Premier Launches Large-Scale, Multi-Year Technology Investment Program to Build an Intelligent Healthcare Supply Chain of the Future

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• Technology transformation project will create an AI-powered decision intelligence platform that improves performance for hospitals, providers and suppliers nationwide.
• Partnerships with Palantir Technologies, Microsoft and Databricks will accelerate implementation of best-in-class cloud, data, analytics and AI technologies across the platform.

CHARLOTTE, NC - February 4, 2026 - Premier, Inc., a leading technology-driven healthcare improvement company, today announced a major, multi-year strategic initiative to redefine the healthcare supply chain, delivering real-time intelligence that drives efficiency, resilience and performance for improved margins and outcomes across healthcare organizations.

Central to this initiative, Premier is making a multi-year technology investment to expand its development capabilities, modernize its data infrastructure, and integrate advanced AI and synchronous intelligence across its supply chain platform and into the daily operations of Premier's partnered healthcare organizations. The company's recent transition to private ownership enables this initiative, allowing for faster movement and deeper investment with a long-term focus on execution and outcomes.

Built for Scale, Flexibility and the Future

Premier's technology strategy is built on the company's core solutions, supported by deep, aligned partnerships that integrate best-in-class cloud, data, analytics and AI technologies.

Core partners for Premier's supply chain intelligence solution include:

• Palantir Technologies - Operational AI and advanced analytics built directly into Premier's ecosystem, powering real-time decision-making across supply chain, finance and clinical operations.
• Databricks - A unified platform that spans Premier's supply chain, clinical and financial data, enabling interoperability, efficiency and decision-making at speed.
• Microsoft - Enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure purpose-built to securely run mission-critical healthcare workloads at scale, with built-in compliance and resilience.

By establishing close strategic partnerships, Premier can leverage its existing data and technology assets in combination with leading third-party technologies to deliver innovative new capabilities to healthcare providers, suppliers and other partners.

"Premier has always been a data-driven, tech-forward supply chain leader," said Bruce Radcliff, Premier's President of Supply Chain Services. "Together with our partners, we're accelerating that legacy by turning complexity into clarity and data into action. This strengthens supply chain execution, immediately enhances GPO value and equips our advisory teams with deeper intelligence to help members manage risk and drive measurable performance over both the short and the long term."

Redefining How Healthcare Supply Chains Operate

Healthcare leaders are confronting today's operating volatility - inflation, shortages, tariffs and pricing pressure - using tools designed for yesterday's world.

Premier's investment represents a decisive shift toward future market needs, connecting data, analytics and execution into a single intelligence layer that supports faster decisions, stronger margins and more resilient operations.

Initial efforts will focus on:

• Next-generation, real-time decision intelligence that provides full visibility into non-labor spend, enabling faster identification of savings at the point of order and earlier detection of supply chain risks before they affect care.
• Contract price alignment across vendors to ensure savings are fully realized while reducing operational friction.

This strategic investment marks the first phase of Premier's broader technology roadmap built on interoperability, strong data governance and the responsible application of AI in areas with clear operational impact. Over time, these capabilities will expand across the Premier technology ecosystem, strengthening real-time decision support across the broader enterprise operation.

About Premier, Inc.

Premier, Inc. is a leading technology-driven healthcare improvement company. Playing a critical role in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, Premier unites providers, suppliers and payers to make healthcare better with national scale, smarter with actionable intelligence and faster with novel technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier offers integrated data and analytics, collaboratives, supply chain solutions, advisory services and other solutions in service of our mission to improve the health of communities. Please visit Premier's news site at www.premierinc.com; as well as X, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and Premier's blog for more information about the Company.