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Consorta Awards Nurse Call Systems Agreement
The following is a press release from Consorta, regarding West-Com Nurse Call Systems. West-Com is an InterTECH Security Supply Partner in Pennsylvania. For more information on West-Com Nurse Call Systems, Contact InterTECH Security.
Schaumburg, Ill., June 14, 2005 – Consorta, a leading group purchasing and resource management organization in the health care industry, has awarded an agreement for nurse call systems to West-Com Nurse Call Systems, Inc., Danville, Calif.
“We’re pleased to add West-Com, which offers highly rated patient communications systems, to our portfolio of suppliers,” said Patrick McCarthy, director of capital equipment contracting for Consorta. “This agreement will provide our members with greater value and choice in nurse call systems.”
Consorta’s membership, which includes more than 520 acute-care hospitals and more than 300 extended care facilities in the United States, can expect significant savings through the three-year agreement, which becomes effective July 1, 2005.
“West-Com Nurse Call Systems, Inc., is excited over the opportunity of working with Consorta members,” said Larry Peters, chief executive officer of West-Com. “West-Com is proud of our West-Call® line of health care communications products, and because health care is our only market, our goal is to continue to build the top-of-the-line products that our customers have grown to expect from West-Com.”
About Consorta
Consorta, based in suburban Chicago, is a leading health care resource management and group purchasing organization whose shareholders are faith-based or non-profit health systems. As a cooperative, Consorta's shareholders and participants share fully in the organization's bottom-line performance and receive significant discounts through scale purchasing economies. Consorta’s shareholders are among the leading integrators of non-profit health care in America, sponsoring significant care providers in many parts of the country. Consorta’s 13 shareholder health care systems represent 60 percent of all Catholic hospitals in the United States, own many extended and alternate care sites and have extensive affiliate relationships with other non-profit hospitals and alternate care facilities. For more information, visit www.consorta.com.
About West-Com Nurse Call Systems, Inc.
Founded in 1983 by C. Larry Peters, West-Com Nurse Call Systems is an international corporation that develops and manufactures state-of-the-art nurse call systems, clinic “patient flow” systems, intercom systems and tone-visual nurse call systems. The company has revolutionized the patient care environment with its computer-based West-Call® Odyssey Plus nurse call system, which utilizes an interactive touch screen with intuitive graphics and a floor map displaying all rooms assigned to the nursing unit. Odyssey Plus is the only nurse call system on the market that offers the West-Call® Direct Request™ feature, which allows patients to place a call for pain medication, bathroom assistance, routine or emergency care so that the correct level of staff is immediately notified. For more information on West-Com Nurse Call Systems, Inc., or the West-Call product line, visit www.westcall.com.
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