AFFLINK is an authorized distributor for Novation, the supply company of VHA and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC). Novation is the supply services company that sets the standard for lowering total supply cost. As the leading supply chain management company in the healthcare industry, Novation serves more than 2,400 members of VHA Inc. and UHC. Novation’s mission is to provide industry-leading supply chain management solutions that assist their member facilities in improving and sustaining their performance. www.novationco.com.

AFFLINK is an authorized distribution partner to Premier. Premier is a leading healthcare alliance collectively owned by more than 200 independent hospitals and healthcare systems in the United States. Together they operate, or are affiliated with, more than 9,500 hospitals and other healthcare sites. Premier facilities encompass more than 275,018 staffed beds and account for $128 billion in inpatient revenue. www.premierinc.com

AFFLINK is a distribution partner in the Global Healthcare Exchange. GHX provides products and services to help reduce costs for the buyers and sellers of healthcare products.

To accomplish this, GHX builds technology that automates and improves the quality of the purchasing process; makes it easier, faster and less expensive to connect buyers and sellers, enabling them to conduct more transactions electronically; and ensures the accuracy of product data, which results in fewer purchasing errors between trading partners.

To achieve the greatest benefit from e-commerce, and to drive real efficiencies in the healthcare supply chain, both buyers and sellers need to be connected to the maximum number of trading partners. GHX now connects more than 1,600 hospitals to more than 130 suppliers, creating the largest trading exchange in the healthcare industry. www.ghx.com

Neoforma is a leading provider of supply chain management solutions for the healthcare industry. Through an innovative combination of technology, information and services, Neoforma's Web-based solutions enable effective collaboration between hospitals and suppliers, helping to eliminate inefficiencies and lower costs. Led by experienced healthcare and technology executives, Neoforma is directly addressing the major issues confronting hospitals and their supplier partners: the efficient management of orders on a day-to-day basis and the strategic management and optimization of contract supply relationships. By steadily building on a foundation of extensive industry partnerships and alliances, Neoforma has had a substantial impact on the healthcare industry. Since its founding in 1996, Neoforma has successfully contracted with more than 16% of the hospitals in the U.S. and now supports nearly $5 billion in healthcare purchasing annually. www.neoforma.com/corp/index.html.