Hospitals, Healthcare Providers To Save With Energy Efficiency Services Agreements

Charlotte, NC - Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, recently announced new agreements for energy efficiency services have been awarded to American Energy Assets of Denver, Colo.; Carrier Corporation of Farmington, Conn..; Johnson Controls, Inc. of Milwaukee, Wis.; Siemens Building Technologies of Buffalo Grove, Ill.; and Trane of Piscataway, N.J.

The agreements with American Energy Assets, Carrier Corporation, Johnson Controls and Trane were effective May 1, 2007. The agreement with Siemens Building Technologies was effective August 1, 2007. These agreements offer discounted pricing for energy efficiency services to acute and continuum of care members of the Premier alliance.

About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient

Serving 1,700 hospitals and more than 48,500 other healthcare sites, Premier is the largest healthcare alliance in the United States dedicated to improving patient outcomes while safely reducing the cost of care. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier operates one of the nation's largest healthcare purchasing networks, the most comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information and one of the largest policy-holder owned, hospital professional liability risk-retention groups in healthcare. Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Washington. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com.

SOURCE: Premier, Inc.