Midwest health system taps CapSite service

Saint Luke’s Health System, a 1,200-bed organization representing 11 hospitals across Missouri and Kansas, has signed on with CapSite Consulting's online subscription-based healthcare technology pricing and packaging service.

The Williston, Vt.-based company said its detailed pricing and packaging transparency will improve Saint Luke’s capital expenditure process at the planning, budgeting and negotiating phases.

The service covers more than 100 healthcare technology categories across imaging equipment, medical devices and health IT, including EHR and health information exchange systems.

 

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