Zebra Technologies And Managed Healthcare Associates Inc. Announce Three-Year Agreement
Zebra Technologies Corporation, a global leader in delivering on-demand specialty printing solutions for the healthcare industry, has signed a three-year agreement with Managed Healthcare Associates, Inc. (MHA), the nation's largest alternate site GPO. The full line agreement makes Zebra's bar code and card printers, as well as its supplies and service agreements, available to MHA's more than 475 members for a wide range of identification, tracking and access control applications.
"Increasing patient safety is among the highest priorities in healthcare today," says Kelly Decker, contract coordinator at MHA Inc. "Having effective information technology in place is a key step in building a culture of safety that enables providers to improve outcomes and quality of care throughout their organizations. The comprehensive range of bar code solutions Zebra offers will help our members minimize medical errors while also reducing costs and streamlining workflow."
According to The Institute of Medicine, at least 1.5 million preventable adverse drug events (ADEs) occur annually in the United States. Bar coding has been shown to substantially reduce dangerous and costly medical errors, including ADEs, and the 19th Annual 2008 HIMSS Leadership Survey found that medical error reduction and patient safety remain top priorities for hospital IT executives. Zebra's bar code solutions enhance patient safety at the bedside, as well as throughout the hospital, through patient identification, medication labeling, lab specimen collection, radiology film labeling and surgical instrument tracking applications.
"In the ongoing effort to improve patient safety, an ever-increasing number of healthcare providers are implementing proven technologies like bar coding to help eliminate medical errors," says Cristina DeMartini, global practice leader, healthcare at Zebra Technologies. "Zebra is committed to working with MHA and its members to deliver a full range of bar code solutions designed to enhance patient safety, improve process efficiencies and increase staff productivity."
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About MHA Inc.
Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. (MHA) is the largest Alternate Site GPO in the country servicing the Long Term Care, Home Infusion, Combo Pharmacy and Specialty Pharmacy industries. MHA is also the leading Long Term Care Pharmacy Network Manager with focus on serving the Medicare D patient population. MHA's success is driven by unparalleled member support, competitive contracts, and the ability to create sophisticated, customized, web tools and reports, designed to increase savings and promote profitability. Members utilize MHA services to assist in the purchasing of a complete line of pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, capital equipment, and nutritional food, as well as network access to the majority of the largest national and regional prescription drug plans managing the Medicare Part D drug benefit. MHA also offers a variety of other services including contract administration, marketing, and continuing education. For more information, visit www.mhainc.com.
About Zebra Technologies
Zebra Technologies Corporation improves customers' business performance through products and solutions that identify, track and manage assets, transactions and people. In more than 100 countries around the world, more than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies use innovative and reliable Zebra printers, supplies, RFID products and software to increase productivity, improve quality, lower costs, and deliver better customer service. Information about Zebra and Zebra-brand products can be found at www.zebra.com.
SOURCE: Zebra Technologies Corporation