MercyRockford, Premier collaborate on supply chain partnership: 5 notes

MercyRockford Health System, a health system with hospitals in Illinois and Wisconsin, partnered with Premier, a Charlotte, N.C.-based healthcare improvement company, for group purchasing and expense reduction services.

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Here are five notes:

1. The five-year agreement will utilize Premiere’s group purchasing services and sourcing, contract management and supply chain analytics through PremierConnect.

2. MercyRockford plans to use Premier’s group purchasing services to lower supply chain costs and enhance value across the system.

3. The health system will use PremierConnect Supply Chain, a cloud-base procure-to-pay analytics service suite.

4. The health system is transitioning to population health management.

5. “Today’s value-based care environment continuum-wide solutions to providers to truly understand cost drivers and opportunities for improvement,” said Michael J. Alkire, COO, Premier.

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