Supplier Performance Award Given to Agfa HealthCare at Premier Annual Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition

Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, announces today that it has won the Supplier Performance Award, presented by the Premier Healthcare Alliance. Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 67,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to achieve high quality, cost-effective care. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier maintains the nation's most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network.

Premier's Supplier Performance Award applauds the efforts of contracted suppliers that meet and exceed operational expectations. In selecting recipients, satisfaction and performance data are collected and scored over four successive calendar quarters. Feedback is provided during regular supplier business line reviews. Organizations scoring 80 percent or higher earn the Performance Award.

"Agfa HealthCare is honored to be recognized by the Premier healthcare alliance with the Supplier Performance Award," said John Clark, Vice President of Imaging at Agfa HealthCare North America. "We take much pride in our performance and believe that our efforts to exceed industry expectations have come across in our endeavors."

Frank McGrath, Director of Corporate Healthcare for Agfa HealthCare accepted the award at the 2010 Premier Annual Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition in Washington. The award ceremony was held at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center on Wednesday, June 9, 2010.

"The Performance Award honors Premier valued suppliers that strive for collaboration and performance excellence to benefit the alliance and we are honored to recognize these top performers," said Premier Purchasing Partners President, Mike Alkire.

"Agfa HealthCare is proud to be listed among leaders in performance in our industry," said McGrath. "This recognition is important because it is a reflection of the effort made by our teams to ensure we continue to meet and exceed the needs and expectations of our customers."

In 2009, Agfa HealthCare was awarded a new three-year, contract by the group purchasing division of Premier, Inc., Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P., to provide Computed Radiography (CR) solutions at competitive terms and conditions to the alliance's nearly 2,300 member hospitals and 67,000 other alternate healthcare sites in the United States.