SAN DIEGO, June 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AMN Healthcare
Services, Inc. (NYSE: AHS), has been awarded a sole source contract
with Premier, Inc. to offer healthcare staffing services and
workforce solutions to Premier's alliance of approximately 3,400
hospitals and 110,000 other healthcare facilities.
"Premier is a world-class organization and recognized leader,
with a steadfast mission to continually advance the standards of
patient care delivery. We are proud to become a part of fulfilling
that mission," said Susan Salka,
President and CEO of AMN Healthcare. "As the nation's leader in
healthcare staffing, we are excited to share our workforce
expertise with Premier and the communities it serves."
AMN Healthcare, the innovator in workforce solutions and the
largest, most comprehensive supplier of healthcare staffing
services, offers its full suite of healthcare staffing services to
Premier, including:
- Per diem and travel nurse staffing
- International nurse staffing
- Per diem and travel allied healthcare staffing
- Locum tenens staffing
- Physician permanent placement
AMN Healthcare has grown from a travel-nursing company into the
leading workforce solutions and healthcare staffing source for a
wide variety of care settings, including world-renowned academic
medical centers, multi-site metropolitan and regional health
systems, community hospitals, rehabilitation and skilled nursing
facilities and, increasingly, urgent care and retail care centers.
AMN Healthcare provides staffing services and workforce solutions
to 80 of the top 100 "Great Hospitals in America" in a recent
national survey, and was named by Forbes as one of America's Most
Trustworthy Companies.
AMN Healthcare also offers its suite of workforce solutions to
Premier's network. These services include:
- Managed Services Program (MSP)
- Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
- Workforce Consulting
- EMR Project Staffing
About AMN Healthcare
AMN Healthcare is the leader and innovator in healthcare workforce
solutions and staffing services to healthcare facilities across the
nation. AMN Healthcare's workforce solutions - including managed
services programs, vendor management systems, recruitment process
outsourcing and consulting services - enable providers to
successfully reduce complexity, increase efficiency and improve
patient outcomes within the rapidly evolving healthcare
environment. The Company provides unparalleled access to the most
comprehensive network of quality healthcare professionals through
its innovative recruitment strategies and breadth of career
opportunities. Clients include acute-care hospitals, community
health centers and clinics, physician practice groups, retail and
urgent care centers, home health facilities, and many other
healthcare settings. AMN Healthcare disseminates news and
information about the Company through its website, which can be
found at www.amnhealthcare.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company based
these forward-looking statements on its current expectations,
estimates and projections about future events and the industry in
which it operates using information currently available to it.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those
implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this press
release are set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2014
and its other periodic reports as well as the Company's current and
other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Be advised that developments subsequent to
this press release are likely to cause these statements to become
outdated with the passage of time.
About Premier, Inc.
Premier, Inc. is a leading
healthcare improvement company, uniting an alliance of
approximately 3,400 U.S. hospitals and 110,000 other providers to
transform healthcare. With integrated data and analytics,
collaboratives, supply chain solutions, and advisory and other
services, Premier enables better care and outcomes at a lower cost.
Premier, a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, plays
a critical role in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry,
collaborating with members to co-develop long-term innovations that
reinvent and improve the way care is delivered to patients
nationwide. Headquartered in Charlotte,
N.C., Premier is passionate about transforming American
healthcare. Please visit Premier's news and investor sites on
www.premierinc.com.
Contact:
Jim Gogek
Corporate Communications
(858) 350-3209
Finn Partners for AMN Healthcare
amn@finnpartners.com
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