Health Robotics' i.v.STATION Ratifies Quick Return on Investment (R.O.I.) at Premier Member Candler Hospital

Health Robotics' i.v.STATION Ratifies Quick Return on Investment (R.O.I.) at Premier Member Candler Hospital PR Newswire BOZEN, Sud-Tirol, Italy, August 16, 2012 BOZEN, Sud-Tirol, Italy, August 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Robotics today announced that another member of the Premier healthcare alliance, Candler Hospital in Savannah, Georgia, is also benefiting from quality improvements and cost savings gleaned from its recent installation and "Go-Live" of the i.v.STATION Robot. Founded in 1804, not-for-profit Candler Hospital [a member of the St. Joseph's/Candler Health System] is Georgia's first hospital and second-longest continuously operating hospital in the United States of America. In the first quarter of 2012, Health Robotics was awarded a 3-year exclusive (sole-source) group purchasing agreement by Premier, a provider-owned healthcare alliance of 2,600 hospitals and 86,000 other sites. The agreement makes Health Robotics' i.v.STATION and i.v.STATION ONCO available to Premier members at specially negotiated pricing and terms. Candler Hospital is presently leading the American hospital pharmacy industry by engaging Health Robotics' assistance to improve quality, reduce labor and medication expenses, and increase Sterile Compounding throughput with less staff, through the installation of i.v.STATION. Jason Graham, Clinical Pharmacist at CandlerHospital and team leader for i.v.