MDI Medical Earns Elite Joint Commission Certification

NORCROSS, GA - MDI Medical, one of the fastest growing national providers of allied healthcare professionals, has achieved the Gold Seal of Approval™ for health care staffing services. On December 5, 2006, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) certified that MDI Medical meets 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 MDI Medical can look to this certification as an assurance that MDI Medical 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 MDI Medical.

About MDI

MDI is a project services and professional staffing firm with three divisions - Medical Staffing, IT Services, and Finance and Accounting. Each division meets its clients' needs by providing talented resources supported by best practices. MDI Medical provides allied travel staffing specializing in rehabilitation and imaging professionals. MDI's IT Services Division specializes in project governance and technical staffing, and the Finance and Accounting division delivers senior-level professionals providing F&A services.

Founded in 1988, MDI has recorded 18 consecutive years of profitable growth, and expects to achieve $65 million in revenues in 2006. MDI now employs over 600 people nationally out of offices in Atlanta, GA (HQ); Birmingham, AL; Columbus, GA; Dallas, TX; Greenville, SC; and Phoenix, AZ.

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.

For more information:
Contact Brad Mencher
Vice President, MDI
770-416-7949