Brim Healthcare and Broadlane Continue Successful, Exclusive Relationship

Brim Healthcare and Broadlane Continue Successful, Exclusive Relationship

Broadlane announced today that Brim Healthcare has renewed its exclusive relationship with Broadlane.

Dallas (Vocus) November 18, 2008

Broadlane (www. broadlane. com) announced today that Brim Healthcare has renewed its exclusive relationship with Broadlane. Brim Healthcare will continue to access Broadlane's unparalleled national GPO portfolio of consumable supplies, equipment, pharmaceuticals and purchased services to help manage its approximate $150 million in annual spend for 35 hospitals across the country. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Brim Healthcare also will continue to utilize Broadlane's proprietary client portal OnRamp™ to access the GPO contract portfolio, informatics, Broadlane and industry news and education.

Brim Healthcare has added BroadLink® (Broadlane's e-commerce exchange) to the list of services it will use. BroadLink automates and manages transactions between Brim hospitals and suppliers electronically. Hospitals can also manage purchase orders, purchase acknowledgements, advanced ship notifications, invoices and product and price updates through BroadLink.

"Broadlane's overall service offering is unmatched," said Lynn Lambert, senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer, Brim Healthcare. "We have received significant benefits and cost savings through the Broadlane GPO portfolio and Capital Equipment Services. We've also chosen to utilize BroadLink as our electronic data interchange of choice to streamline our purchasing processes. Broadlane has demonstrated a continuous ability to provide significant savings and supply chain improvements, and we look forward to further savings and improvement in the coming years."

Brim Healthcare will continue to actively utilize Broadlane's Capital Equipment Services, including Live Group Buys, Equipment Planning, Budget Assessment and Quote Reviews. Three Brim Healthcare hospitals saved nearly 25 percent and three months of research and negotiation time on new computed tomography (CT) scanners at a Broadlane Live Group Buy. Also, according to Broadlane findings, capital equipment vendor quotes are incorrect 60 percent of the time. Brim Healthcare will continue to send capital equipment quotes to Broadlane for Quote Review where price, warranty and term information is verified for accuracy.

"We are pleased to continue our successful, exclusive relationship with Brim Healthcare," said David Ricker, president and chief executive officer, Broadlane. "Brim Healthcare is a valuable client, and we are grateful for the faith they have in our abilities to deliver even greater savings and supply chain improvements in the coming years."

About Brim Healthcare

Since 1971, Brim Healthcare has worked with community hospitals to help them achieve stability, growth and success. Brim currently manages or operates 35 hospitals in 16 states. The privately held company is based in Brentwood, Tenn. For more information, please visit www. brimhealthcare. com.

About Broadlane

Broadlane is the leading technology-oriented healthcare services company, reducing cost and creating operational efficiencies for thousands of acute care hospitals, ambulatory care facilities, physician practices and other healthcare providers in the United States. Its core services include supply chain management and clinical workforce management services.

Broadlane's comprehensive supply chain services include:

 Unparalleled national and custom contracting for supplies, pharmaceuticals, equipment and purchased services  Innovative Procurement Services and purchase transaction management  Clinical Services for managing clinical preference items and operating room and cath lab spending  Comprehensive Materials Management Services - including outsourcing  Informatics - benchmarking, advanced analytics and reporting  Supply chain technology and e-commerce

Broadlane Workforce Management™ addresses nurses and allied healthcare practitioners and includes:

 External shift and agency management services  Internal shift management, including electronic shift auctions  Regional nurse float pool management and internal agency management  E-commerce workforce exchange linking healthcare providers, clinical staff and agencies, enabling efficient shift management and fulfillment and reconciliation

The Preference Group™, a division of Broadlane, consults with healthcare facilities to help manage the cost of clinical items and processes. The Preference Group's specialized clinical programs include:

 Medication Use Management (MUM)  Orthopedic Management Program  Cardiovascular Management Program  And many others Broadlane's clients include leading providers such as Advocate Health Care, Ascension Health, Beaumont Hospitals, CHRISTUS Health, Continuum Health Partners, Kaiser Permanente, Kindred Healthcare, MedCath Corporation, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System, St. Luke's Episcopal Health System, Tenet Healthcare, The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, US Oncology and UMass Memorial Health Care.

The company is headquartered in Dallas with offices in Cincinnati, Detroit, Houston, New York City and Oakland. For more information, visit www. broadlane. com.

Media Contact:

Jim Webb

Broadlane

972.813.7782

Jim. webb @ broadlane. com

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IXICO Appoints Andy Richards as Chairman to Initiate Next Phase of Growth

IXICO Appoints Andy Richards as Chairman to Initiate Next Phase of Growth

IXICO is delighted to announce that on 2nd September, Dr. Andy Richards joined the board as Chairman. Dr Richards is an established bio-science entrepreneur who has been instrumental in the founding or growth of several successful and innovative Healthcare companies including Chiroscience, Arakis, Cambridge Biotechnology, Altacor and Vectura. He has a track record in transforming companies from science based start ups to commercial ventures that raise funds and achieve successful exits. He has wide experience of commercialisation partnerships, M&A transactions and of private and public market financings.

London, UK (PRWEB) September 22, 2009

Dr Richards will be joining the Board of IXICO to help steer it through its next phase of growth as it expands its Imaging CRO services business and prepares to launch a new series of technology products that will transform the way that medical images are managed throughout the healthcare sector. IXICO's technology products include Trial WireTM-free, which was launched in April as a tool for sharing de-identifying and organization of medical image data for research purposes, and Trial TrackerTM, being launched this month, our next-generation image management solution that enables trial sponsors to track and control their data. Both products will be demonstrated at MICCAI, London and WMIC, Montreal in September.

In addition to his role on IXICO's board, Dr Richards holds other non-executive director positions including Vectura group plc, Summit Corp plc, Altacor, Biowisdom, Babraham Bioscience Technology and Cancer Research Technology (the commercial arm of CR-UK). He is a director of the UK Bio-industry Association and was recently voted both Cambridge Evening News Businessman of the Year and one of the Top100 Living Contributors to Biotechnology.

Derek Hill, IXICO's CEO said "We are very excited that Andy has joined our board. His enthusiasm, energy and experience will be invaluable as we take our business forward and explore the many opportunities available to us to enhance the way imaging is used in clinical trials, and explore new avenues for our technology."

Andy Richards commented "IXICO is an exciting and entrepreneurial healthcare information technology (HCIT) business. The solid commercial platform it has built in CRO services along with its transformational new technologies provide real opportunities for growth. I have been impressed with what Derek and his team have achieved to date and I look forward to help make IXICO an international commercial success"

About IXICO

IXICO is dedicated to improving the field of medical imaging through superior service and enabling technologies that support basic imaging research, routine clinical imaging, and imaging-based clinical trials. In its capacity as a full-service Imaging CRO, the company's Trial Service Division provides comprehensive, technology-based solutions and novel imaging biomarkers for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries across all therapeutic areas and clinical trials phases; from expert acquisition design and imaging site management to image QC and proven analysis techniques, IXICO's workflow technology and imaging know-how is driven by highly qualified and experienced experts and is underpinned by our robust quality management system. The company's New Product Division provides software solutions for image data management: improved regulatory-compliant image workflows, more efficient project management, data re-use; aggregation of data from multiple studies, and easier sharing and communication of images. To learn more about IXICO's service and product offerings, please visit www. ixico. com.

IXICO, Trial Wire and Trial Tracker are trademarks owned by IXICO LTD.

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