Healthcare Supplier Collaboratives
Premier’s Collaboratives bring together healthcare providers, suppliers and industry leaders to share knowledge and best practices, solve challenges and ensure access to high-quality products and services.
The Future Is Better Together
Partnerships are vital to progress. Premier’s Supplier Collaboratives—including Brain and Memory Collaborative (BMC), Healthcare Innovators Collaborative (HIC), and the Supplier Executive Advisory Committee—enhance supply chain operations, foster innovation and strengthen supplier-provider relationships.
The Role of Collaboratives in Healthcare Supply Chains
Premier’s healthcare supplier Collaboratives create a platform for a diverse group of stakeholders to address common challenges, explore innovative solutions and adopt more effective practices. These initiatives pave the way for advancements from supply chain improvements to population health management to research best practices.
Through data sharing, peer learning and resource pooling, Collaboratives help both providers and suppliers make informed decisions and leverage shared intelligence for ongoing innovations in healthcare.
This is a win-win scenario. Collaboratives offer mutual advantages: Providers gain access to competitive pricing, improved operational workflows and access to high-quality products, while suppliers benefit from stronger relationships and closer alignment with the needs of healthcare organizations.
Leading Collaboratives for Suppliers
Brain and Memory Collaborative (BMC)
The BMC helps organizations solve clinical, operational and financial barriers to earlier identification, diagnosis and treatment of patients with brain and memory care disorders.
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Healthcare Innovators Collaborative (HIC)
HIC is dedicated to gaining deeper insights on value-based care and legislative issues, improved understanding of patient-specific population health management strategies and collaboration with clinical leaders to develop new ideas and better population health solutions.
The Benefits are Clear
Faster, Smarter Processes
Through collective problem solving and shared best practices, organizations reduce redundancies, improve decision-making and enhance their supply chain management.
Demonstrated Value
With aim to improve patient care, collaboratives help ensure product coverage, enhance competitive pricing and emphasize quantifiable quality outcomes for products.
Greater Innovation and Resilience
Collaboratives encourage experimentation, data sharing and the creation of innovative solutions to solve complex supply chain challenges.
Stronger Provider-Supplier Relationships
Transparency, trust and improved communication through shared knowledge, best practices and co-innovations bring about stronger partnerships.
The Premier Difference
Our collaborative approach to problem solving has led to groundbreaking innovations in healthcare. Members benefit from continuous, diverse educational offerings including meetings, webinars, workshops, newsletters and customized education. Each collaborative features a program liaison who connects members to relevant experts and additional resources.