Rochester Medical Honored by Premier Healthcare Alliance for Exceeding Performance Expectations
June 12 2008 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
STEWARTVILLE, Minn., June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rochester
Medical Corporation (NASDAQ:ROCM) today announced that it is a
winner of a Premier Performance Award, presented by the Premier
healthcare alliance's Purchasing Partners unit. Rochester Medical
is one of 54 of more than 800 Premier contracted suppliers to
receive the Performance Award, which recognizes the efforts of
contracted suppliers to meet or exceed Premier members' service
expectations. Commenting on the award, Anthony J. Conway, CEO and
President said, "We sincerely thank Premier for this recognition of
our performance and commitment to Premier members. This award is
certainly a tribute to our Sales Administration and Customer
Service staff. They are dedicated to superior service and always
strive to give timely and professional support to our customers and
business associates." Amy Timm, Rochester Medical Customer Service
and Sales Administration Manager, accepted the award at the 2008
Premier Annual Breakthroughs Conference & Exhibition in
Nashville, Tenn. The award ceremony was held on the stage of the
Grand Ole Opry and featured a special presentation from country
music legend Naomi Judd. "Premier's Performance Award honors top
performing suppliers that understand the importance of
collaboration and striving for performance excellence," said
Premier Purchasing Partners President Mike Alkire. "We're happy to
recognize these companies as we work together to improve the
healthcare of our communities." In selecting recipients,
satisfaction and performance data are collected and scored over
four successive calendar quarters. Feedback is provided during
regular supplier business line reviews. Organizations scoring 80
percent or higher earn the Performance Award. For more information,
please visit:
http://www.premierinc.com/about/news/awards/index.jsp. About
Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
recipient Serving more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals and 50,000 other
healthcare sites, the Premier healthcare alliance and its members
are transforming healthcare together. Owned by not-for-profit
hospitals, Premier operates one of the leading healthcare
purchasing networks and the nation's most comprehensive repository
of hospital clinical and financial information. A subsidiary
operates one of the nation's largest policy-holder owned, hospital
professional liability risk-retention groups. A world leader in
helping healthcare providers deliver dramatic improvements in care,
Premier is working with the United Kingdom's National Health
Service North West and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services to improve hospital performance. Headquartered in San
Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and
Washington. For more information, visit http://www.premierinc.com/.
About Rochester Medical Corporation. Rochester Medical Corporation
develops, manufactures, and markets disposable medical catheters
and devices for urological and advanced continence care
applications. In addition to its full line of silicone Male
External Catheters, it sells its drug eluting Infection Control
Foley Catheters and Antibacterial Intermittent Catheters in the
Hospital and Extended Care Marketplace. The Company markets under
its own Rochester Medical(R) brand and under existing private label
arrangements. For further information, please contact Anthony J.
Conway, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rochester Medical
Corporation at (507) 533-9600. More information about Rochester
Medical is available on its website at http://www.rocm.com/.
DATASOURCE: Rochester Medical Corporation CONTACT: Anthony J.
Conway, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rochester Medical
Corporation, +1-507-533-9600 Web site: http://www.rocm.com/
http://www.premierinc.com/
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