New York, NY - After a national request for proposals and a comprehensive six-month search, the North Shore-LIJ Health System (North Shore-LIJ), one of the nation’s largest nonprofit hospital systems, has chosen GNYHA Services www.gnyhaservices.com to continue to be its group purchasing organization (GPO).

In renewing with GNYHA Services (and its national partner the Premier healthcare alliance), North Shore-LIJ will continue to have system-wide access to products, services and programs that will significantly reduce costs while supporting continuous improvements in clinical quality and patient safety.

GNYHA Services is a company of GNYHA Ventures , the business subsidiary of Greater New York Hospital Association.

“After a national search, we reached unanimous consensus that GNYHA Services gives us the best opportunity to achieve significant cost savings and a clinically integrated supply chain,” said North Shore-LIJ President and CEO Michael Dowling . “We also believe that GNYHA Services’ business model is most in step with our own corporate philosophy.”

“We are thrilled to retain such an important partner in our cost-saving, performance improvement journey,” said GNYHA Ventures President Lee Perlman. “Our nimble, flexible business model will continue to bring tremendous value to NS-LIJ at the intersection of cost and quality.”

“In the end, we chose to continue our long relationship with GNYHA Services because they have delivered value in a constantly shifting health care marketplace,” said North Shore-LIJ Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer Donna Drummond. “In the era of health care reform, that consistency is more important than ever.”

“As North Shore-LIJ’s needs have evolved, so has our approach to delivering supply chain excellence,” said GNYHA Services President Christopher J. O’Connor. “Moving forward, we will continue to serve North Shore-LIJ in ways that best address its ever-changing economic, operational, and clinical demands.”

North Shore-LIJ’s renewal of its partnership with GNYHA Services follows the decisions of two major health care systems—Continuum Health Partners in New York and Hartford HealthCare in Connecticut—to sign long-term contracts with GNYHA Services for group purchasing and supply chain outsource management.

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Brian Conway
Vice President, Communications
Greater New York Hospital Association
(212) 506-5477