Academic health system working with Premier to advance highly
reliable care
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
OU Medical Center, part of Oklahoma’s largest and most comprehensive
academic health system, has signed a multi-year agreement with Premier
Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), a leading healthcare improvement company, to access
performance improvement technology solutions and services that support
advances in highly reliable care.
With three academic hospitals, including the state’s largest and most
comprehensive children’s hospital, as well as OU Medical Center Edmond,
OU Medical Center has the state’s largest physician group and
encompasses almost every adult and child specialty. In expanding its
partnership with Premier, OU Medical Center has joined the QUEST®
2020 quality improvement collaborative, which connects providers
with peers, evidence-based practices and data, and will use clinical
data and analytics in the PremierConnect®
performance improvement platform. This engagement complements OU Medical
Center’s access to Premier’s clinical surveillance solution, powered by
TheraDoc®, which it has benefited from since 2011.
“OU Medical Center is committed to advancing state-of-the-art patient
care, research and medical education,” said Andrew Ziskind, MD, senior
vice president of academic health system strategy at Premier. “We look
forward to accelerating the application of advanced clinical analytics
and care delivery best practices to support OU Medical Center in
improving the health of the region.”
As a new member of QUEST 2020, OU Medical Center joins hundreds of
hospitals across the country that are focused on designing, testing and
spreading new advances across the continuum. OU Medical Center also will
use PremierConnect quality improvement data and analytics to examine
clinician performance, compare outcomes with peers, prioritize areas of
improvement and understand the impact of value-based payment policies
across its health system. PremierConnect also provides access to
communities that virtually connect providers, enabling them to share
insights in real time.
The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The partnership
is not expected to materially impact Premier’s fiscal 2018 financial
results.
About OU Medical Center
OU Medical Center is Oklahoma’s
largest and most comprehensive hospital dedicated to defining medicine
with cutting-edge treatments and working toward solutions for each
patient, every time. The 350-bed hospital provides services not offered
elsewhere in the state, including Oklahoma’s only Level I Trauma Center.
It provides a full range of heart care services at OU Medicine
Cardiovascular Institute, the state’s premier center for treating
cardiac and vascular patients. It offers the highest level of care for
stroke patients when “time is brain,” and provides unmatched neurology
and neurosurgery services ranging from the diagnosis and treatment of
epilepsy to advanced keyhole and awake brain surgeries. The hospital
also offers cancer care working alongside Stephenson Cancer Center,
including a Gamma Knife Center for treating brain tumors that can’t be
treated by conventional methods and a Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant
Program. It has the most experienced organ transplant team in the state
at the Oklahoma Transplant Center. The hospital is also on the cutting
edge of orthopedics treatment with the largest orthopedics team in the
state. As part of OU Medicine, find out more about OU Medical Center on Facebook,
Twitter,
Instagram
and YouTube
and at www.oumedicine.com/oumedicalcenter.
About The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center
The
Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center has 314 inpatient beds and is
the most comprehensive pediatric hospital in the state. It is a hospital
just for kids. Its pediatric staff blends years of specialized pediatric
training with education, research and technology to treat conditions
ranging from cardiothoracic and oncology-related illnesses to neonatal
specialty care and pediatric solid-organ transplants. Its 93-bed
neonatal intensive care unit provides the highest level of neonatal care
in Oklahoma. Children’s Heart Center brings cutting-edge research,
treatment and surgery to patients with congenital and acquired heart
conditions. It has the state’s largest staff of child life specialists
to help children and families cope with hospitalization. Along with
being the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in Oklahoma City,
MetroFamily Magazine readers have twice voted its ER as the favorite in
the metro. To learn more, visit www.oumedicine.com/childrens
and find us on Facebook.
About OU Medical Center Edmond
A cornerstone of the
Edmond community for 70 years, OU Medical Center Edmond is a
full-service community hospital located at Second Street and Bryant
Avenue. The 76-bed facility offers patients clinical excellence in
services ranging from emergency care to surgical procedures. Outpatient
services include cutting-edge diagnostic imaging, a cardiac
catheterization lab and outpatient physical rehabilitation programs. The
Autumn Life Center for Geriatric Behavioral Health is Edmond’s only
inpatient behavioral health program and is recognized for its innovative
therapy programs. For more information, visit www.oumedicine.com/edmond
and find us on Facebook,
Twitter
and YouTube.
About Premier Inc.
Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) is a leading
healthcare improvement company, uniting an alliance of approximately
3,900 U.S. hospitals and health systems and approximately 150,000 other
providers and organizations. With integrated data and analytics,
collaboratives, supply chain solutions, and advisory and other services,
Premier enables better care and outcomes at a lower cost. Premier, a
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, plays a critical role
in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, collaborating with members
to co-develop long-term innovations that reinvent and improve the way
care is delivered to patients nationwide. Headquartered in Charlotte,
N.C., Premier is passionate about transforming American healthcare.
Please visit Premier’s news and investor sites on www.premierinc.com,
as well as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and Premier’s
blog for more information about the company.
Forward-looking statements
Matters discussed in this release
that are not statements of historical or current facts, such as OU
Medical Center’s anticipated use of Premier’s performance services at
expected levels, as discussed herein, are “forward-looking statements”
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Forward-looking statements may involve known and unknown risks,
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