Cirrus Allied Earns Elite Joint Commission Certification for the second time

Cirrus Allied Maintains Elite Joint Commission Certification

NORCROSS, GA - Cirrus Allied, one of the leading national providers of allied healthcare professionals, has maintained the Gold Seal of Approval™ for health care staffing services. On December 13, 2008, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) certified that Cirrus Allied continues to meet their standards of quality and safety for healthcare staffing organizations. These national standards address how staffing firms determine the qualifications and competency of their staff, how they place their staff and how they then monitor staff's performance.

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

The Joint Commission's Healthcare Staffing Certification Program was launched in 2004 as an independent, comprehensive evaluation of a staffing firm's abilities to provide competent staffing services. Due to the ongoing shortages of allied healthcare professionals, healthcare organizations are finding it increasingly difficult to find quality staff. This certification enables the facilities to quickly recognize quality-focused staffing organizations capable of meeting their needs. "This certification recognizes our dedication to providing rehab therapists and imaging technologists that are qualified to provide safe, high-quality care to patients and enable our client to expect successful patient outcomes," says Candace Berk, President of Cirrus Allied.

About Joint Commission
Founded in 1951, the Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits nearly 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States, including more than 8,000 hospitals and home care organizations, and more than 6,800 other health care organizations that provide long term care, assisted living, behavioral health care, laboratory and ambulatory care services. The Joint Commission also accredits health plans, integrated delivery networks, and other managed care entities. In addition, the Joint Commission provides certification of disease-specific care programs and primary stroke centers. An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.

About Cirrus Allied
Cirrus Allied , formerly MDI Medical, LLC, is a Cirrus Medical Staffing, Inc. Company. Cirrus Allied is a Joint Commission Certified, national healthcare staffing company located in Atlanta, GA. Cirrus Allied specializes in the contract and permanent placement of rehabilitation therapists and other allied healthcare professionals across the country. Cirrus Allied’s sister company, Cirrus Holdings, LLC, dba Cirrus Medical Staffing, provides national travel and permanent placement for nurses through its Charlotte, NC office. Cirrus Medical Staffing, LLC is ranked as one of the top 10 travel nurse companies in the U.S and is Joint Commission Certified. In addition, the Cirrus companies provide international therapist and nurse staffing augmentation through our recruitment organization, Medtivia located in the Philippines. Medtivia is continuously ranked as one of the most outstanding international therapist and nurse recruitment organizations.