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Cross Country Healthcare Announces Appointment to Ameritech College of Healthcare Nursing BSN Advisory Board
[February 02, 2016]

Cross Country Healthcare Announces Appointment to Ameritech College of Healthcare Nursing BSN Advisory Board


Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCRN) announced today that Chief Clinical Officer, Henry "Hank" Drummond, PhD, MDiv, BA, RN has proudly accepted an appointment to the BSN Advisory Board of the Ameritech College of Healthcare Nursing.

In accepting this position, Mr. Drummond will now be part of a chosen group of practice experts, academic leaders and public stakeholders who help students obtain advice on education, practices and future direction of programs offered at Ameritech College of Healthcare. In addition, the BSN Advisory Board helps develop informative materials about potential political and/or organizational changes that may impact programs offered at the college, such as BSN in TEN as well as changes in regulatory or accreditation in healthcare, including changes in Magnet, or CCNE requirements, and changes in nursing education landscape. Mr. Drummond will serve as a source of feedback on curriculum course work and content areas. Lastly, the BSN Advisory Board helps introduce Ameritech College of Healthcare and constituents to others for networking, sharing, or adding others to the board and/or programs here at Ameritech College of Healthcare.

William J. Grubbs, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cross Country Healthcare states, "Hank's appointment to the Ameritech College of Healthcare Nursing Advisory Board confirms our belief in his exceptional professional guidance and leadership. Since joining our organization, Mr. Drummond has been instrumental in leading many of our clinical initiatives, including recently presenting the case for Floridato join the Nurse Licensure Compact at the House of Representatives for the State of Florida. His proficiency in balancing patient care with business efficiencies provides Cross Country Healthcare's clients with a value-added clinical point of view."



Mr. Drummond has over 25 years of clinical experience. His past leadership roles have included executive and director level positions as Chief Nursing Officer, Nursing Administrator and Nurse Executive. He has also served as a University Instructor.

ABOUT CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE


Cross Country Healthcare, headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, is a national leader in providing leading-edge healthcare workforce solutions. Our solutions are geared towards assisting our clients to solve labor cost issues while maintaining high quality outcomes. With more than 30 years of experience, we are dedicated to placing highly qualified nurses and physicians as well as allied health, advanced practice, and case management professionals. We also provide both retained and contingent placement services for physicians, as well as retained search services for healthcare executives. We have more than 6,500 active contracts with a broad range of clients in both clinical and nonclinical settings, including acute care hospitals, physician practice groups, nursing facilities, both public schools and charter schools, rehabilitation and sports medicine clinics, government facilities, and homecare. Through our national staffing teams and network of more than 70 branch office locations, we are able to place clinicians for travel and per diem assignments, local short-term contracts and permanent positions. We are a market leader in providing flexible workforce management solutions, including managed services programs (MSP), electronic medical record (EMR) transition staffing, recruitment process outsourcing, predictive analytics, education healthcare staffing solutions, internal resource pool consulting and development, and other consultative services.

ABOUT AMERITECH COLLEGE of HEALTHCARE

Ameritech College of Healthcare, formerly known as the American Institute of Medical and Dental Technology, was founded in 1979 in Provo, Utah. As an accredited vocational college specializing in healthcare career training, the original vision was to provide students with career advancement into the healthcare field in the shortest time possible. As jobs in healthcare continue to grow, Ameritech is preparing graduates to meet this demand. While Ameritech College of Healthcare has grown substantially since 1979, the college has remained true to its mission. Over the past several decades, thousands of graduates have chosen Ameritech to assist them with their career transition into a variety of healthcare and dental related fields.


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