Premier's Kiindo Program Expands, Enhancing Quality and Outcomes for U.S. Children's Hospitals

June 13, 2023 - Premier, Inc., a leading technology-driven healthcare improvement company, is proud to announce the expansion of its Kiindo? program with new partnerships. This pediatric-focused initiative ms at enhancing costs, quality, and outcomes for US children's hospitals by enabling collaborative efforts among healthcare providers.

Kiindo?, which has recently welcomed Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Children's Hospital of Richmond CHoR at VCU, and Virginia Children’s Care Network into its fold, joins forces with Boston Children’s Hospital, Baystate Health, and other leading organizations to ensure high-quality pediatric care across the country.

Boston Children’s Hospital serves as a founding member and is responsible for overseeing Kiindo?, working alongside Premier and fellow members to develop solutions specifically tlored to meet the unique needs of children's hospitals. Ranked the top US children's hospital nine years in a row by U.S. News World Report, Boston Children's Hospital is the mn pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.

Children’s hospitals often face challenges with supply chn disruptions due to their reliance on critical products provided by single suppliers capable of manufacturing pediatric-specific equipment and supplies. Kiindo? addresses this vulnerability through its collective purchasing power, offering a dedicated contract portfolio designed exclusively for children's hospitals' needs. Moreover, it facilitates the exchange of best practices, co-development of innovations, including new product launches, scaling, commercialization, med at improving pediatric care.

Trey Eubanks, MD, Interim President and Surgeon-in-Chief at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, highlights Kiindo?'s potential to ensure seamless care for our patients by collaborating with fellow children's hospitals nationwide. Mary Gentile, Clinical Value Analysis Manager at Baystate Health, similarly notes that the program enables Baystate's Children's Hospital to collaborate with vors and other hospitals to ensure they offer the best products and services for their pediatric patients.

Guided by an Advisory Committee comprising esteemed children’s hospitals across America, Kiindo? members also leverage Premier's PINCtechnology platform to identify optimal solutions for pediatric care, as well as opportunities for cost reduction.

David A. Hargraves, Senior Vice President of Supply Chn at Premier, emphasizes the company's commitment to driving innovation in children's healthcare through partnerships like Kiindo?. Our purchasing power, technology, and peer network are enabling us to scale solutions and create differentiated value for patients, he sd.

Premier is a healthcare improvement company that unites more than 4,300 U.S. hospitals and health syste deliver collaborative care solutions across the country. Through group purchasing, technology, consulting, advocacy, data analytics, applied sciences, population health services, pharmacy services, and finance operations support, Premier ms at enhancing healthcare delivery for patients.

For more information about Kiindo?, Premier's solutions, or collaboration opportunities, please visit our contact page or connect with us directly. We welcome discussions on how we can collaborate to improve patient outcomes and drive innovation in the pediatric healthcare sector.

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