PharMEDium rebnews agreement with HealthTrust

PRNewswire

Lake Forest-based PhaarMEDium said it has renewed its agreement with HealthTrust Purchasing Group, which allows PharMEDium to continue providing outsourced pharmacy compounding and admixture services to HealthTrust member facilities.

HealthTrust Purchasing Group, headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., is a group purchasing organization that supports nearly 1,400 not-for-profit and for-profit acute care facilities as well as 10,600 ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices and alternate care sites. With an annual purchasing volume by its members of more than $20 billion, HealthTrust is committed to obtaining the best price for clinically recommended products, ensuring their timely delivery, and continuously evaluating and improving its services to the patients, physicians and clinicians its serves.

“PharMEDium is proud of its outstanding record of quality, dedication to customer service and focus on patient safety in providing pharmacy compounding services,” said David N. Jonas, PharMEDium Chairman and CEO.

Jennifer Adams, PharMEDium vice president of sales, added the companies have an excellent relationship.

“We are pleased to be an integral supplier for HealthTrust,” Adams said. “Leveraging the committed buying power of its 1,400 hospital members, HealthTrust makes supply chains more effective by offering a superior value proposition that includes a broad contract portfolio.

“ We have been diligent in our commitment to innovate, with research and development efforts designed to provide customers with service enhancements focused on patient safety. With the renewed HealthTrust agreement, we’re committed to earning the continued trust of HealthTrust members,” she added

PharMEDium is a provider of pharmacy sterile intravenous admixture compounding services.