Aurora Health Care outsources transportation to MedSpeed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AURORA HEALTH CARE OUTSOURCES TRANSPORTATION TO
MEDSPEED
-Leading Healthcare Logistics Company Partners with Wisconsin's
Largest Health System-
CHICAGO, November 18, 2008 - MedSpeed LLC, the
Midwest's leading provider of integrated transportation services to
the healthcare industry, announced today that it has entered into a
system agreement with Aurora Health Care based in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin to provide centralized courier services. Established in
1984, Aurora Health Care is the state's largest private employer
and foremost health care system. Its integrated delivery network
includes 13 hospitals, more than
100 clinics, home health agency, convenience care clinics and over
130 community pharmacies across eastern Wisconsin.
In an effort to uncover new ways to efficiently deliver top
quality healthcare, Aurora put its existing transportation
operations under review and engaged in a broad search to identify
the right transportation partner. Interim VP of Aurora System
Logistics, Patrick Trim, states, "Aurora's goal was to centralize
our courier operations with a company that was a leader in
providing an integrated and centralized approach to transportation,
while being flexible enough to meet the
demands that health care requires to serve our patients. After
extensive review, we felt MedSpeed could provide that level of
service."
To support the extensive Aurora network, MedSpeed will open hub
operations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin along with five satellite
offices and provide service for over 650 locations in 90
communities throughout the eastern half of the state. With a
100% employee-based workforce, company owned fleet and
sophisticated scanning and tracking software, the MedSpeed
operation will integrate and streamline business processes for the
movement of everything from pharmaceuticals to X-rays to supplies,
mail and medical records.
"Outsourcing to MedSpeed was a win-win," Trim states.
"Consolidating and centralizing transportation drives efficiencies
and reduces costs.
"We are very excited to be entering the Wisconsin marketplace in
partnership with Aurora," said Jake Crampton, Chief Executive
Officer of MedSpeed. "We are confident that our transportation
solution will achieve Aurora's objectives and
further our shared goal of improving the quality and efficiency of
health care."
About MedSpeed:
MedSpeed is an innovative provider of transportation and logistics
services to the healthcare industry. MedSpeed designs and executes
outsourcing solutions for integrated healthcare delivery networks,
independent clinical laboratories,
institutional pharmacies and blood banks. The MedSpeed partnership
model allows its clients to improve service, reduce costs and focus
on core goals and objectives. Headquartered in Elmhurst, Ill.,
MedSpeed provides services to leading healthcare organizations
throughout the Midwest. For more information, visit
www.medspeed.com.
Contact Information:
Lynn Jensen | VP, Marketing & Business Development
MedSpeed | Moving Healthcare Forward
650 W. Grand Avenue | Suite 314 | Elmhurst, IL 60126
t 630.617.5050 ext. 1777 c 630. 335.9892 f 630.617.5908
[email protected] | www.medspeed.com