San Diego, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/29/2010 -- CareStat LLC is a local supplemental healthcare staffing company which is owned and operated by healthcare professionals. The goal of the company is to identify and provide qualified professional staff, while adhering to the JCAHO standards of excellence. CareStat partners with healthcare facilities to ensure that all patients/clients are provided with exemplary healthcare.

CareStat LLC is owned and operated by Nancy Johnson, RN, BSN. She has worked as an executive in the staffing industry for 20 years and is considered to be an expert in her field. Nancy has more than 20 years experience in the industry as an EVP, VP and CNO in the Health Care Staffing and Home Health arenas, where she has been responsible for managing over 16 offices. She founded a very successful medical staffing company in 1999, which was acquired by a publicly traded firm in 2002. One of the principals in the company received the “Entrepreneur of the Year” award, recognizing the company’s success. Now, she has begun her own staffing firm with the emphasis on providing quality staff and serving the medical community in which she resides.

CareStat is licensed to provide supplemental staffing services to hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities and other health care organizations. CareStat employs a variety of highly skilled health care professionals to meet the needs of the hospital.

San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine is one of the 10 largest community owned, not-for-profit hospice programs in the nation, caring for 1,000 patients daily in their homes or other facilities in San Diego County. They have palliative care specialists on staff and they support the training of hospice and palliative care professionals.

San Diego Hospice helps people facing life-limiting illnesses find comfort and relief from suffering, being a leader in this work since 1977. They bring comfort and recognize the dignity of each person, and teach other medical professionals and organizations how to make a difference in their own communities.

The organization is an interdisciplinary team of specialists focused on its client’s needs (patient and family) – medical, spiritual, emotional and family related. Their teams include a nurse, social worker, spiritual counselor, home health aide, volunteer and a supervising hospice physician. They focus on the patient as a whole person as well as the family. Their main goal is always to provide the best possible quality of life for as long as life lasts.

Since November 20th, CareStat will provide skilled and qualified medical staff to meet San Diego Hospice stringent requirements. CareStat maintains documented evidence of licensing and current clinical competence on all its nursing personnel. They encourage health care facilities to perform regular performance evaluations, in cooperation with CareStat supervisors, on nursing personnel, according to the facilities defined as well as those of CareStat. San Diego Hospice will be provided with skilled medical staff that will help the organization achieve their goal.

In a niche environment such as healthcare, sustainable growth can only occur if it’s built with integrity and trust. CareStat’s screening process is the most stringent in the industry and allows to provide only the most qualified, skilled professionals to fill San Diego Hospice’ needs. The emphasis of this contract is on hiring only the highest quality health care professionals and subsequently placing them in their corresponding area of expertise, to serve San Diego Hospice patients with the best quality and dignity.

The integration process has begun with an orientation to the client facility, including various policies and procedures, prior to the time a health care employee actually begins work for the client facility.

Each healthcare employee is encouraged to analyze the orientation process as it relates to his/her assignment and provide feedback to CareStat management to enhance and maximize the effectiveness of the process.