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InteliStaf Healthcare and ShiftWise Form Licensing and Co-Marketing Relationship; Web-Based Supplemental Staffing Management System Reduces Administrative Costs

Posted on: Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 12:00 CDT

InteliStaf Healthcare, one of the largest healthcare staffing companies in the U.S., and ShiftWise, the nation's leading provider of online healthcare staffing management services, have formed a new licensing and co-marketing relationship. As a ShiftWise Affiliate Vendor, InteliStaf Healthcare will now have the ability to implement the ShiftWise Web-based staffing management service as part of an overall vendor management solution for its premier customers.

InteliStaf Healthcare's leading vendor management services (VMS) offers streamlined and efficient scalable solutions to improve client outcomes and fill rates, while reducing overall administrative costs and variations in fill and staff retention. InteliStaf becomes the single point of contact that coordinates staffing requirements across an entire healthcare system's departments optimizing the use of premium labor. Electronic credentialing and document management ensure high quality consistent with JCAHO standards.

With InteliStaf offering the Web-based ShiftWise vendor management system as part of its comprehensive VMS solution, the ability to manage the contingency staffing process is simple and efficient with 24/7 access. Administrative costs are reduced through streamlined order management and improved record keeping. ShiftWise's technology reduces the complexity of managing multiple vendors, allowing the staffing and credentialing processes to be managed more effectively and foster quality control. InteliStaf's proven VMS solutions become even more robust enabling clients and healthcare professionals to focus on patient care.

"InteliStaf Healthcare, one of the largest private healthcare staffing companies, and hospitals around the country depend on the staff it provides to maintain high levels of quality patient care," said Steve Schwartz, CEO of ShiftWise. "ShiftWise recognizes how important InteliStaf's hospital customers are to them and we are honored to help them attract and retain business through our supplemental staffing management service."

Michael S. Wilstead, Chief Executive Officer of InteliStaf, said, "We are excited about our relationship with ShiftWise. We are confident that this partnership will help us continue to provide our clients with the highest quality contingent staff and the broadest array of staffing management services in the industry."

About InteliStaf Healthcare

InteliStaf Healthcare is one of the largest healthcare staffing companies in the United States, operating nearly 70 offices and supporting more than 40,000 medical professionals. The company provides nurses, allied healthcare professionals, and other medical professionals to healthcare facilities on a temporary and contract basis. InteliStaf is at the forefront of vendor management services (VMS), creating and directing innovative solutions designed to meet its customers' specific contract labor, patient care, and financial requirements. The company is the nationally recognized leader for such services. For more information, visit www.intelistaf.com.

About ShiftWise

Founded by healthcare staffing professionals, ShiftWise delivers a more efficient way for hospitals and other healthcare providers to quickly and efficiently find and book supplemental healthcare workers. The Web-based ShiftWise service provides hospitals with an unprecedented level of control over their staffing processes, consolidating staff search, booking, billing and record-keeping into a single easy-to-use interface. Based in Portland, Ore., ShiftWise provides automated staffing management technology to hundreds of healthcare organizations and multiple state hospital associations nationwide. To learn more about ShiftWise, call 866-399-2220 or visit www.shiftwise.net.

Source: Business Wire

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