Streifeneder, OPIE partner on purchasing

The Gainesville, FL-based OPIE Choice Network and Streifen­eder USA in Tampa, FL, on May 8 announced they have inked two new agreements.

The first makes Streifeneder USA’s product catalog available to all users of the OPIE Purchasing System when they become an OPIE Integrated Supplier. The second involves a new contract award for the OPIE Choice Network’s Group Purchasing Organization, through which Streifen­eder USA is a preferred non­exclusive provider of mechanical knees for all OPIE members.

The OPIE Choice Network is focused on creating ways to use the distinctive data in the OPIE and Futura Systems to help improve the operations of O&P practices, according to a company release.