SonoSite Awarded Portable Ultrasound Contract with HealthTrust Purchasing Group
November 21 2008 - 6:30AM
Business Wire
SonoSite, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONO), the world leader and specialist in
hand-carried ultrasound at the point-of-care, today announced that
HealthTrust Purchasing Group has awarded SonoSite a contract for
portable ultrasound. The contract covers SonoSite�s M-Turbo�, S
Series� and MicroMaxx� product lines. �We are very pleased to
contract with one of the nation�s most respected health purchasing
groups,� said Kevin M. Goodwin, SonoSite President and CEO.
�SonoSite�s products provide medical professionals with the power
of ultrasound visualization and the benefits of hand-carried
portability in an easy-to-use, rugged design that comes with the
industry�s only standard 5-year warranty.� SonoSite�s portable
ultrasound products provide point-of-care imaging across multiple
clinical applications. Using SonoSite hand-carried ultrasound, the
HealthTrust membership will have access at the point-of-care to
ultrasound diagnostic imaging and real-time visual guidance for
interventional procedures. About HealthTrust Purchasing Group
HealthTrust Purchasing Group, headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., is
a group purchasing organization that supports nearly 1,400
not-for-profit and for-profit acute care facilities, as well as
ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices, and alternate care
sites. With an annual purchasing volume by its members of more than
$15 billion, HealthTrust is committed to obtaining the best price
for clinically-recommended products, ensuring their timely delivery
and continuously evaluating and improving its services to the
patients, physicians and clinicians it serves. HealthTrust is
located at 155 Franklin Road, Suite 400, Brentwood, TN 37027. The
Web site is www.healthtrustpg.com. About SonoSite SonoSite, Inc.
(www.sonosite.com) is the innovator and world leader in
hand-carried ultrasound. Headquartered near Seattle, the company is
represented by ten subsidiaries and a global distribution network
in over 100 countries. SonoSite�s small, lightweight systems are
expanding the use of ultrasound across the clinical spectrum by
cost-effectively bringing high performance ultrasound to the point
of patient care. The company employs over 600 people worldwide.
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