Meridian Becomes a Corporate Affiliate for the Maine Hospital Association

DEERFIELD, Ill. - Oct. 10, 2014 - PRLog -- Meridian Group International continues to be involved with state hospital associations and today announced their corporate affiliation with the Maine Hospital Association (MHA).

MHA represents 37 hospitals in Maine and is the primary advocate for members in state and federal regulatory agencies, addressing health care issues that affect all of Maine's citizens. “With local offices throughout the New England area, Meridian is able to support MHA’s mission of helping their members improve the health of their patients and the communities they serve,” stated Matt Zogg, Regional Manager.

Healthcare facilities have a continual need to upgrade various aspects of their IT infrastructure environments and medical equipment, improve quality care delivery through initiatives such as business continuity, EMR implementation and optimization, health information sharing, clinical collaboration, mobile health, and revenue optimization.

The Meridian healthcare experience brings a customizable portfolio of IT infrastructure hardware, software, services, financing options and off lease equipment to every MHA member. With a consultative approach, Meridian incorporates a vendor agnostic evaluation of various technologies and asset driven life cycle management options to meet objectives while avoiding erratic IT cost increases in the future.

“Hospitals are being pressured to maintain a mature infrastructure of IT and medical equipment without increasing their budget,” said Zogg. “Meridian has the ability to implement optimal solutions that are affordable by bundling technology and equipment upgrades with flexible financing programs.” With this strategy, MHA members will be able to establish a predictable and level-set IT expenditure plan to continually reduce costs while staying competitive.

About Meridian Group International Meridian Group International is an organization of companies specializing in application deployment, workload management, data management, network solutions, security, mobility, cloud/managed services, collaboration, help desk, and equipment lease financing. Meridian helps businesses optimize the value of their IT investments through a wide portfolio of technology offerings and deployment models.  Since 1979, Meridian has experienced continuous profitability and has grown to over 40 offices in the US, UK, Germany, Australia, and Singapore. Discover more at www.onlinemeridian.com

About MHA The Maine Hospital Association represents 37 community-governed hospitals in Maine. Formed in 1937, the Augusta-based non-profit Association is the primary advocate for hospitals in the Maine State Legislature, the U.S. Congress and state and federal regulatory agencies. It also provides educational services and serves as a clearinghouse for comprehensive information for its hospital members, lawmakers and the public. MHA is a leader in developing health care policy and works to stimulate public debate on important health care issues that affect all of Maine's citizens. Learn more at www.themha.org