SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 21 Lumenis Ltd., the world's largest medical laser company, announced today that it is a winner of the Supplier Performance Award, presented by Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, the group purchasing unit of the Premier Healthcare Alliance.
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We are excited to receive this award recognizing our commitment to provide quality laser systems that are an outstanding value to hospitals," said Lloyd Diamond, Sr. VP and General Manager of Lumenis' Surgical and Vision businesses. "We are pleased that we can work with our partners, such as Premier, to ensure that hospitals have access to systems that they may not otherwise be able to purchase."
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"Lumenis endeavors to bring the most state of the art technology to the market, fulfilling the highest standards of excellence, quality and reliability," stated Mr. Dov Ofer, Chief Executive Officer of Lumenis. "We believe that by persistently enhancing all aspects our operations, we are able to deliver the highest quality and best value systems to our customers."
Premier contracts with over 800 suppliers and winners, recognized for their outstanding management of Premier agreements, and drive toward the mutual goal of providing clinical and financial value to the not-for-profit hospitals that are members of the Premier Alliance."
"Premier is pleased to recognize our top performing suppliers with the Performance Award, which honors our valued suppliers that strive for collaboration and performance excellence to the benefit of the alliance," said Premier Purchasing Partners President Mike Alkire.
Premier's Performance Award applauds the efforts of contracted suppliers to meet and exceed operational expectations. In selecting recipients, satisfaction and performance data are collected and scored over four successive calendar quarters. Feedback is provided during regular supplier business line reviews. Organizations scoring 80 percent or higher earn the Performance Award.
For more information on the Performance Award, please visit: http://www.premierinc.com/about/news/awards/index.jsp.
About Premier Inc.
A 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient.
The Premier healthcare alliance is more than 2,200 U.S. hospitals and 58,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to improve healthcare quality and affordability. 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. Premier has offices in San Diego, Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Washington.
About Lumenis
Lumenis, the world's largest medical laser company, is a global developer, manufacturer and distributor of laser, light-based and radiofrequency devices for surgical, aesthetic and ophthalmic applications, with more than 800 employees worldwide. Lumenis has over 250 patents, over 75 FDA clearances, an installed base of over 80,000 systems and presence in over 100 countries. Lumenis endeavors to bring the finest state of the art technology products to the market, fulfilling the highest standards of excellence, quality and reliability. Consequently we are able to deliver premium value and service to our customers. Lumenis' name is derived from the Latin meaning "Light of Life," highlighting the light which is the basis of our technologies used to enhance life. For more information about Lumenis and its products, please go to: www.lumenis.com.
Lumenis(R) and its logo, are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Lumenis Group of Companies.
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For further information contact: Michelle Maydan Director of Corporate Communications 1-866-569-0597 +972-4-959-9004 e-mail: [email protected]
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