ITHACA, N.Y., Feb. 19, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The CBORD Group, Inc., the leading provider of food and nutrition management solutions, cashless card systems, and access control solutions to healthcare facilities, and colleges and universities, announced it will continue its contractual relationship with Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P., the group purchasing unit of Premier, Inc.
Premier, one of the nation's largest group purchasing organizations, awarded CBORD its third consecutive supplier contract. CBORD will continue to be a provider of food service management systems, transaction-processing systems, and security access systems to Premier members and affiliates through December 2011.
CBORD provides a complete set of fully integrated solutions for healthcare and college and university food service. This food services agreement allows Premier to offer special pricing on value-added software packages to its healthcare and college and university members and affiliates, and to continue to improve the efficiencies of their food service operations and their security access systems.
"CBORD is very proud to continue this strong partnership with Premier," said Tim Tighe, CBORD's President and CEO. "We will continue to develop products and services that support Premier members' needs, while providing them with the best support team in the industry."
About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
Serving more than 2,100 U.S. hospitals and 53,000-plus 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, NC; Philadelphia; and Washington. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com.
About The CBORD Group
The CBORD Group serves healthcare facilities, colleges and universities, chain restaurants, supermarkets, continuing care facilities, corporations, and a host of other market segments. CBORD's products are used in food service, catering, nutrition services, online ordering, cashless dining, campus ID card privilege control, access control, integrated security, housing services, and other institution-wide activities. The CBORD Group serves more than 6,000 clients in the U.S., Canada, Europe, South Africa, the Middle East, New Zealand, and Australia.
The CBORD Group was founded in 1975. Today it employs more than 450 professionals. To learn more about CBORD, visit us at www.cbord.com.