ShiftWise Unveils Staffing Industry Partner Program

Healthcare Staffing VMS Leader Debuts Affiliate Vendor Program

Portland,
ORE., June 19, 2006— ShiftWise, the nation’s leading provider of online
healthcare staffing management services, today announced that it has
created the ShiftWise Affiliate Vendor (SAV) program to enable staffing
agencies to provide online supplemental staffing management solutions
to their hospital customers. Through the SAV program, staffing agencies
can now partner with ShiftWise to provide the ShiftWise service, which
is the supplemental staffing management solution of choice for hundreds
of hospitals nationwide. Participating agencies receive all of the
benefits of providing the industry-standard supplemental staffing
management service to their customers while enjoying significantly
reduced costs for healthcare staff booked through the ShiftWise
service.  

“We
expect the ShiftWise service will enhance Cross Country’s healthcare
staffing capabilities as we incorporate this technology into our VMS
program over time, allowing us to improve customer satisfaction by
reducing the hospital’s time to fill orders, streamlining the invoicing
and financial reporting process, and improving the overall account
management experience," said Jonathan W. Ward, President of Cross
Country Staffing. "As healthcare facilities nationwide are struggling
to maintain optimum nurse-to-patient ratios during a deepening nursing
shortage, Cross Country prides itself on offering tools like the
ShiftWise solution to help our hospital clients improve their staffing
efficiency and quality while reducing overall costs.” 

Through
the new SAV program, staffing agencies can now offer hospitals an
unmatched suite of services through ShiftWise's Web-based solution.
With ShiftWise, hospital clients can effortlessly manage their internal
staffs and order resources from external staffing companies over the
Web and with only a few clicks of a mouse. No longer do healthcare
employers have to fear the administrative burden of the staffing
process – they can now manage it online with ease, from anywhere, at
any time.

"ShiftWise
has created a service that hundreds of hospitals have embraced for
simplifying their supplemental staffing processes," said Steve
Schwartz, CEO of ShiftWise. "By providing staffing agencies with the
ability to offer the ShiftWise service to hospitals and enjoy reduced
costs for staff booked through the system, we are giving them the
opportunity to increase both customer satisfaction and cost savings.
The ShiftWise Affiliate Vendor program offers significant benefits for
ShiftWise, its staffing agency partners and the hospitals they serve,
making it a win-win-win opportunity for all parties involved.”  

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.