Broadlane's Clients Select CDW Healthcare as National Technology Solutions Provider
Contract Enables Broadlane Clients to Access Full Range of CDW Healthcare's Services and Solutions
VERNON HILLS, Ill. - May 7, 2007 - CDW Healthcare, part of the public sector subsidiary of CDW Corporation (NASDAQ:CDWC), and a leading provider of technology products and services to healthcare organizations, today announced that it has been selected by Broadlane’s clients to serve as a technology solutions provider. Broadlane is a leading supply chain services organization serving thousands of healthcare providers throughout the United States.
The three-year contract establishes CDW Healthcare as one of Broadlane’s national resellers and enables all clients served by Broadlane to access CDW Healthcare’s complete catalogue of product and service offerings ranging from everyday I.T. needs to complex infrastructure solutions.
"Since its inception in 2005, CDW Healthcare has continually expanded its customer base by offering best-in-class technology and specialized services designed to satisfy each customer’s unique clinical and back office needs," said Bob Rossi, senior director for CDW Healthcare. "This agreement allows us to further expand our national presence by leveraging our deep market knowledge and wide array of IT solutions to effectively service Broadlane’s extensive client base."
Under the contract, Broadlane clients can select from CDW Healthcare’s entire range of services, including hardware imaging, configuration, system design and technical support. They can also purchase products supporting a number of healthcare-specific platforms designed to help improve processes and enhance the delivery of patient care – such as point-of-care (PoC) technology including tablets, notebooks, PDA’s and mobile computing carts; and picture archival and communications systems (PACS) including high-end processing workstations and diagnostic quality monitors – as well as related hardware and peripheral products.
"From large teaching hospitals to individual physician practices, technology isn’t a luxury for our clients – it’s a necessity," said Jocelyn Bradshaw, Vice President, Capital Equipment Services for Broadlane. "Our guiding principle has always been to offer our clients the best products available combined with unmatched service. CDW Healthcare’s expertise, extensive catalogue and dedicated sales teams will benefit our client organizations by providing them with the critical solutions and support they need to improve patient outcomes for years to come."
About Broadlane
Broadlane is a leading supply chain services company serving thousands of acute care hospitals, ambulatory care facilities, physician practices and other healthcare providers throughout the United States.
Broadlane provides comprehensive supply chain services including:
- High-powered national & custom contracting
- Innovative purchasing services & technology
- Informatics – benchmarking, analytics and reporting
- Deep clinical & operational expertise
- "High-touch" client service
Broadlane's clients include leading providers such as Advocate Health Care, Ascension Health, CHRISTUS Health, Continuum Health Partners, Kaiser Permanente, Kindred Healthcare, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Tenet Healthcare, The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Universal Health Services, US Oncology, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System, UMass Memorial Health Care and William Beaumont Hospitals.
The company is headquartered in Dallas with offices in California, New York and Ohio. For more information, visit www.broadlane.com.
About CDW Healthcare
CDW Healthcare, part of the public sector subsidiary of CDW Corporation (NASDAQ:CDWC), is a leading provider of technology products and services focused exclusively on healthcare organizations. Working in partnership with customers ranging from small rural providers to large and complex integrated delivery networks, CDW Healthcare responds with a sense of urgency to customer technology needs, delivering best-in-class solutions from top-name brands such as IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Planar, EMC, Fujitsu, Symantec, Motion, Lenovo, Xerox, Lexmark and Symbol. CDW Healthcare account management teams build strong customer relationships by responding to customer IT infrastructure requirements with in-depth advice, technical expertise and the best technology that the industry has to offer.
For more information about CDW Healthcare offerings, procurement options, services and solutions, call 1.800.410.4239, or visit the CDW Healthcare Web site at http://www.cdw.com/healthcare.
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