USA | Medical Systems USA | Medical SystemsSTAMFORD, CT. - January 4, 2006 - FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA is pleased to announce that the group purchasing division of Premier, Inc., Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P., has extended the company's existing film and imager contracts through August 31, 2008. This enables Premier's nearly 1,500 member hospitals to continue to benefit from Fuji's full line of medical film and imagers, including conventional wet film, mammography film, dry film, dry thermal imagers and dry laser imagers.
"Fuji continues to demonstrate its commitment to delivering high quality imaging products for our membership," said Karen Phillips, director, Premier Purchasing Partners. "They are a valued partner providing quality, innovative and affordable products, and we look forward to continuing this relationship well into the future."
Fuji's entire line of film and all DryPix™ imagers are named in the contracts, including the new DryPix 2000, the first of Fuji's dry thermal tabletop imagers to offer the advantage of dual film-size printing capability, and Fuji's DI-HT dry laser film with improved transparency and high contrast for enhanced image quality. Both the DryPix 2000 and DI-HT film were recently introduced at RSNA and are expected to be available mid-2006.
The contracts are two of several in place between Premier and Fuji.
"Premier's extension of Fuji's contracts further validates our position as a leader in the medical image and information industry," said Phil Buffington, executive director, National Accounts, at Fuji. "As Premier members continue their transition from film-based to completely digitally driven radiology departments, they will benefit from the continued availability of Fuji's entire line of products via our film, imager, computed radiography and PACS contracts."
About Premier, Inc.
Premier, Inc., is a healthcare alliance entirely owned by more than 200 of the nation's leading hospital and healthcare systems. These systems operate or are affiliated with nearly 1,500 hospital facilities and thousands of other healthcare sites. Premier provides an array of resources supporting health services delivery including group purchasing for more than $25 billion annually in supplies and equipment. Other resources offered by Premier are supply chain and clinical performance improvement services and insurance programs. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, Premier has offices in Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; and Washington, DC.
About FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA, Inc.
As one of the Fuji Photo Film family of companies with 70 years of imaging experience and more than $20 billion in sales, FUJIFILM Medical Systems is a leading provider of diagnostic imaging products and network systems to meet the needs of healthcare facilities today and well into the future. Fuji's family of Imaging Systems products and technologies-including digital x-ray, women's healthcare imaging, dry imagers, and conventional x-ray film and equipment-are tailored to suit many different applications for a variety of imaging environments. The pioneer of computed radiography (CR), Fuji remains the market leader in digital x-ray with products that are clinically proven and constantly evolving to set the standard in digital imaging innovation. Fuji is headquartered in Stamford, CT.