emerge Medical, Inc.
Emerge Medical, Inc., a pioneer in the delivery of orthopedic devices to the healthcare industry, provides high quality, orthopedic surgical products at fair prices to healthcare supply chain managers, material managers and procurement executives. Emerge Medical is committed to reducing healthcare costs through the development of standardized, generic implants and instruments. The company currently offers devices for the $2 billion orthopedic trauma market. Emerge is able to realize cost savings of up to 50% by streamlining the supply chain and working directly with hospital administrators, which eliminates the selling, general and administrative (SG&A) costs traditionally associated with medical devices.

Emerge Medical, Inc. is based in Denver, Colorado. For more information on the company, please visit the news section of the Emerge site.

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Emerge Medical Awarded an Orthopedic Trauma Agreement with the Premier Healthcare Alliance

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DENVER, CO., March 21, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Emerge Medical, Inc., a pioneer in generic orthopedic devices for the healthcare industry, announced today that it has signed a nationwide agreement with the Premier healthcare alliance. The agreement will make Emerge's orthopedic devices available to Premier's 2,500 hospital members at specially negotiated pricing and terms.

Emerge will provide Premier member hospitals with a high-quality, low-cost alternative to traditional medical device suppliers. Emerge manufactures standard orthopedic devices exclusively in the United States and provides them for 40 to 50% less than competitors. Price savings stem from Emerge's business model of focusing on quality manufacturing processes and products, eliminating costly sales reps, and streamlining the supply chain.

"Above all, Emerge enables hospitals and physicians to deliver high-quality orthopedic devices to patients," said Chaun Powell, Vice President Sales, Emerge Medical, Inc., "without having to pay premium prices."

Emerge's business model addresses two prominent economic issues in orthopedics: the high cost of legacy products and unsustainable annual price increases. Emerge solves the first by reducing the price of products like plates and screws by up to 50%, providing customers with significant immediate savings. Emerge also offers a radically different approach to long-term pricing. Rather than industry standard annual price increases of 5 to 15% on basic products, Emerge guarantees customers annual cost reductions for the term of their contract. Hence, fair pricing is now available to the orthopedic market.

"This approach is a game changer for hospitals," said Powell. "Our vision is akin to other game-changing trends in the healthcare industry, such as the transition to generic pharmaceuticals in the 1980s. We are currently focused on the orthopedic trauma market and are delighted to partner with another visionary organization in Premier."

"Premier's agreement with Emerge continues to validate the company's business model as a viable solution for meeting the economic demands facing the healthcare industry today," said John Marotta, CEO, Emerge Medical, Inc.

As the U.S. healthcare system is under increasing pressure to create efficiencies across the entire supply chain, Emerge Medical offers hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, group purchasing organizations and integrated delivery networks (IDNs) carefully researched products at lower costs due to its simplified distribution channel.

About the Premier healthcare alliance, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals and 81,000-plus other healthcare sites using the power of collaboration to lead the transformation to high quality, cost-effective care. Owned by hospitals, health systems and other providers, Premier maintains the nation's most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network. A world leader in helping to deliver measurable improvements in care, Premier has worked with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West to improve hospital performance.

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has an office in Washington. https://premierinc.com

About Emerge Medical, Inc.
Emerge Medical, Inc., a pioneer in the delivery of orthopedic devices to the healthcare industry, provides high quality, orthopedic surgical products at fair prices to healthcare supply chain managers, material managers and procurement executives. Emerge Medical is committed to reducing healthcare costs through the development of standardized, generic implants and instruments. The company currently offers devices for the $2 billion orthopedic trauma market. Emerge is able to realize cost savings of up to 50% by streamlining the supply chain and working directly with hospital administrators, which eliminates the selling, general and administrative (SG&A) costs traditionally associated with medical devices.

Emerge Medical, Inc. is based in Denver, Colorado. For more information on the company, please visit the news section of the Emerge site.

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Emerge Medical Awarded an Orthopedic Trauma Agreement with the Premier Healthcare Alliance

The remote server returned an unexpected response: (417) Expectation failed.
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DENVER, CO., March 21, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Emerge Medical, Inc., a pioneer in generic orthopedic devices for the healthcare industry, announced today that it has signed a nationwide agreement with the Premier healthcare alliance. The agreement will make Emerge's orthopedic devices available to Premier's 2,500 hospital members at specially negotiated pricing and terms.

Emerge will provide Premier member hospitals with a high-quality, low-cost alternative to traditional medical device suppliers. Emerge manufactures standard orthopedic devices exclusively in the United States and provides them for 40 to 50% less than competitors. Price savings stem from Emerge's business model of focusing on quality manufacturing processes and products, eliminating costly sales reps, and streamlining the supply chain.

"Above all, Emerge enables hospitals and physicians to deliver high-quality orthopedic devices to patients," said Chaun Powell, Vice President Sales, Emerge Medical, Inc., "without having to pay premium prices."

Emerge's business model addresses two prominent economic issues in orthopedics: the high cost of legacy products and unsustainable annual price increases. Emerge solves the first by reducing the price of products like plates and screws by up to 50%, providing customers with significant immediate savings. Emerge also offers a radically different approach to long-term pricing. Rather than industry standard annual price increases of 5 to 15% on basic products, Emerge guarantees customers annual cost reductions for the term of their contract. Hence, fair pricing is now available to the orthopedic market.

"This approach is a game changer for hospitals," said Powell. "Our vision is akin to other game-changing trends in the healthcare industry, such as the transition to generic pharmaceuticals in the 1980s. We are currently focused on the orthopedic trauma market and are delighted to partner with another visionary organization in Premier."

"Premier's agreement with Emerge continues to validate the company's business model as a viable solution for meeting the economic demands facing the healthcare industry today," said John Marotta, CEO, Emerge Medical, Inc.

As the U.S. healthcare system is under increasing pressure to create efficiencies across the entire supply chain, Emerge Medical offers hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, group purchasing organizations and integrated delivery networks (IDNs) carefully researched products at lower costs due to its simplified distribution channel.

About the Premier healthcare alliance, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals and 81,000-plus other healthcare sites using the power of collaboration to lead the transformation to high quality, cost-effective care. Owned by hospitals, health systems and other providers, Premier maintains the nation's most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network. A world leader in helping to deliver measurable improvements in care, Premier has worked with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West to improve hospital performance.

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has an office in Washington. https://premierinc.com

About Emerge Medical, Inc.
Emerge Medical, Inc., a pioneer in the delivery of orthopedic devices to the healthcare industry, provides high quality, orthopedic surgical products at fair prices to healthcare supply chain managers, material managers and procurement executives. Emerge Medical is committed to reducing healthcare costs through the development of standardized, generic implants and instruments. The company currently offers devices for the $2 billion orthopedic trauma market. Emerge is able to realize cost savings of up to 50% by streamlining the supply chain and working directly with hospital administrators, which eliminates the selling, general and administrative (SG&A) costs traditionally associated with medical devices.

Emerge Medical, Inc. is based in Denver, Colorado. For more information on the company, please visit the news section of the Emerge site.

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