Organization & Developments: Novation

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2,911 hospitals (1,400 through VHA, 300 in University Health Consortium and 1,011 in Provista) as well as 22,000 other members.
2011: Stryker inks two new deals
Hospital group purchasing organization
It maintains agreements with more than 600 suppliers and distributors, representing nearly 90 percent of the products that healthcare organizations purchase
Through its affiliations with VHA, UHC and Provista, Novation purchases $37.8 billion a year and covers 40 percent of the staffed beds in the United States, 45 percent of U.S. and 47 percent of nation’s total surgeries.