NHD, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has created a partnership with HealthCare Links, as the first step in the expansion of NHD’s National Sales and Marketing program. HealthCare Links, as the cornerstone for NHD’s marketing, is expected to increase the presence of NHD at the national GPO level and provide strategic leadership in expanding NHD’s products and services to regional IDNs and privately owned enterprises.
Established in 1993, HealthCare Links is an outsource national accounts group specializing in assisting medical supply and service companies gain and implement national and regional contracts. Their clients have contract relationships with every major GPO as well as numerous IDNs. The Health Care Links’ team develops Corporate Accounts relationships in the acute and non-acute care markets, as well as developing government and distribution contracting strategies. www.healthcarelinks.org
George Walker, President of GE Walker, a founding shareholder of NHD said: “The board of NHD was impressed with the fact that HealthCare Links works not only at the GPO level, but also with their shareholders, affiliates, and IDNs. As a national organization priding itself on unparalleled local service, this is a key strategy in our success going forward.”
Ken Murawski, President of HealthCare Links commented: “NHD has done what few companies can. They’ve brought together a nationwide consortium of longstanding independent businesses focused on one thing: servicing their customers 24/7. They have created an infrastructure that provides the information needed by their customers, GPOs an IDNs to help control costs while delivering quality service.”
NHD was established in 1994 to provide national account contracting, administration, and other services for independent regional distributors of medical imaging supplies and services. NHD includes 27 Shareholder companies that represent over 30% of the consumable supplies sold to Radiology Departments nationwide. For more information, see www.NHD.net
