Premier healthcare alliance announced new agreements for nurse call systems have been awarded to GE of Wauwatosa, Wis.; Hill-Rom Company Inc. of Batesville, Ind.; Jeron Electronic Systems Inc. of Chicago; Rauland-Borg Corp. of Mount Prospect, Ill.; and West-Com Nurse Call Systems Inc. of Fairfield, Calif. Effective April 1, 2012, the agreements are available to acute care and continuum of care members of Premier.

Premier is an alliance of more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals and 81,000-plus other healthcare sites using the power of collaboration to lead the transformation to high quality, cost-effective care. Owned by hospitals, health systems and other providers, Premier maintains the nation’s most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network.

In addition to having access to Prime Source’s vast network of suppliers and exclusive savings, members of Prime Source’s Group Purchasing Organization also have access to some of the nation’s largest national healthcare GPOs, including Premier.