Medilink

Medilink Y&H is pleased to announce that Surgical Innovations's Master US Dealer, Surgical Innovations US Inc, has signed a three-year agreement with Premier Inc, one of the largest Group Purchasing Organisations (GPO’s) in the USA. 
 
GPOs help hospitals reduce costs by aggregating volume to negotiate favourable purchasing terms with vendors. The agreement provides an opportunity for SI, through SI USA, to gain access to Premier’s 2,300 member hospitals in the US with its Resposable® laparoscopic instrumentation portfolio, Logi®Range, an ergonomic system which combines reusable handles with disposable scissor blades and graspers. This provides surgeons with high quality, but cost effective instruments, for performing laparoscopic surgery.

Commenting on the agreement, Graham Bowland, Managing Director of Surgical Innovations Limited, said: “This agreement with Premier, one of the US’s leading GPOs, strengthens SI’s strategy of developing the Logi®Range brand through our collaboration with SI USA. The 2,300 member hospitals represent a considerable proportion of all US hospitals, therefore the agreement provides us with significant access to the US laparoscopic instrumentation market, which is estimated to be worth $150 million per annum. We look forward to seeing substantial sales growth of the Logi®Range as member hospitals are introduced to the brand.”

The Premier healthcare alliance is more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 64,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to improve healthcare quality and affordability. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, 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 deliver measurable improvements in care, Premier works with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom’s National Health Service North West to improve hospital performance