Advanced Health Education Center provides education courses and materials in forty states. The Center has a full time staff of thirty with a pool of over two thousand supplemental employees and sixty contract instructional staff.
The US Department of Labor has targeted the healthcare professionals as one of the high-demand occupations for the next decade. Industry experts predict that the current shortage will increase and continue past the year 2010. MEDRelief Staffing has continued to rise to meet the challenges in this demanding time. Starting out as a regional staffing firm, specializing in imaging professionals, MEDRelief Staffing has grown to become one of the most respected companies in the industry nationally.
MEDRelief Staffing expanded its field from imaging professionals adding its Nursing Services division in 1999.
In April of 2000, we moved from the regional market to the national level, placing personnel from coast to coast, in Alaska, and Hawaii.
In 2001, Advanced Health Education Center began consulting services for mammography, ultrasound, and digital technology. The group was formalized into the Technology Assessment and Guidance Group (TAGG). The technical experts provide services to outpatient imaging centers, clinics, hospitals, private physicians and physician groups, and commercial companies. The range of services is extensive, including image assessment, quality control and quality assurance, accreditation, education, private tutoring, hands-on training, and project management.
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2002 brought additional diversity with the development and implementation of our Respiratory Care and Laboratory Services divisions. In April a business agreement with TeamStaff Rx, out of Clearwater, Fl. and MEDRelief Staffing took place as TeamStaff reorganized its holdings and business plan. MEDRelief assumed their local per diem nursing contractual obligations. September brought the purchase of RespiCare, a respiratory therapy staffing company. Another exciting element was added in December with the purchase of the Houston-based MacGraphix creating the Advanced Health Education Center Graphics Services.
While not all medical practices, clinics or hospital settings had the resources to provide high-quality diagnostic ultrasound testing for its patients, AHEC has allowed more to offer it through the creation of Cardiovascular Services in the fall of 2006. In response to a growing need to address the nation's leading killers -- stroke and heart disease -- Cardiovascular Services provides the convenience of trained personnel and the medical facility provides the space and patient flow.
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Such expansion has won us the accolades of the business community. We were recognized by the Houston Business Journal as part of the "Houston 100" the 100 fastest growing companies in the metropolitan area for both 2001 and 2002. Our President/CEO, Marilyn Sackett was honored in June 2002 by Ernst and Young as "Entrepreneur of the Year" for Business Services. Both the parent company Advanced Health Education Center and MEDRelief Staffing were featured in the MD News Magazine. Advanced Health Education Center was listed in Inc. Magazine's Inc 500 fastest-growing companies in 2003. MEDRelief staffing earned JCAHO certification in 2006, and 2007 brings re-accreditation of the physician educational program from the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). AHEC has been accredited by ACCME since 1998.
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Our clinically experienced management team and "tech savvy" consultants offer a wealth of experience in the recruiting and placement of healthcare professionals nation wide. Our screening process includes background and reference checks, skill assessment, drug and health screening. We assist our clients in meeting the standards set forth by JCAHO and other accrediting bodies.
Our unique corporate partnership program is a value added service which allows facilities to accrue tuition credits which can be used for their own employees for continuing education classes, cross-training, home studies, online education, or consultation services. This program results in significant savings and rebates to our clients.
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