Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/06/2018 -- ImageFIRST, a provider of healthcare linen services to facilities in Salem, OR, and across the US, reports prominent medical industry trends that have been in the news for the past year.

The healthcare industry has begun to shift toward consumerism, subsequently driving competition among medical providers. In some cases, patients are using mobile apps to compare and review healthcare providers as they would when choosing a restaurant for dinner. This type of behavior has reportedly increased competition among providers. In turn, consumers may begin to see healthcare providers making efforts to increase quality of care while reducing prices.

Additionally, the industry should expect an increase in the number of high-deductible insurance plans, which already account for two-thirds of new insurance plans. These high-deductible plans may soon be the industry norm, further encouraging consumers to shop around for the ideal balance between quality and value. As the price of deductibles rises, medical providers will continue to shift non-acute care to outpatient facilities over hospitals, offering patients a more cost-effective option and freeing hospitals to focus on acute cases.

The responsibility will fall on medical facilities to adjust properly to a shifting healthcare landscape and respond to these new patient-consumers. As with any change management, involving staff in the process has been shown to be a more effective way for staff to embrace change than with traditional bottom-down approaches.

When staff are involved in the implementation of change, they become part of the solution and disruptions around changes concerns are minimized, allowing them to focus on providing quality patient care.

ImageFIRST, as a provider of scrubs, medical linens, and a variety of additional healthcare laundry services in Beaverton, OR, aims to not only provide medical laundry solutions to customers, but to help them maintain continued success within a healthcare field that remains in a constant state of change. To learn more, visit http://portland.imagefirst.com/.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST® is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the healthcare market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 11,000 medical facilities every week providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and more while managing their clients' linen inventory for cost management. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality products and remarkable service: their Comfort Care® line of gowns are proven to increase patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

For more information about ImageFIRST, your cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://portland.imagefirst.com/.

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Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/06/2017 -- ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists, a provider of healthcare uniforms in Portland, OR, and other locations throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, offers comprehensive medical linen programs for outpatient departments, in-patient departments, and medical centers. They announced the release of their updated Product Catalog, which features the most up-to-date information on their healthcare linen product line and programs.

The catalog features ImageFIRST's full collection of medical linen offerings, such as medical scrubs in Beaverton, OR. Other products include bed and bath linens, scrubs/warm-up jackets, lab coats, patient gowns, and premium linens for VIP and concierge services. The catalog is available for download on the ImageFIRST website at www.imagefirst.com/the-imagefirst-product-catalog.

All ImageFIRST products are hand-inspected for quality and undergo a Triple BioShield Protection laundering process that includes a wash that eliminates up to 99.999% of pathogens.

ImageFIRST's products can be found in a variety of medical facilities and departments including surgery centers, pediatric departments, radiology departments, breast centers, sleep centers, OB/GYN centers, imaging centers, and more.

ImageFIRST's products and linen management services are designed to take the burden of medical linen and laundry management off of medical facility staff so that they may focus their full attention on their patients. Each medical facility is partnered with a Customer Advocate, an associate of ImageFIRST who delivers clean linens, assists with inventory management, and offers invoice and billing assistance.

Those who wish to partner with ImageFIRST may visit http://portland.imagefirst.com/ for more information. Interested parties can also learn about ImageFIRST's services and products by calling 800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST® is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the healthcare market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 11,000 medical facilities every week providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and more while managing their clients' linen inventory for cost management. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality products and remarkable service: their Comfort Care® line of gowns are proven to increase patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%. For more information about ImageFIRST, your cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://portland.imagefirst.com/.

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Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/07/2017 -- ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists offers five tips on how to achieve 100% worry-free linen management in a document made available on their website. Those interested in reading the guide outlining all five tips can download it for free at http://www.imagefirst.com/5-surefire-ways-to-achieve-100-worry-free-linen-management.

"5 Surefire Ways to Achieve 100% Worry-Free Linen Management" explains that poor linen management within any healthcare facility causes unnecessary stress for both practitioners and other personnel. The guide goes on to outline suggestions for improving linen management and details resources that ImageFIRST offers customers to aid in linen management, such as their Customer Advocates, who act as full-time partners in linen management.

Customer Advocates' duties extend past pickup and delivery to include inventory management tasks such as quarterly inventory adjustments, invoice review, emergency delivery and other ancillary tasks. To learn more, visit www.imagefirst.com/Customer-Advocates or download "5 Surefire Ways to Achieve 100% Worry-Free Linen Management."

A provider of hospital scrubs in Albany, OR, and locations across the United States and Puerto Rico, ImageFIRST offers medical linen laundry services designed to relieve medical staff of inventory management so that they can focus on patient care. The company promises customers to be the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction.

Parties interested in rental and laundry services of hospital scrubs in Vancouver, OR, or learning more about ImageFIRST's other products and services, may visit the ImageFIRST website at http://portland.imagefirst.com/. Interested parties can also reach ImageFIRST by calling 800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST® is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the healthcare market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 11,000 medical facilities every week providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and more while managing their clients' linen inventory for cost management. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality products and remarkable service: their Comfort Care® line of gowns are proven to increase patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%. For more information about ImageFIRST, your cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://www.imagefirst.com.

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Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/10/2017 -- ImageFIRST, the medical linen service that services Salem, OR, and locations across the United States, recently held a team-building activity at their King of Prussia location. As a company that places associates at the heart of their Purpose, ImageFIRST locations across the nation hold engagement programs on an ongoing basis.

In March, ImageFIRST's associates banded in teams to compete in a basketball shooting game. During the "ImageFIRST Madness" competition, teams were pitted against one another until there were four, and then two remaining. The winning team earned gift cards, the "ImageFIRST Madness" champion title and bragging rights.

The exercise provided a fun way for employees to take a break and blow off steam, and gain teambuilding skills necessary for an organization with many departments and moving parts.

The healthcare linen service with locations in Salem, OR, and nationwide leads associate engagement exercises and events on a regular basis. In March, for example, associates of ImageFIRST NY-NJ were given goodie bags with chocolate coins for Saint Patrick's Day. Furthermore, associates' birthdays and company anniversaries are celebrated at facilities nationwide during a company-wide luncheon each month.

ImageFIRST places an emphasis on associate engagement because the company believes that its associates are at the core of successful operation. By providing their associates with activities that enhance them both on the job and in their personal lives, ImageFIRST fulfills its Purpose by making a positive impact on its workforce.

To inquire about ImageFIRST Portland and learn more about their comprehensive medical laundry services, please visit the company's website.

About ImageFIRST Portland
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 6,000 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST Portland, please visit their website at http://portland.imagefirst.com.

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Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/02/2017 -- Last December, ImageFIRST Los Angeles held a toy drive to provide the children at a school in Long Beach with gifts for the holidays. The drive supported Grant Elementary, a school at which the majority of its students come from low-income households.

Prior to the event, Grant Elementary School's principal attended ImageFIRST's weekly team huddle to help the associates prepare for the drive.

The morning of the drive, ImageFIRST associates purchased toys to give to the children at Grant Elementary School. Afterwards, about 35 associates (along with family members and friends) attended the drive, which benefited each one of the school's students.

In all, ImageFIRST donated $11,000 to Grant Elementary, half of which was raised by associates and the rest of which was matched by ImageFIRST.

According to the school's principal, the children at Grant Elementary were grateful to be selected as ImageFIRST's charity of choice for the season. Their parents were also grateful, as many of them often struggle with having to choose between supplying holiday gifts for their children and purchasing groceries.

ImageFIRST's holiday toy drive fits in with the company's overall spirit of community engagement. Each location, in addition to supplying medical linen and laundry services to Salem, OR, and across the United States, participates in a community giving activity every quarter.

To learn more about ImageFIRST and how they go beyond supplying medical scrubs to facilities in Beaverton, OR, and communities throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, please visit http://portland.imagefirst.com.

About ImageFIRST Portland
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 6,000 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST Portland, please visit their website at http://portland.imagefirst.com.

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Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/03/2016 -- ImageFIRST's National Service Director, Jay Juffre, continually inspires his associates across the ImageFIRST network by encouraging them to take small steps towards making a big impact in healthcare. Last month, he was back at it again, encouraging ImageFIRST employees and healthcare workers to become "daymakers." ImageFIRST Portland, a leading provider of healthcare linen services to Salem, OR area medical facilities and throughout the nation, took that call to heart.

The daymaker idea originated from an activity in which Juffre and his children would participate while driving along toll roads in his home state of Florida. They would stop at the toll booth, pay the operator their fare, and then also pay the fare of the vehicle behind them. Juffre would watch in the rearview mirror as that person's face would light up in happiness as they would race ahead to give him a big wave and smile. His actions proved that a minor, yet impactful gesture, can make a person's day.

With that, Juffre is encouraging healthcare industry workers to become "daymakers." The idea is, little good deeds are easy to accomplish, but can help make a patient's experience exceptional. Furthermore, if healthcare includes more daymakers, the industry as a whole will become stronger and more positive in a relatively simple way. Juffre is sure that medical providers who build teams of daymakers will see their patient satisfaction levels soar. ImageFIRST Portland has taken Juffre's words to heart, and employees are pledging to work toward being daymakers.

To learn more about ImageFIRST's medical linen service in Salem, OR and surrounding areas, and what makes them the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit the company's website.

About ImageFIRST Portland
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 6,000 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST Portland, please visit their website at http://portland.imagefirst.com.

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Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/12/2016 -- Preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is essential to providing the best level of patient care. To reduce the occurrence of HAIs in medical environments, healthcare facilities must utilize a solid infection prevention plan. The handling and organizing practices of medical laundry play an important role in the effectiveness of infection prevention plans.

As a laundry provider that focuses exclusively on the medical industry, ImageFIRST Portland puts patients at the heart of what they do. With a thorough understanding how critically medical laundry practices dictate the effectiveness of infection prevention plans, the company provides quality solutions for laundry inventory and management.

To help their customers learn how to devise a solid protection plan against harmful bacteria, ImageFIRST Portland, the supplier of medical uniforms and scrubs in Hillsboro, OR and nationwide, has created a downloadable complementary guide called "3 Questions To Determine If Your Infection Prevention Plan Is Complete". Customers can download the guide directly from the laundry provider's website here.

The guide explains how linens should be properly managed for a solid HAI plan. ImageFIRST Portland operates with laundry practices that exceed the industry's infection prevention standards. Some of their remarkable services include independent laboratory testing on healthcare bed supplies and other products in Portland, OR, packaging gowns individually, and going beyond sanitizing products with their dead-on-contact Triple BioShield Protection process.

To download the guide or find out how to establish a solid HAI prevention plan, go to http://portland.imagefirst.com. ImageFIRST Portland takes pride in being the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction at healthcare facilities everywhere.

About ImageFIRST Portland
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST Portland, please visit their website at http://portland.imagefirst.com.

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Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/09/2016 -- In recent coverage of a trending topic, light was shed on the subject of infection prevention in outpatient settings. Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) outbreaks have occurred in outpatient environments due to lapses in infection prevention, but little is known about the infection prevention status in these environments.

The handling and managing of linens and laundry products such as medical scrubs in Salem, OR, is one integral area of healthcare service where infection prevention is important for ensuring a high level of patient care. ImageFIRST Portland, the laundry healthcare specialist, provides services that exceed the regulated infection prevention standards of the medical industry. The company offers a cost-effective solution for outpatient medical facilities looking to enhance the patient experience.

ImageFIRST Portland, the leading provider of linens and garments such as scrub uniforms in Hillsboro, OR, cleans and handles their products using unsurpassed infection prevention practices. The company's services help to alleviate the worry of ensuring that healthcare laundry products adhere to infection prevention regulations. All of their services are focused on putting the patient first, with the understanding that the patient experience is paramount.

Some of their infection prevention practices include their 5-Point Product Quality System, and Triple BioShield Protection process. These practices, which entail tasks such as individually sealing gowns, independent laboratory testing, sanitization wash that kills 99.999% of pathogens, bacteria growth inhibiting softener, and linen wrapped in plastic, ensure that patient health is at the forefront of healthcare facilities.

ImageFIRST Portland supports the need for ongoing infection prevention improvement with their high-quality laundry services. To find out how to partner with them, call 1-800-932-7472 or visit http://portland.imagefirst.com.

About ImageFIRST Portland
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST Portland, please visit their website at http://portland.imagefirst.com.

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Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/12/2016 -- In medical facilities all over the country, the shift in patient behavior is palpable. The Internet age has given way to a more educated and aware consumer, and as a result, online patient-authored reviews are now just a few clicks or taps away. These reviews don't just focus on the quality of care—they deal in non-medical elements like wait times, front-office staff, doctor's behavior, and billing. The winds of change have blown, and the healthcare industry is learning how to adapt in new and innovative ways.

As a result, it's no surprise that healthcare providers are looking for ways to address environmental details of their patient's experience that are beyond the care they receive.

ImageFIRST Portland, a leader in medical laundry services and products like medical uniforms and scrubs in Hillsboro, OR and surrounding areas, provides healthcare facilities with products and services that allow them to enrich the patient experience. When products are delivered, Customer Advocates don't just drop off inventory and leave. Instead, they perform additional tasks such as organizing inventory and stocking the facility according the staff's specific needs. As a result, medical professionals are freed up to spend more time on meeting patients' needs and enhancing their overall experiences.

Additionally, ImageFIRST products are designed to enhance patient safety through the company's 5-point inspection standards and Triple BioShield wash process that kills up to 99.999% of pathogens.

ImageFIRST Portland is more than a mere provider of medical laundry and linen services: They are a partner in improving the patient care experience. To learn more about ImageFIRST Portland and their medical scrubs and uniforms in Hillsboro, OR (and beyond), interested parties are encouraged to visit their website at http://portland.imagefirst.com/.

About ImageFIRST Portland
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST Portland, please visit their website at http://portland.imagefirst.com.

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Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/06/2016 -- Over the last couple years, the medical industry has experienced a myriad of changes that have sparked new challenges for healthcare facilities. As a consequence of numerous consumerism-based factors such as the rapidly increasing use of internet communication between customers and companies, the administering of the CAHPS surveys, and the Affordable Healthcare Act of 2010, healthcare facilities have been shifting their focus.

Healthcare facilities need to concentrate on three main business areas that need improvement to conquer the obstacles of the medical field – cost management, the patient experience, and infection prevention. The high-quality medical provider of nurse scrubs and other products in Salem, OR, ImageFIRST Portland, provides remarkable healthcare laundry services that are designed to aid in these areas of focus.

ImageFIRST Portland aims to assist the healthcare facilities they serve with addressing industry shifts such as enhancing the patient experience. Their products and laundry services are created with the patient in mind to help healthcare facilities generate positive impressions. The laundry provider offers a patient-focused collection of quality gowns called the Comfort Care line. The gowns are fabricated with an exceptionally soft material to provide patients with coziness, warmth, and comfort while they are being treated, guaranteed to improve perception of a facility.

When medical facilities partner with the laundry services of ImageFIRST Portland in OR for medical uniform garments and other products, they are given cost management assistance as part of the ValueFIRST initiative. ValueFIRST is beneficial for merging healthcare facilities looking to streamline their services or healthcare facilities that are focused on consolidation. By putting ValueFIRST, ImageFIRST Portland promises to be the cost-effective solution for laundry sourcing by providing their customers with comprehensive cost management through inventory control, transparent billing, and easy-to-read invoices.

Diminishing Healthcare Acquired Infections (HAIs) remains as an ongoing objective for medical facilities across the country, and the effort is noticeable throughout the field. Recently, the Joint Commission – a nonprofit organization that accredits programs and healthcare groups - created a new safety patient officer position, anointing Ronald M. Wyatt, MD, MHA, as the first to take on the role. Sharing the same passion, ImageFIRST Portland aims to help minimize HAIs by providing AssuranceFIRST that their services exceed the infection prevention standards of the industry. The laundry provider assures that their delivery and laundering processes protect patients and medical staff from HAIs even after their medical products have left their location, with an advanced wash process that eliminates up to 99.999% of germs and plastic barrier encasements.

To discover more on how ImageFIRST Portland assists their customers in overcoming challenges of the healthcare industry, dial 800-932-7472 or visit http://portland.imagefirst.com.

About ImageFIRST Portland
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST Portland, please visit their website at http://portland.imagefirst.com.

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Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/03/2016 -- ImageFIRST Portland, the medical laundry specialist, feels that their customers should not have to stress about deciphering bills, handling inventory, and reconciling invoices – especially when patient care matters most. That's why they offer comprehensive cost management in their ValueFIRST service to the healthcare facilities they serve – so that the main focus can remain on caring for patients. To teach customers about their unique proposition and how it works, the leading provider of medical laundry products and services produced an explanatory video called "A Good Investment with ValueFIRST", which can be viewed on YouTube.

ImageFIRST Portland's ValueFIRST service entails inventory management, transparent billing, and comprehensive cost management for getting the best value for the laundry resources that are needed. Sometimes, the complex billing practices of typical laundry providers can confuse healthcare facilities, causing them to worry about the budget and inventory. However, billing confusion can be avoided by partnering with ImageFIRST Portland for robes, bed linens, towels, gowns, scrubs, and medical uniforms in Salem, OR. By opting for their cleaning, renting and delivery laundry services, medical facilities receive an honest and accurate billing invoice that is easy and simple to comprehend every time.

In the video, ValueFIRST is explained as the company's method for instilling a fair pricing model and transparent billing. Their accurate pricing system is based on the level of patient volume, which can be adjusted. Healthcare facilities are provided with flat rate billing and receive inventory management assistance from their assigned Customer Advocates, who work proactively to adjust the laundry inventory amount if it is needed. The Customer Advocate also picks up soiled laundry products and replaces them with clean items recurrently to bring the inventory level back to the required amount.

For more information about the ValueFIRST service of ImageFIRST, or to inquire about their medical laundry products such as medical uniform garments in Portland, OR, visit their website or call 800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST Portland, please visit their website at http://portland.imagefirst.com.

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Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/03/2016 -- Over the past few years, the healthcare industry has been recognizing that consumerism is going to need to be a main focus in order to generate positive results. Ever since the Affordable Care Act increased the availability of health insurance for Americans in 2010, patients have more options when choosing a healthcare provider, which has fostered a competitive environment in the medical and healthcare industries. For healthcare facilities to succeed, services will need to be adjusted to mollify the needs of patients who now take transparency, convenience, price and quality into account when selecting a medical provider.

To make a good impression on patients, medical facilities should provide topnotch hospitality services when it comes to supplying towels, linens, garments and sheets during healthcare treatment in Salem, OR. With the high-quality services of ImageFIRST Portland, medical facilities can help enhance the patient experience. The medical laundry specialists at ImageFIRST Portland provide healthcare facilities with cleaning, delivering and linen renting services that are specifically designed with patient satisfaction in mind.

The company's Comfort Care line of patient gowns are one example of innovations the industry leader has brought to market specifically to improve the patient experience. The gowns are made of a uniquely cozy, soft and comfortable fabric unlike any on the market, and they are proven to increase a patient's perception of a facility. Additionally, healthcare facilities who partner with the premium laundry services of ImageFIRST Portland are provided with garments, bed linens and unisex medical scrubs in Beaverton, OR that abide by and exceed the infection prevention standards of the industry.

Patients who experience the laundry products of ImageFIRST Portland may feel like they are well cared for during treatment and develop a positive impression of the facility. This good impression may cause them to share their thoughts with others, which can help increase a facility's reputation in the consumerism community. The laundry services of ImageFIRST Portland are also a cost-effective solution for healthcare facilities that need to enhance patient perception but want to do so with a price-conscious approach.

ImageFIRST Portland is devoted to meeting the laundry needs of the healthcare facilities they serve. To discover how their products and services can help to increase consumerism, visit their website or call 800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST Portland, please visit their website at http://portland.imagefirst.com.

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Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/30/2015 -- On November 5 and 6 of 2015, the Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) Conference took place in Boston, MA, at the Charles Hotel. Keynote speakers brought awareness to the growing shift of focus on consumerism in the healthcare industry, now that patients have more options for selecting a medical provider due to the growth of high-deductible health plans.

To succeed in an increasingly competitive healthcare market, providers will need to tailor their services to satisfy the needs of patients who now take quality, transparency, convenience and price into account when choosing a provider. Providing patients with high-quality beds, towels, linens and garments is a hospitality service that has a major impact on patient perception, which can affect consumerism. As a premium medical laundry provider of uniform scrubs in Portland, OR, ImageFIRST offers renting, delivering and cleaning services that can help to increase consumerism in medical facilities.

By partnering with the unique and patient-perception-focused laundry services of ImageFIRST Portland, healthcare facilities can provide their patients with products that adhere to infection prevention standards, are of the highest-quality and are extremely comfortable. When patients experience garments and bed linens that are in top condition, they will develop a positive perception of the facility at which they are receiving treatment and will most likely share their thoughts with other individuals – an important factor for increasing consumerism that was presented at the HBSHAA conference.

The superior laundry services of ImageFIRST Portland provide healthcare facilities with a cost-effective solution that can help improve the patient experience, which is an advantage for when traditional hospital revenues will decrease, as predicted and discussed at the HBSHAA conference. Since the medical-based laundry service providers are dedicated to meeting the needs of their customers with quality products, processes and services that help to enhance patient satisfaction, healthcare facilities who partner with them are sure to grab consumer attention by being adequately sourced with garments, linens and uniforms.

To find out how to leave an everlasting positive impression on patients with the topnotch medical laundry services of ImageFIRST Portland, call 800-932-7472. Also, the company specializes in supplying medical facilities with uniform garments across the Portland, OR region.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST Portland, please visit their website at http://portland.imagefirst.com.

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Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/30/2015 -- When a patient is provided with sheets and towels that lack in color quality during treatment, it can cause him or her to develop a negative perception towards the medical facility. To improve patient satisfaction, healthcare centers should make sure they are providing their patients with linens that are of the highest quality. With the dependable medical laundry specialists of ImageFIRST Portland, healthcare facilities don't have to worry about whether the linens they receive are in top condition. That's because the company ensures that every linen product they provide follows the Bright White Standard of their 5-Point Product Quality System.

Over time, healthcare sheets and towels at medical centers in Salem, OR, can begin to fade in color, causing them to look like fifty shades of gray when stored together on the linen shelf. But when the linens are serviced by the topnotch laundry specialists of ImageFIRST Portland, there will only be one shade of sheets and towels on the shelf; and that shade is white. The Bright White Standard followed by the company makes it so that every healthcare bed linen item and blanket delivered in Hillsboro, OR, is a crisp, bright white color that patients want to experience.

Unlike other medical laundry providers, ImageFIRST Portland doesn't just use their eyes to determine the bright white quality of their linen products. The laundry specialists send product samples to a third party laboratory for analysis, where they undergo a process that entails a measurement with a special scanning device to determine the quality of the colors present. Using the results of the analysis, the company checks that the products are meeting their Bright White Standard, and, if they aren't, a solution is initiated to correct it.

Healthcare facilities can rely on the premium laundry services of ImageFIRST Portland to provide them with medical sheets and towels that are bright white in color and will meet the expectations of their patients. To find out how the quality laundry services of ImageFIRST Portland can help increase patient satisfaction, visit their website or call 800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST Portland, please visit their website at http://portland.imagefirst.com.

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Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/30/2015 -- Driving through the beautiful country valley, many brown and black cows can be spotted munching on the grass across the plains. Suddenly, a cow with bright, purple fur stands out from the others amongst a field of hay. The purple cow is remarkable, not because anyone says it is, but because of its colorful coat. The remarkable purple cow concept describes the dedicated healthcare laundry services of ImageFIRST Portland. The company is pleased to introduce Violet, the purple cow, as their company mascot. Violet symbolizes their growing brand and devotion to offering remarkable laundry services.

Violet's fun representation exemplifies ImageFIRST Portland's operations and high-quality laundry services that set it apart from other companies, which are expressed through their core values. Their laundry delivery, cleaning and rental product services are truly unique because of their exceptional practices that are centered on their customers and their patients. Their core values demonstrate their commitment to the community, their associates, the healthcare facilities they serve and the patients of those facilities.

Some of the company's extraordinary processes and services include the Triple BioShield Protection for infection prevention, 5-Point Product Quality System to confirm the best quality assurance, Instant Service App for quick access, and Same-Day Linen Rescue for those unexpectedly busy days. Rather than operate with typical delivery personnel, each medical facility gets dedicated Customer Advocates, who provide topnotch customer services, assist with inventory management and work hard to meet the needs of their customers. ImageFIRST Portland operates with practices that surpass their customers' expectations and help to increase patient satisfaction.

For more details on Violet the Purple Cow and the remarkable laundry services available at ImageFIRST Portland, dial 1-800-932-7472 or visit their website online.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST Portland, please visit their website at http://portland.imagefirst.com.

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Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/06/2015 -- In today's economy, the healthcare industry heavily relies on the availability of medical insurance in order to be competitive. The Affordable Care Act, colloquially known as ObamaCare, has provided millions of citizens with more access to health insurance. In the five years that the healthcare reform has been in effect, medical facilities have been able to treat a larger number of patients.

Last June, ObamaCare subsidies nationwide were upheld by the Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision that ruled government healthcare funds are also valid in states that did not establish their own insurance exchanges. If the administration was ruled against, many subsidies would have been threatened, forcing individuals and families to give up their medical coverage. As a company that takes pride in providing comfortable and sanitary linen and uniforms for medical facilities and the patients they serve, ImageFIRST Portland applauds the court victory.

ImageFIRST Portland is passionate about assisting healthcare facilities in caring for their patients, and is pleased to be able to provide topnotch rental of linen, scrubs, uniforms, laundry cleaning, sanitation and delivery services. For more information on the high-quality services offered by the company, please visit their website. They specialize in providing excellent customer experiences, quality products, and superior laundry services that play a role in improving the healthcare experience for patients.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST Portland please visit their website at http://portland.imagefirst.com

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