WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX), a leading global provider of medical technologies for critical care and surgery, has been awarded the Academic Participation Award from Vizient, Inc., the largest member-owned health care company in the country. The award was presented at the 2016 Vizient Supplier Summit, held in Las Vegas.
The award honors the supplier who best supported the unique needs of the nation’s academic medical centers through specialized programs that delivered additional value in 2015.
“We are honored by this recognition from Vizient for our dedication to academic service excellence,” said Ed Weidner, Vice President, Strategic Accounts & Commercial Operations, Teleflex. “We are committed to providing the highest quality educational programs to healthcare systems and clinicians that will enable them to provide care that will help improve the health and quality of people’s lives.”
Teleflex partners with healthcare organizations and clinicians to provide access to a comprehensive range of professional educational and training programs to assist in decision-making and to achieve sustainable improvements in the delivery of healthcare and patient outcomes. These offerings include facility specific curriculum development, comprehensive inservicing, professional education lectures, preceptorship programs, scientific seminars, procedural labs, and medical educational and clinical research grants.
“Vizient is proud to recognize Teleflex for their focus on developing and delivering programs and support that help advance healthcare in the academic medical center setting,” said Pete Allen, executive vice president, sourcing operations for Vizient.
About Teleflex Incorporated
Teleflex is a global provider of medical technologies designed to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. We apply purpose driven innovation – a relentless pursuit of identifying unmet clinical needs – to benefit patients and healthcare providers. Our portfolio is diverse, with solutions in the fields of vascular and interventional access, surgical, anesthesia, cardiac care, urology, emergency medicine and respiratory care. Teleflex employees worldwide are united in the understanding that what we do every day makes a difference. For more information, please visit teleflex.com.
