Medline picked as vendor for Guardian Elder Care

Business Wire

MUNDELEIN - Guardian Elder Care, a health care organization that provides skilled nursing, personal care, and independent living services to communities in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, has awarded Medline with a new prime vendor agreement.

Through the three-year deal, Medline will provide Guardian Elder Care with an extensive portfolio of essential supplies such products as Ultrasorbs AP Underpads, Heelmedix Heel Protection Devices, and the Medline Remedy Phytoplex™ line, a unique sensitive skin formula that uses plant-based ingredients and no perfumes to nourish, moisturize and soothe the skin.

By utilizing Medline's online reporting tool called Medline INSIGHT, Guardian Elder Care will have the ability to easily monitor key metrics such as item utilization, contract compliance, price accuracy and spend by product categories.

"With decades of supply chain experience, our Medline sales representatives understand the challenges and pain points long-term care facilities face," said Matt Van Zelst, vice president of national accounts for post-acute care, Medline. "We're dedicated to standing by Guardian Elder Care's side and providing them with high-quality products and solutions to meet their clinical and financial goals."

Medline's distribution centers in Canton, Ohio, Baltimore Md. and Middletown, N.Y. will help Guardian Elder Care's entities quickly receive products, when and where they need them.

"Our new partnership with Medline will support our ongoing efforts around our Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement process, as we serve our senior community and those in need of rehab," said Cindy Kreider, Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations at Guardian Elder Care. "Providing ongoing evidence-based education is beneficial to our patients and staff. Having such resources as Medline University readily available to our clinicians is an added value."