HITACHI AWARDED MRI CONTRACT BY MEDASSETS
CLEVELAND, Ohio (December 8, 2009) — Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc. (Hitachi) has been awarded a contract for Open MRI products by MedAssets Supply Chain Systems, effective January 1, 2010. The contract features Hitachi’s Oasis™ 1.2T High-Field Bore-less MRI.
"We are pleased to have been selected by MedAssets and its clients," said Sheldon Schaffer, Vice President and General Manager of MR/CT for Hitachi. “Hitachi’s Oasis is a unique product that combines highfield image clinical capability, image quality and throughput demanded by physicians with a superior experience and comfort demanded by patients, which only a truly open MRI environment enables.”
“We are pleased at Hitachi being a MedAssets contracted Open MRI supplier,” said Mark Miriani, President, MedAssets Supply Chain Systems. “MedAssets’ objective is toprovide our membership the best technology and the very best value, and Hitachi Oasis Bore-less MRI system is a good example of this.”
About Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc.
Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc. (HMSA) markets advanced diagnostic medical imaging systems of Hitachi Medical Corp., Tokyo, Japan. HMSA has more than 1,500 MRI systems installed throughout the United States and also markets multi-slice computed tomography and digital ultrasound. Hitachi Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with 384,000 employees worldwide. The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including health sciences, information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, visit http://www.hitachi.com.
About MedAssets Supply Chain Systems
MedAssets Supply Chain Systems is one of the largest group purchasing organizations in the U.S., utilizing a national contract portfolio of over 1,500 contracts to efficiently connect manufacturers, distributors and other suppliers with its more than 1,700 hospitals and over 30,000 non-acute healthcare provider customers. MedAssets Supply Chain Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of MedAssets, Inc. For more information, visit www.medassets.com.
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