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Published on: 7/8/2007
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"We are leveraging more than three years of experience and proven results from our members as to how to best derive savings from advanced spend analytics," said Premier Group Vice President Marla Weigert."We have listened to our members who are successfully using SpendAdvisor and integrated their experiences and insights to make SpendAdvisor even more valuable to their organizations and business processes.
"Momentum is building for a tool that is being broadly used by an increasingly diverse range of organizations," Weigert continued."Usage is accelerating, and we expect SpendAdvisor to grow quickly over the next year.It already covers more than $4.4 billion in supply spend, one of the largest databases in healthcare.
"We see SpendAdvisor as essential to our alliance's success," said Weigert.