Talking Back to Premier
Executive Summary
Premier Inc., the group purchasing organization, met with several hundred of its laboratory members to solicit their opinion about Premier services and contracts. The result, while not a surpirse to Premier executives, was a lot of blunt talk. Premier is planning to review the way it does laboratory contracting in light of the rapid pace of industry and technology change.
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