Thr Selects Health Informatics Group Clinical-Comparative

Online Product News, May 1, 2003

Texas Health Resources, Arlington, Texas, a nonprofit, faith-based health system based in north Texas, has selected the Healthcare Informatics group of Premier, Inc. to support its clinical quality performance measurement and improvement activities.

Premier maintains Perspective Online(TM), which provides comprehensive clinical-comparative databases and access tools.

More than 500 hospitals subscribe to this service to compare their performance to peers and top performers, find opportunities to make improvements, and track their progress.

"Being able to effectively measure quality is critical to knowing whether or not the care you give is meeting the needs of the patient community. Perspective Online has helped us monitor our progress against other organizations, and THR will using this service as a reporting tool to accreditation bodies such as the Joint Commission," said Annette Anderson, vice president, Clinical Outcomes and Process Improvement, Texas Health Resources. "We're pleased to continue using Premier as our performance improvement partner."

"Texas Health Resources is committed to quality care improvement," said Stephanie Alexander, senior vice president, Premier Healthcare Informatics. We look forward to supporting their ongoing efforts to meet the healthcare needs of the north Texas community."

About Texas Health Resources

Texas Health Resources is one of the largest faith-based, nonprofit health care delivery systems in the United States. The system serves 29 counties with a population of 5.4 million people. THR serves one of every five people living in these counties for inpatient hospital care. THR was formed in 1997 and is comprised of hospitals and other health services, including Harris Methodist hospitals in and near Tarrant County, Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington and Presbyterian Healthcare hospitals in Dallas, Collin and other counties in North Texas.

About Premier

Premier, Inc., is a strategic alliance in U.S. healthcare, entirely owned by more than 200 of the nation's leading hospital and healthcare systems. These systems operate or are affiliated with more than 1,500 hospital facilities and hundreds of other care sites. Premier provides an array of resources supporting health services delivery including group purchasing, insurance programs, performance improvement services, healthcare informatics, and clinical technology services. Premier is headquartered in San Diego, Calif., with other major facilities in Chicago, Ill., and Charlotte, N.C. Advocacy and policy offices are located in Washington, D.C.

For more information, visit http://www.premierinc.com or call 704/733-5586.