STEWARTVILLE, Minn.,
June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Rochester Medical Corporation (Nasdaq: ROCM) today announced that
it is a winner of the fifth annual Pinnacle Award, presented by the
Premier healthcare alliance.
Premier contracts with more than 800 suppliers and Rochester
Medical is one of 38 contracted suppliers to receive the Pinnacle
Award. Winners are recognized for their outstanding management of
Premier agreements and drive toward the mutual goal of providing
clinical and financial value to the not-for-profit hospitals that
are members of the Premier alliance.
Amy Timm, Manager of Rochester
Medical's Customer Service and Sales Administration said, "We are
proud to be recognized by Premier for our performance, and we look
forward to continuing to work hard to provide excellent products
and services for them and their member hospitals."
Amy accepted the award at the 2010 Premier Annual Breakthroughs
Conference and Exhibition in Washington. The award ceremony was recently
held at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center.
"The Pinnacle Award honors Premier valued suppliers that strive
for collaboration and performance excellence to benefit the
alliance and we are honored to recognize these top performers,"
said Premier Purchasing Partners president Mike Alkire.
Premier's Pinnacle Award is intended to reward Premier's
contracted suppliers that support attainment of mutual goals, drive
contract utilization and are committed to performance
improvement.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.premierinc.com/about/news/awards/index.jsp.
About the Premier healthcare alliance
Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,300
U.S. hospitals and 67,000-plus other healthcare sites working
together to achieve high quality, cost-effective care. Owned by
not-for-profit hospitals, Premier maintains the nation's most
comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes
information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network. A
world leader in helping deliver measurable improvements in care,
Premier works with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
and the United Kingdom's National
Health Service North West to improve hospital performance.
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C.,
Premier also has offices in San
Diego, Philadelphia and
Washington. www.premierinc.com
About Rochester Medical
Rochester Medical Corporation develops, manufactures, and
markets latex-free disposable medical catheters and devices for
urological and continence care applications. The Company markets
under its own Rochester MedicalĀ® brand and under existing private
label arrangements.
For further information, please contact Anthony J. Conway, President and Chief Executive Officer at (507)
533-9600. More information about Rochester Medical is
available on its website at http://www.rocm.com.
SOURCE Rochester Medical Corporation