Carstens Announces Three-Year Agreement With HPSI
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) March 19, 2014 -- Carstens, Inc. announced that is has entered into a three-year agreement with HPSI Purchasing Services whereby HPSI will sell Carstens’ healthcare support products into long-term care and skilled nursing facilities.
Carstens is one of the nation’s top suppliers of patient record keeping solutions—from customized charting systems to cutting-edge EHR support. The company’s products are used for a variety of purposes, including secure medication dispensing, patient records management, supply storage, electronic equipment transportation, and technology integration.
HPSI is a group purchasing organization (GPO) based in Irvine, California. The GPO boasts more than 9,300 nursing homes, assisted living facilities, residential care homes, skilled care facilities, independent living communities, retirement communities, and other senior care providers in its healthcare membership.
“Our alignment with HPSI strengthens our position in the booming senior care market,” said John Pierson, Carstens’ director of strategic development.
The company already serves more than 4,000 of the nation’s hospitals along with other healthcare facilities worldwide. This agreement adds nearly 40 field representatives to Carstens’ current stable of more than 80 representatives in the healthcare segment.
“These representatives are a direct link to our customers and add tremendous value as an extension of our customer service and support teams,” said Pierson. “With their expertise in senior living facilities and understanding of our product lines, they are a knowledgeable resource for those who need to purchase both electronic and traditional patient record systems, as well as mobile and wall-mounted workstations.“
“Carstens complements our current vendor portfolio and allows us to offer members access to GPO pricing with one of our industry’s leaders,” said Greg Perron, senior vice president of contract administration for HPSI.
The new agreement between HPSI and Carstens has two pricing tiers. Tier one is available to all HPSI members and tier two is available to chains and individual facilities that meet volume and commitment requirements.
For 50 years, HPSI has been helping its members control costs and reduce expenses on a wide range of products, services, technology, and equipment. As a GPO, the organization combines the purchasing volume of all its members to negotiate significant volume discounts that an individual member could not achieve on its volume alone. HPSI has more than 500 contracts with distributors and manufacturers in categories including: dietary, medical, housekeeping, maintenance, equipment, office supplies, technology, laboratory, local services, linen, and furnishings.
Carstens is an established brand within the healthcare industry. Founded more than 125 years ago, the company pioneered putting patient information at the point of care with customized record systems. Today, Carstens brings new solutions to new demands with its WALLAroo® wall-mounted workstations and WALKAroo™ mobile carts, including the versatile LinkT™.
As the healthcare industry evolves, Carstens continues to expand its line of EHR support products, offering innovative solutions for paper based record keeping as well as the integration of electronic solutions at point-of-patient care. The company has added new and improved carts and workstations for general usage, diagnostic testing, medicine dispensing, computing, and more.
Not only are Carstens’ products designed to enhance communication and increase interaction between clinicians and patients at the point of care, they also can be customized to match any facility’s specific needs. Plus, all are made in the USA at the company’s Chicago area headquarters.
To learn more about Carstens and the company’s healthcare support products, visit http://www.Carstens.com or call (800) 782-1524.
Debbie Szwast, Stevens & Tate Marketing, http://www.stevens-tate.com, +1 (630) 627-5200, [email protected]
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