Serving more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals and 53,000-plus other healthcare sites, the Premier, Inc. (Premier) healthcare alliance and its members are transforming healthcare together. Premier brings nationwide knowledge to improve local healthcare by collecting and analyzing clinical and financial data from its member hospitals, organizing Committees of members to make decisions and set direction for the Alliance, sponsoring seminars and conferences, and sharing best practices. Approximately 200 not-for-profit hospitals and healthcare systems, including large systems operating multiple hospitals; academic medical centers associated with universities; and community-owned hospitals entirely own Premier. Owners range from small and rural to large inner-city facilities. Owner hospitals and health systems share the not-for-profit purpose of operation for social good, and they share with Premier the core purpose of improving the health of communities. Premier is: one of the leading healthcare purchasing networks; the nation's most comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information; and one of the nation's largest policy-holder owned, hospital professional liability risk-retention groups.