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1. MD Buyline Releases Q1.2015
“User Satisfaction Trending™”
Data
DALLAS — MD Buyline released the results of the Q1.2015 “User
Satisfaction Trending™” survey to MD Buyline members. Healthcare
providers across the nation rely on MD Buyline’s healthcare market
research for decision support when budgeting, planning, selecting and
acquiring medical equipment and technology.
MD Buyline’s industry experts survey hundreds of end users to gain
customer experiences in order to develop quarterly “User Satisfaction
Trending” reports. Based on user feedback, MD Buyline rates suppliers
on a scale from one to 10 in six categories: system performance,
system reliability, installation and implementation, application
training, service response time and service repair quality. This in-
depth and dynamic data enables MD Buyline’s clinical analysts to map
trending for ratings and end-user feedback on technologies and
suppliers.
The suppliers listed below received the highest ranking in their class
for overall customer satisfaction.
 3M Health Information Systems: Electronic Document
Management
 Abbott: Point of Care
 AESYNT: Pharmacy Automation
 Aperek, a Premier Inc. company: Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) Systems

2.  API Healthcare, a GE Healthcare Company: Time and
Attendance
 B. Braun Medical: Infusion Pump
 BD Biosciences: Flow Cytometer
 Beckman Coulter: Microbiology System
 Belimed: Steam Sterilizer and Washer, Decontaminator
 BERCHTOLD Corporation: Surgical Light and Surgical Table
 Cadwell Laboratories: Sleep Assessment and
Electroencephalograph
 CareFusion: Automated Dispensing System, High-frequency
Ventilator, Metabolic Measurement System, Pharmacy
Automation and Pulmonary Function
 Carestream Health, Inc.: Portable Radiographic System and
Radiographic Unit, Digital and Conventional
 Carl Zeiss, Inc.: Surgical Microscope
 Clinical Computer Systems, Inc.: Perinatal Information Systems
 Computrition, Inc.: Food and Nutrition Management Systems
 Diagnostica Stago, Inc.: Coagulation Analyzer
 Draeger: Anesthesia Machine
 Elekta: Oncology Information Management System, Radiation
Treatment Delivery System and Remote Afterloader
 Epic: Electronic Health Record
 GE Healthcare: Bone Densitometer, Cardiology Picture Archive
and Communication System (PACS) and Information Systems,
Holter Monitor, Infant Care Equipment, Mobile C-Arm, PET-CT
and PET-CT-MR and Cyclotron, Perinatal Information Systems,
Radiology Information System, and SPECT and SPECT-CT,
Nuclear Medicine
 Getinge USA: Washer, Decontaminator
 Hamilton Medical: Portable Ventilator
 Healthcare Insights, LLC: Financial Decision Support
 Hill-Rom: Bed and Nurse Call

3.  Hologic: Biopsy Systems, Computer Aided Detection System,
Cytology System, Mammography System and Mini C-Arm
 Immucor, Inc.: Blood-bank Automation
 Intuitive Surgical: Surgical Robotics
 Iris Diagnostics: Urinalysis System
 Karl Storz Endoscopy: Endoscopic Video System/Scope and OR
Integration System
 Konica Minolta Medical Imaging: Computed Radiography
 MAQUET: Intra-aortic Balloon Pump and Ventilator
 McKesson: Staff Scheduling Systems
 Medivators: Low-temp Sterilizer and High-level Disinfector
 Medtronic: Image-guided Surgery
 MGC Diagnostics: Metabolic Measurement System
 Mortara Instrument: Cardiac Stress Test System
 Natus Medical, Inc.: Electroencephalograph
 Nihon Kohden America: Electromyograph, Long-term Epilepsy
Monitoring, Patient Monitoring and Telemetry Monitor
 Ortho Clinical Diagnostics: Blood-bank Automation and
Chemistry Immunoassay Analyzer
 Philips Healthcare: Cardiac Cath/Interventional Radiography,
Cardiology Management System, Cardiology PACS and
Information Systems, Clinical Information System,
Electrocardiograph, Fetal Monitor, Perinatal Information
Systems, PACS and Treatment Planning System
 Physio-Control: Defibrillator
 Radiometer America: Blood Gas Analyzer
 RF Technologies: Infant Security
 Roche Diagnostics Corporation: Chemistry Immunoassay
Analyzer and Laboratory Automation
 Sakura Finetek: Tissue Processor
 SCC Soft Computer: Laboratory Information System
 Sebia: Protein Electrophoresis
 Shimadzu Medical Systems: Radiography and Fluoroscopy

4.  Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.: Blood Gas Analyzer,
Cardiac Cath/Interventional Radiography, Cardiac Ultrasound
(ECHO), Cardiology PACS and Information Systems, CT Scanner
– CT Simulation, Hemodynamic and Physiological Monitoring,
PET-CT and PET-CT-MR and Cyclotron, Radiographic Unit,
Digital and Conventional, SPECT and SPECT-CT, Nuclear
Medicine and Urological Imaging
 Skytron: Surgical Light
 Sorin Group: Cardio-pulmonary Bypass Pump
 St. Jude Medical: Electrophysiology Monitor
 STANLEY Healthcare: Infant Security
 Stryker Medical: Bed and Stretcher
 Surgical Information Systems (SIS): Perioperative Information
System
 Sysmex America: Hematology Analyzer
 TeleTracking Technologies: Bed Management Systems and
Real-time Location Systems
 TeraRecon, Inc.: 3-D Advanced Visualization Solution
 The CBORD Group, Inc.: Food and Nutrition Management
Systems
 Toshiba America Medical Systems: Cardiac Ultrasound (ECHO),
CT Scanner – CT Simulation, Diagnostic Ultrasound and
Magnetic Resonance Imager (MRI)
 Tosoh Bioscience: High-performance Liquid Chromatography
(HPLC)
 Varian Medical Systems: Remote Afterloader
 Volcano Corporation: Intravascular Imaging – Ultrasound and
OCT
 Welch Allyn: Patient Monitoring
 ZOLL Medical Corporation: Defibrillator
For more than 30 years, MD Buyline has been researching medical
equipment to create transparency between healthcare providers and

5. medical technology suppliers. MD Buyline members can review “User
Satisfaction Trending” data on more than 100 medical technologies
through MD Buyline’s online portal of proprietary clinical research. For
more information or to speak with an analyst, contact MD Buyline at
1-800-375-5463 or send an email to info@mdbuyline.com.
About MD Buyline
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evidence-based information and research. By creating transparency
and fostering consultative relationships, MD Buyline has partnered
with providers for more than three decades to identify cost-reduction
opportunities for purchased services, consumables, capital and IT.
Providers rely on MD Buyline’s data and clinical analysts for financial
and clinical insight to reach long- and short-term goals. For more
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