MUNDELEIN, Ill. and KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Sysmex America, Inc. and HCA Midwest Health System today announced that they have entered into their first five-year sole-source contract. Awarded the contract based on technical merit and competitive pricing, Sysmex will standardize hematology instrumentation, training, technical support, and service for HCA Midwest Health System hospitals and clinics. HCA Midwest Health System, a network of 12 state-of-the-art hospitals and multiple treatment facilities offering primary, acute, tertiary and chronic healthcare services in the greater Kansas City area, is owned and operated by Hospital Corporation of America, Nashville, Tennessee. Sysmex is a world leader in clinical laboratory design, systemization and solutions.
HCA Midwest Health System currently performs hematology testing on more than 850 specimens per day. "The standardized operational procedures afforded by Sysmex hematology instrumentation, training and support services will provide greater work efficiency and comparable test results across multi-site locations, without compromising our quality, quick turn-around times and physician confidence," said Earl Rogers, Laboratory Director, Research Medical Center.
"We believe that the proven reliability of our Sysmex hematology systems will continue to be a driving force in the selection process of hospitals across the nation. The technical superiority, affordability and accuracy of our hematology systems are unmatched and will serve hospitals well as they balance the need to provide quality patient care with the need to deliver that care as cost-effectively as possible," said John Kershaw, President, Sysmex America, Inc.
HCA Midwest Health System's hematology installations include the Sysmex XE Alpha, Sysmex XE2100, Sysmex XT Series and the Sysmex KX-21N Hematology Systems, combining the technical excellence of Sysmex hematology analyzers with automatic transport and data management capabilities.
Sysmex hematology analyzers have been ranked the best in the industry for performance and reliability for six consecutive years according to the annual IMV ServiceTrak(TM) customer satisfaction survey. Survey respondents included department supervisors, lab managers, technologists and senior technologists chosen at random from hospitals of varying size from across the country.
Sysmex America offers a comprehensive portfolio of hematology products ranging from the pocH-100i(TM) and the KX-21N(TM) for small laboratories to the fully-automated XE-Alpha N(TM) and HST-N(TM) Integrated Hematology Systems with automated slide preparation capabilities. Other Sysmex hematology products include the Sysmex XE-2100(TM), XE-2100L(TM) and XE-2100D(TM) Automated Hematology Analyzers and the Sysmex XT-2000i(TM) and XT-1800i(TM) Automated Hematology Analyzers, all of which use the same fluorescent flow technology platform, user interface, and reagents and controls, leading to improved laboratory standardization. The CellaVision(TM) DM96 Digital Cell Morphology System and Mechatronics(R) InteRRliner Automated ESR Analyzer are additional hematology products offered by Sysmex.
About HCA Midwest Health System
HCA Midwest Health System includes 12 state-of-the-art hospitals and multiple treatment facilities offering primary, acute, tertiary, and chronic healthcare services in the greater Kansas City area. Physicians and staff have trained at the nation's top medical and nursing schools including Stanford, Mayo and Harvard. HCA Midwest Health System, dba HCA Midwest Division, is one of 12 divisions of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). HCA is the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, composed of locally managed facilities that include approximately 190 hospitals and 90 outpatient surgery centers in 23 states, England and Switzerland. At its founding in 1968, Nashville-based HCA was one of the nation's first hospital companies.
About Sysmex
Sysmex America, Inc., the U.S. headquarters of Sysmex Corporation (Kobe, Japan), is a world leader in clinical laboratory systematization and solutions, including clinical diagnostics, automation and information systems that elevate clinical laboratory medicine to first-line patient care. Sysmex America, Inc. focuses on extending the boundaries of diagnostic science while providing the management information tools that make a real difference in clinical and operational results for people worldwide. Additional information about Sysmex America, Inc. can be found at http://www.sysmex.com/usa .
Sysmex America, Inc.CONTACT: Tammy Kutz, Manager, Media & Events of Sysmex America, Inc.,+1-847-996-4531, kutzt@sysmex.com , or Rob Dyer, Vice President Marketing &Public Relations of HCA Midwest Health System, +1-816-508-4169,rob.dyer@hcahealthcare.com
