Community Healthcare System Partners with Premier, Inc. to Drive Operational Innovation and High-Quality Patient Care

Community Healthcare System, recognized for high-quality care across Northwest Indiana, has partnered with Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), a leading healthcare improvement company. Through this new partnership agreement, Community Healthcare System will have access to Premier’s supply chain services, including its group purchasing organization (GPO) and PremierConnect performance improvement technology. The goal is to streamline and enhance operational, quality improvement and cost savings opportunities across the system.

Community Healthcare System also will implement Premier’s service line analytics technology, which provides insights on pharmaceutical spend and clinical trends to reduce high-cost drug utilization and improve outcomes.

“We are dedicated to improving the quality of life and health of our patients and communities across Northwest Indiana,” said Mary Ann Shacklett, Senior Vice President-Finance, Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana, Inc. (parent company to Community Healthcare System). “We appreciate that Premier is aligned with that commitment and will not only enhance our overall efficiency, but also will prime Community Healthcare System for continued growth and innovation. We believe that Premier’s extensive span of contracts, innovative technology suite and partnership approach positions us for long-term success.”

As a new member of Premier, Community Healthcare System joins a powerful alliance of health systems and will receive access to industry-leading solutions and a dedicated team of subject-matter experts with the proven ability to achieve results. By integrating Community Healthcare System’s supply, pharmacy and service line spend with clinical utilization trends and outcomes, Premier will pinpoint improvement opportunities that will allow the health system to achieve the largest return on investment while maintaining optimal patient outcomes.

“Today’s healthcare landscape demands that providers adopt a holistic, data-driven and clinically integrated approach to operations management,” said Michael J. Alkire, President and incoming CEO at Premier. “The power of Premier data coupled with a technology-enabled supply chain drives enterprise-wide cost and quality improvements, affording our provider partners more time to focus on care. We welcome Community Healthcare System to our growing membership and look forward to working with them to drive excellence across their enterprise.”