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MSSI News MSSI Receives Contract Extension with Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota
VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2006--Medical Staffing Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB:MSSI), an established provider of medical personnel, technology services and homeland security products to government and commercial clients, is pleased to announce that its client, Ellsworth Air Force Base has exercised an additional option year with MSSI through its wholly-owned subsidiary, TeleScience International, Inc.
Under this specific contract Option Year Renewal, the company will provide Dental Assistant services to the air force base. MSSI presently and historically has provided these and other medical professional categories of staffing to Ellsworth.
Medical Staffing Solutions Chairman and CEO, Dr. BB Sahay, stated, "Such contract extensions enhance our ability to bid on similar solicitations from the government. They help to bolster our performance history, which is a key element required by most contract solicitations."
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In operation since 1992, MSSI-TeleScience International, Inc. is a provider of long-term medical personnel, homeland security and technology services to federal, state and local government agencies and to the private sector. The company's Medical Services Division has operations in 22 states servicing hospital and medical facilities with a complete range of medical staff, including doctors, nurses and technicians. The company holds multiple long-term contracts, including those with the U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the state of California.
The company's Technology Division provides systems integration and information technology services to the federal government, as well as emergency equipment, decontamination products, vehicles and supplies to state and local governments.
MSSI-TeleScience International currently has over 200 employees and continues to grow its staff and contracts.
Nurses Onsite is a provider of nurse staffing services to acute care facilities nationwide. The company operates a network of 13 staffing locations in 9 states, serving over 200 hospitals. These locations primarily focus on placing per diem nurses on an "as needed" basis to hospitals facing a critical shortage of staff nurses. Based in West Palm Beach, Florida, Nurses Onsite employs over 1,200 nurses and 30 executive, management and administrative staff. Having grown organically since inception in 2002, the company has been invited into new markets by some of the nation's largest hospital chains because of its cost efficient streamlined delivery model.
Nurses Onsite plans to expand services rapidly by leveraging its recruiting technology in the recently launched National Recruiting Center.
Irwin Army Community Hospital is a 250-bed army hospital at Fort Riley. It offers acute care, chronic care, and high quality health maintenance to soldiers, families and retirees of Fort Riley and the surrounding community. The present facility was dedicated to the public for service on February 7, 1958 and named Irwin Army Hospital in honor of Brigadier General Bernard John Dowling Irwin.
The hospital has three primary care clinics for family practice, pediatrics and internal medicine. Besides, its offers OB/GYN, physical therapy, preventive medicine and pharmacy.
Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: "Forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 may be included in this news release. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. These statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future results or events. MSSI-TeleScience disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. There are important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, risks associated with changes in general economic and business conditions (including in the information technology and financial information industry), actions of our competitors, the extent to which we are able to develop new services and markets for our services, the time and expense involved in such development activities, the level of demand, market acceptance of our services and changes in our business strategies.
