Premier Healthcare Alliance Honors Buffalo Filter for Operational Excellence

Premier is a hospital-owned performance improvement alliance of 2,600 hospitals and 84,000 other care sites. It contracts with more than 800 suppliers, and Buffalo Filter is one of 27 suppliers to receive the Pinnacle Award. Winners are recognized for their outstanding management of Premier agreements and their drive toward the mutual goal of providing clinical and financial value to the alliance members of Premier.

“Buffalo Filter is proud to receive the prestigious Pinnacle Award in recognition of our efforts to exceed customer expectations and improve patient outcomes,” said Joseph Lynch, Executive Director of Marketing. “We take great pride in our state-of-the-art manufacturing, innovative designs and quality service to provide outstanding value to the alliance members of Premier.”


Joseph Lynch accepted the award at Premier’s 2012 Annual Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition in Nashville, Tenn. The award ceremony was held at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center on Thursday, June 7.

“As providers continue efforts to operate in a high quality, cost-effective environment Buffalo Filter has truly been supporting Premier alliance members,” said Mike Alkire, Premier Chief Operating Officer. “We’re proud to recognize them as a top performing organization.”

The Pinnacle Award rewards Premier’s contracted suppliers that support attainment of mutual goals, drive contract utilization and are committed to performance improvement.
About the Premier healthcare alliance, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,600 U.S. hospitals and 84,000-plus other healthcare sites using the power of collaboration to lead the transformation to high quality, cost-effective care. Owned by hospitals, health systems and other providers, 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 has worked with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West to improve hospital performance. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has an office in Washington. http://www.premierinc.com. Stay connected with Premier on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.


About Us:
Buffalo Filter is a world leading medical device manufacturer and supplier of surgical smoke evacuation equipment. Our products are used to evacuate and filter hazardous smoke plume and/or aerosols created during over 95% of all surgical procedures. Proven to contain toxic gases, live cellular material (including blood fragments) and viruses, this plume may also cause respiratory and eye irritation or nausea in healthcare professionals and may create visual problems for the surgeon.

To learn more about Buffalo Filter, please visit: http://www.buffalofilter.com.