NEWS
July 2011
Premier Medical is pleased to announced that our President & CEO, Emily Spencer, has been selected by the Denver Business Journal as a finalist for their 2011 Outstanding Women in Business awards. The winners will be announced and honored at the 13th Annual Outstanding Women in Business awards luncheon August 23rd and profiled in a special section published by the DBJ on August 26th. To support Emily please attend the luncheon on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at the Marriott City Center Hotel. For reservations and additional information please visit http://www2.bizjournals.com/denver/event/35521.
March 2011
Premier Medical Corporation has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety in home care. The accreditation award recognizes Premier Medical Corporation’s dedication to continuous compliance with The Joint Commission’s state of the art standards.
Premier Medical Corporation underwent a rigorous unannounced on-site survey in March 2011. A team of Joint Commission expert surveyors evaluated Premier Medical Corporation for compliance with standards of care specific to the needs of patients, including infection prevention and control, leadership and medication management.
Established in 1988, The Joint Commission’s Home Care Accreditation Program accredits more than 5,600 organizations. The Joint Commission’s standards address the home care organization’s performance in specific areas, and specify requirements to ensure that patient care and services are provided in a safe manner. The Joint Commission develops its standards in consultation with health care experts, providers and researchers, as well as measurement experts, purchasers and consumers.
"In achieving Joint Commission accreditation, Premier Medical Corporation has demonstrated its commitment to the highest level of care for its patients," says Margherita Labson, R.N., executive director, Home Care Accreditation, The Joint Commission. “Accreditation is a voluntary process and I commend Premier Medical Corporation for successfully undertaking this challenge to elevate its standard of care and instill confidence in the community it serves.”
"With Joint Commission accreditation, we are making a significant investment in quality on a day-to-day basis from the top down. Joint Commission accreditation provides us a framework to take our organization to the next level and helps create a culture of excellence,” says Emily Spencer, President & CEO “Achieving Joint Commission accreditation, for our organization, is a major step toward maintaining excellence and continually improving the care we provide.”
Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 18,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. The Joint Commission also provides certification of more than 1,700 disease-specific care programs, primary stroke centers, and health care staffing services. An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. Learn more about The Joint Commission at www.jointcommission.org.
January 2011
Wishes do come true! Premier is part of making a wish come true for Brooklyn Clasby by partnering with Make-A-Wish foundation to provide portable oxygen so that 4-year old Brooklyn can enjoy a 5-day Disney Caribbean cruise with her family. To learn more about Make-A-Wish foundation please visit them at www.wish.org.
To read the full story about Brooklyn's wish click on the link:
http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/Top-story.asp?ID=15693
January 2011
Premier is pleased to announce it has partnered with Dr. Williams and Clinica Tepeyac in Denver, Colorado to provide concentrators for their clinic. Clinica Tepeyac is a community-based nonprofit health care orginization providing medical care in a culturally competent setting while also promoting healthy lifestyles through bilingual outreach education to low-income, working Latinos in the Denver metropolitan area. For more information on Clinica Tepeyac please visit their website at www.clinicatepeyac.org.
January 2011
Premier is proud to continue working with Project Cure by donating medical equipment to their cause. PROJECT C.U.R.E. helps meet the need for medical equipment around the world. To learn more visit them at www.projectcure.org.January 2011
We are excited to continue the implementation of Fast Track software which will automate virtually everything we do. Once fully implemented our PARTNERS will be able to access, enter and check the status of their orders via the web.October 2010
Premier is proud to partner with Broda as their Colorado dealer. For more information see our Products page or call a sales representative at Premier.
October 2010
For the 2nd year in a row Premier Medical Corporation has been recognized by Coloradobiz Magazine as one of Colorado's Top 250 Private Companies. Premier has moved up on the list to 117 from 148 in 2009.
August 2010
Premier Medical has once again been named as one of the Top 25 Denver-Area Women Owned Businesses by the Denver Business Journal.
July 2010
Premier Medical Corporation has been named by the Denver Business Journal as a finalist in the 2010 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Denver area. Premier is ranked #9 in the medium companies category. As a finalist, Premier was honored at a breakfast on July 15th, 2010 and the results of the list are published in the July 16-22, 2010 Denver Business Journal special section on the 2010 Fastest Growing Companies.
June 2010
Emily Spencer, President & CEO traveled with Project C.U.R.E., 14 other businesses & community leaders to revitalize and deliver $400,000 worth of medical supplies and equipment to La Loma Luz Hospital in San Elena. Gloria Neal, of CBS 4 will be documenting the whole trip. To see Gloria's report, click on this link.
http://www.cbs4denver.com/video/?id=73000@kcnc.dayport.com
As part of the adventure, the Colorado business leaders met with the new US Ambassador to Belize (who is from Colorado), the Belizean Prime Minister, the First Lady, and local business leaders to hear first hand their challenges and understand their vision for their country.
The group also rolled up their sleeves and helped revitalize La Loma Luz Hospital in San Elena. La Loma Luz in a not-for-profit Adventist Hospital serving patients from surrounding communities and from all over the country.
In addition the business leaders attended a reception at Alex Cranberg/Susan Morrice's oil project (the biggest in Belize) and conduct a ceremony at a local hospital where they are outfitting two new surgical theaters.
The group returned home to Denver with a better sense of global healthcare issues, renewed relationships with fellow businesses and community leaders and a sense of pride in having made a difference.
For more information on PhilanthoTravel with Project C.U.R.E. visit their website at www.projectcure.org
May 2010
PREMIER MEDICAL CORPORATION
President & CEO
EMILY B. SPENCER
Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2010 Award
Finalist in the Rocky Mountain Region
Denver, Colorado, May 14th, 2010 - Premier Medical Corporation today announced that Emily B. Spencer, President & CEO is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2010 Award in the Rocky Mountain Region. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Ms. Spencer was selected as a finalist by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on June 24, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt.
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates its 24th anniversary this year. The program has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 135 cities in 50 countries throughout the world.
Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 13, 2010. The awards are the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, the nation's most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.
Sponsors
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year awards are pleased to have the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and SAP America as national sponsors.
In the Rocky Mountain Region local sponsors include Faegre & Benson, Clifton Gunderson, Denver Business Journal and Johnson and Johnson Wells Public Relations.
About Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards Program
Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world's most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award makes a difference through the unique way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more then 135 cities in 50 countries.
Ernst & Young refers to the global organization of member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young LLP is a client-service member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited located in the U.S.
May 2010
For the 2nd year in a row Premier Medical Corporation was named by ColoradoBiz magazine as a Top 100 Women Owned Business in Colorado and is now ranked 26th.
March 2010
Premier Medical Corporation is proud to have received the Quality Respiratory Care Recognition designation from the American Association of Respiratory Care.