As reimbursement rates in the healthcare industry continue to decline, the relationship between hospitals and equipment suppliers is evolving in response to a more challenging economy. They are changing the way they conduct their business, which makes sense. If a hospital is not able to balance its budget, how can it provide quality care for patients? To that end, hospitals now seek value-based purchasing platforms for their asset management programs, and are actively participating in group purchasing organizations (GPOs). Hospital executives see these cost-reduction measures as a critical part of their business plans. Being part of an integrated delivery network (IDNs), they share savings and improve on utilization. One of the esteemed Healthcare equipment suppliers that helps its customers to remain nimble as the market evolves is Shared Imaging. Based in Streamwood, IL, the company initiated its operation in 1989 by providing advanced imaging technologies to rural and community based hospitals that could not otherwise afford to provide diagnostic services using advanced technologies such as Computer Aided Tomography (CT) scans.

Shared Imaging provides in-term, flexible solutions that limit the financial risk to the customer. The array of services provided by the organization includes staffed or unstaffed, full-time and part-time PET/CT, CT, MR, DR, U/S and Nuclear Camera systems and in-house, modular and medical coach configurations. The company also offers multi-vendor service solutions on all imaging equipment regardless of the manufacturer. Larry Siebs, CEO explains, “Our programs eliminate the inefficiency of maintaining separate costly contracts with multiple vendors. Being a single point of contact, we can effectively manage and maintain all of your Radiology assets.”