ATLANTA – MedAssets, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDAS) is once again connecting leading healthcare providers and suppliers to help quickly bring critical innovations to the group purchasing organization (GPO) market through its ninth annual Technology & Innovation Forum. Today, MedAssets is calling for Technology & Innovation Forum nominations to help these healthcare providers easily identify and review innovative medical supplies and technology from suppliers across the country.
Suppliers can nominate their products and services for inclusion in the MedAssets Technology & Innovation Forum, which are then evaluated on their capabilities to improve patient care, add efficiency to the healthcare delivery process and fulfill a need to the healthcare industry. Suppliers chosen through the nomination process will have an opportunity to solicit advice and valuable feedback from healthcare supply chain professionals. Solutions receiving a high score will be evaluated for possible inclusion in the MedAssets GPO contract portfolio and made available to more than 40,000 MedAssets healthcare provider customers in the acute and non-acute care markets.
Suppliers wishing to participate in the Technology & Innovation Forum should complete the online entry form. MedAssets welcomes submissions from any supplier who can add innovation, increase efficiency or improve patient safety, including companies that specialize in green technologies or companies that are certified minority-owned or veteran-owned businesses.
"The Technology & Innovation Forum is a great venue for suppliers to gain feedback directly from the healthcare providers who will use them," said John Kelsey, Vice President, Healthcare at Clean Harbors, who took part in the Technology & Innovation Forum in 2009 and was selected for inclusion in the contract portfolio. "MedAssets places a lot of emphasis on connecting suppliers and healthcare providers so that we can work together to develop the best-practice solutions that will improve care and lower costs at their facilities. The interactive discussions are invaluable to our product development process, and help us provide them more quickly to a ready market."
