CHARLOTTE, NC – Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for transcription services have been awarded to CBay Systems and Services Inc. of Annapolis, Md.; Intivia Inc. of Somerset, N.J.; Keystrokes Transcription Service Inc. of Yorkville, Ill., a woman business enterprise; Oracle Transcription of Rockville, Md.; and Transcription South of Clearwater, Fla., a small business enterprise.

Effective January 1, 2010, the agreements are available to acute care and continuum of care members of the Premier healthcare alliance.

The Premier healthcare alliance is more than 2,200 U.S. hospitals and 63,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to improve healthcare quality and affordability. 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.