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Club Staffing Earns Healthcare Staffing Certification From JCAHO

Boca Raton, Florida – November 15, 2005 – Club Staffing announced today that it was awarded Gold Seal certification for healthcare staffing services from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). The certification is based on an objective, in-depth evaluation of a healthcare staffing firm’s ability to provide quality staffing services.

Club Staffing recruits healthcare professionals for temporary and long-term assignments with healthcare organizations across the country. The staffing group specializes in finding highly qualified candidates in diagnostic imaging, rehab therapy, respiratory therapy, lab, pharmacy, surgery, and nursing.

“Our healthcare clients’ chief concern is how to maintain the highest caliber of care for their patients. We share their commitment. The JCAHO certification measures our organization against stringent national standards and performance measurements and ultimately reflects our ongoing commitment to leadership, continuous improvement, and high-quality care,” said Larry Kraska, president and CEO of Club Staffing. “Our certification fortifies our already strong relationships with staffing professionals and clients alike, and my hope is that it gives potential staff and clients one more reason to look to Club Staffing as a trusted staffing partner.”

The Joint Commission is an independent, not-for-profit organization and the country’s oldest and largest standard-setting and accrediting body in healthcare. The Healthcare Staffing Services (HCSS) Certification Program was created to measure, support, and improve the safety and quality of care provided to patients through the establishment of official accreditation guidelines and requirements. According to Michele Sacco, executive director of the Joint Commission’s Healthcare Staffing Services Certification Program, the program is the first organized effort at evaluating the performance of healthcare staffing organizations in four critical areas: leadership, human resources management, performance measurement and improvement, and information management. Specifically, staffing organizations are evaluated on their background checks, continuing education and training, placement criteria, and overall ability to deliver quality staffing services. Sacco maintains that the certification is a way to distinguish one staffing firm from another—a JCAHO-certified staffing organization meets high national standards in the selection, placement, and ongoing training of staffing professionals. The Gold Seal signifies a commitment to excellence and gives healthcare organizations valuable and objective information when selecting a staffing partner.

About Club Staffing, Inc.

Club Staffing is one of the nation’s leading allied healthcare staffing providers. The company has been a preferred supplier to VHA since 2003, providing expert staffing services to 2,400 not-for-profit member healthcare organizations as well as hundreds of other healthcare facilities across the country. Club Staffing specializes in the short-term, long-term, and permanent placement of diagnostic imaging professionals, rehab therapists, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, surgical and lab technicians, and other allied healthcare professionals. The company is headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla. and is dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare staffing nationwide. For more information about Club Staffing, please call 800.875.8999 or visit the website at www.clubstaffing.com.

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