AMN Healthcare Services Announces JCAHO Certification.

SAN DIEGO -- AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. today announced that it has received the Gold Seal of Approval for Corporate Certification from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), Health Care Staffing Services program. AMN Healthcare is the first company in the United States to be certified under this corporate certification, which provides for a broad certification at multiple company sites. JCAHO certification acknowledges AMN Healthcare's compliance with the Joint Commission's national set of consensus-based quality standards.

"We are very proud that AMN Healthcare is the first company to be awarded this comprehensive corporate certification by JCAHO," said Susan Nowakowski, Chief Executive Officer. "While we have always been known in the industry as a leader in setting high quality standards, this certification provides hospital clients and healthcare professionals across the nation with an even greater level of confidence that AMN Healthcare's processes meet rigorous requirements that are important for delivery of quality patient care."

"AMN Healthcare has always focused on superior quality management to ensure that only the most qualified health care professionals are staffed on a consistent basis," said Marcia Faller, RN, Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President of Traveler Services. "JCAHO certification independently validates AMN's industry leading quality processes to both hospitals and healthcare professionals."

"Health care organizations that contract with AMN Healthcare can look to this certification as an assurance that AMN Healthcare demonstrates a commitment to providing and continuously improving quality services," said Michele Sacco, executive director, Health Care Staffing Services Certification, Joint Commission.

Company Summary

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc., a leading healthcare staffing company, is the largest nationwide provider of travel nurse staffing services. The company recruits nurses and allied health professionals nationally and internationally and places them on temporary assignments, of variable lengths, at acute-care hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout the United States.

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