Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯

Health care vendor is any individual or company that sells or markets health care services or items to Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ and/or its patients, including, but not limited to pharmaceutical companies and their representatives, device or durable medical equipment (DME) manufacturers and their representatives, and equipment and/or service providers, and their representatives.

Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ has contracted with Vendormate, a vendor credentialing company, to provide education, maintain an online repository of required vendor data, and provide a tool to generate real-time badges for proper vendor registration.

Any health care vendor seeking access to Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ facilities, clinics, faculty or residents shall register with Vendormate before their representatives are allowed onto a Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ campus, site, or facility. Health care vendors are required to check in and receive a printed or digital badge each time they enter a Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ facility, clinic, office and/or department. The Vendormate physical check-in station at the Lubbock main campus is located at the front desk of the Texas Tech Physicians Medical Pavilion, where printed badges are generated. All other locations listed in this memo should utilize the digital badging system (badges viewed on the vendor’s mobile devices).

Employees should require vendors to register with Vendormate before agreeing to meet with them or allowing them onto Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ premises. At the Lubbock main campus, Texas Tech Physicians Medical Pavilion, and the Center for Cardiovascular Health, vendors should wear their Vendormate badges at all times. At other locations where digital badging is implemented, vendors should obtain the digital badge on their phone and present it to Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ staff.