Medspeed and Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare Mark Nine-Year Partnership With Broadened Agreement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
-Leading Healthcare
Transportation Company Expands Relationship with Illinois Health
System-
Elmhurst, November 17, 2009
- MedSpeed LLC, a leading provider of integrated
transportation services to the healthcare industry, and Elmhurst
Memorial Healthcare, a comprehensive health system in Chicago's
western suburbs, have worked together in partnership for the last
nine years. Today, the industry innovators celebrate that
collaboration with the announcement of an expanded
relationship. Beginning in mid-October, MedSpeed assumed
responsibility for the management and execution of Elmhurst's
entire transportation related needs, including: specimens,
pharmaceuticals, supplies, mail, radiology, medical records and
more.
"For the past 9 years, MedSpeed has done an outstanding job
handling our laboratory specimen transportation," said Curtis May,
Director of Material Management. "We felt that expanding that
relationship to include the movement of the rest of our materials
would not only eliminate waste thereby generating cost savings, but
also accrue added benefit in the form of service enhancement to our
system," continued May.
To support the broader relationship MedSpeed applied its proven
analytical methodology to the expansion of service for Elmhurst
Memorial Healthcare. By standardizing service expectations
through the application of business rules and leveraging existing
routes, MedSpeed was able to develop a flexible, cost-contained
solution to support the health system.
"Elmhurst Memorial has been a friend to MedSpeed for many years
and we are thrilled to bring new value to this important and
long-standing client," said Jake Crampton, Chief Executive Officer
of MedSpeed.
About MedSpeed:
MedSpeed is an innovative provider of transportation services
exclusively to the healthcare industry. MedSpeed designs and
executes centralized transportation outsourcing solutions for
integrated healthcare delivery networks, independent clinical
laboratories, blood banks, and institutional pharmacies. ISO
certified and governed under the principles of Lean Six Sigma,
MedSpeed helps its healthcare customers improve and standardize
service, reduce costs and focus on core goals. For more
information, visit www.medspeed.com.
Contact Information:
Lynn Jensen | VP of Marketing & Business Development
MedSpeed | Moving Healthcare Forward
[email protected] |
630.335.9892