The National Institutes of Health has entered into an agreement with Premier to license the latter“™s healthcare database to support COVID-19 research initiatives.

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Amazon Web Services has recognized ECS as a premier consulting partner for the fifth consecutive year.

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Science Applications International Corp. has reached "premier" consulting partner status under the Amazon Web Services Partner Network. The designation represents APN's top tier and recognizes efforts by SAIC to help customers meet requirements with the use of cloud computing technology, SAIC said Monday.

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Amazon Web Services has recognized BAE Systems as a Premier Consulting Partner to certify the latter“™s deployment of AWS tools to develop, migrate and manage workloads for public and private sector clients.

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A new analysis by health care company Premier found that U.S. hospitals incur approximately $11.3B in total annual costs associated with patients who experienced opioid overdoses, constituting 1 percent of all hospital spending. Premier performed the opioid overdose analysis in October using a year“™s worth of data from 647 health facilities and found that hospital […] More

Leigh Anderson, chief operating officer for information and technology services at Premier, has been named president of the healthcare improvement firm’s performance services segment. He will assume his new position on July 20 and will lead the establishment of Premier’s enterprise-wide cloud informatics business, the company said Wednesday. In his new capacity, Anderson will also be responsible […] More

Amazon Web Services has designated CACI International as a “premier” consulting partner under the AWS partner network. The designation reflects the Arlington, Va.-based contractor’s expertise to support government clients in cloud infrastructure, application migration and cloud-based DevSecOps, the company said Wednesday. CACI has helped clients secure information technology platforms at different data classification levels as the cloud company’s public sector partner and authorized […] More

Premier has secured a position under the General Services Administration‘s Schedule 70 contract vehicle to offer health information technology products and services to U.S. government customers. The company said Monday its health IT offerings cover electronic health records, research, health analytics, health informatics, health information exchanges, personal health information management. Roshni Ghosh, vice president and chief […] More

Charlotte, North Carolina-based healthcare firm Premier has called on the incoming administration to address healthcare challenges through the creation of incentives for changes in the care delivery process. The company said in a letter to President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence to promote competition in the pharmaceutical market to reduce drug costs and […] More

Andrew Ziskind, formerly managing director for healthcare transformation at Huron and a partner at Accenture, has joined Premier Inc. as senior vice president of academic strategy. Ziskind brings more than 25 years of experience in clinical and administrative functions to help academic health systems align their methods with future integrated population health management and alternative […] More

Charlotte, North Carolina-based healthcare strategies developer Premier has found that U.S. hospitals conduct patient education, staff training, screening, surveillance and reporting to prepare for a potential outbreak of the Zika virus. Premier said Monday health system C-suite leaders have led efforts to address the disease based on guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “As we monitor the implications for the possible […] More

Deltek has named its GovCon Consulting Premier Partners and GovCon Services Premier Partners for 2014, the company’s highest classifications for its government contracting business partners providing sales, marketing and implementation support for Deltek solutions. The consulting firm said Friday its consulting partners have provided support in delivering Deltek’s enterprise resource planning solutions to government contractors, while the services partners have supported implementations of […] More