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style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'>October&nbsp;2007<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'>Magnetic HealthCare Strategies, LLC&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'>The Joint Commission (TJC)&nbsp;2008 - <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'>Are You Ready?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;height:2.25pt'> <td colspan=2 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center'><a href="#LETTER.BLOCK7" shape=rect><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#E8ECDA'>Performance Improvement</span></a> </p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align: center'><a href="#LETTER.BLOCK8" shape=rect><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#E8ECDA'>Looking to 2008</span></a> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK4" hidefocus=true tabindex=0 cols=0 contenteditable=inherit datapagesize=0> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='background:#BFCE85;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align: center'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'>VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align: center'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#E8ECDA'>mhshealthcare.com</span></strong><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#E8ECDA'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK5" hidefocus=true tabindex=0 cols=0 contenteditable=inherit datapagesize=0> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='background:#BFCE85;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align: center'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'>Contact&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></strong></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align: center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'>Barbara O'Brien</span></b></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align: center'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'>at</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align: center'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'>barbaralobrienmhs</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align: center'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'>@comcast.net</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align: center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'>732-408-0259<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;text-align: center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101340933743/img/7.jpg" name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.7 contenteditable=false><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> <td width=425 valign=top style='width:318.75pt;background:white;padding: 7.5pt 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK6" hidefocus=true tabindex=0 cols=0 contenteditable=inherit datapagesize=0> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=436 style='width:327.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#993333'>TJC Certification - The&nbsp;Gold Standard for Health Care Staffing&nbsp;Service Agencies</span></strong><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660033'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>Joint Commission certified health care staffing firms and firms seeking initial certification will be required to adopt a set of three standardized performance measures to meet the requirements for certification effective January 1, 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>Certification from The Joint Commission gives you credibility with your customers and the health care professionals that you hire.&nbsp; That's why it is important to achieve certification and if you are already certified, to maintain your level of quality and be ready for re-certification.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>Are you ready to go for the gold?</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span></strong></span><strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=1 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:.7pt;background:#E8ECDA; border:solid #BFCE85 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:solid #BFCE85 .75pt; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK7" hidefocus=true tabindex=0 cols=0 contenteditable=inherit datapagesize=0> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='border:none;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><a name=LETTER.BLOCK7><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#990033'>&nbsp;</span></strong></a><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><strong><span style='font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#990033'>The Keys To Success</span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><strong><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#990033'> </span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><strong><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;color:#990033'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#990033'>Performance Measurements &amp;</span></b></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#990033'>Performance Improvement Project<em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></em> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>Performance Measurement is the key to demonstrating improvement and is an important factor that distinguishes certified health care staffing firms from their non-certified competitors. </span><o:p></o:p></strong></span></p> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;</span></b></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>The Performance Improvement Project using Demings Model, <u>Plan Do Act Check,</u> drives improvement outcomes for patient care. Today, data driven decisions are critical in all aspects of good business practice.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>Joint Commission certified health care staffing firms and firms seeking initial certification will be required to adopt a set of three standardized performance measures to meet the requirements for certification effective January 1, 2008:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>* Do Not Return - Clinical<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>* Do Not Return - Professional<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>* Completeness of Personnel File<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>Performance measurements must include collection of monthly data for each measure in the set.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>Magnetic HealthCare Strategies has the&nbsp; know-how to&nbsp;guide you through the preparation stages&nbsp;for certification or re-certification and can provide you with the tools to use to distinguish yourself from your non-certified competitors.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK7"'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> </div> </td> <span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK7"'></span> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><a name=LETTER.BLOCK8><span style='display:none; mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></a></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=1 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:.7pt;background:#E8ECDA; border:solid #BFCE85 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:solid #BFCE85 .75pt; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK8" hidefocus=true tabindex=0 cols=0 contenteditable=inherit datapagesize=0> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='border:none;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#990033'><span align=left>Looking to 2008</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#990033'>&nbsp;</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'>We know you take safety, quality and competency very seriously. That's why&nbsp;MHS&nbsp;keeps current on all of&nbsp;the revised health care staffing service standards that will be in place in 2008, and can clarify them for you. </span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'>We work as a team with your agency to build an organized, comprehensive approach to performance improvement&nbsp;and help you be on the cutting edge in developing meaningful PI measures.&nbsp; We can assist&nbsp; you with uniform and accurate standardized measurement implementation and develop consistent tools for data collection and analysis. </span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'>It is important to remember that performance measurements provide a significant benchmark for clients and temporary employees to use in assessing quality staffing firms. </span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'>Getting Ready </span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><strong><span style='font-size: 10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'>&nbsp;</span></b></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'>To ascertain your readiness for an initial visit or a revisit by TJC, we strongly recommend a <u>Gap Analysis.</u> This effective tool will record where you are, where you need to go, what actions are needed to get there, and how long it will take.&nbsp;It is the perfect tool to monitor progress and compliance.&nbsp;This exercise is critical so that you can be confident that all is in place prior to your visit from The Joint Commission.</span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'>MHS has helped many agencies reach certification and is ready to assist&nbsp;you to improve your program on an on-going basis and help you stay on the leading edge of the staffing industry. </span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'>Good Luck!</span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK8"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#819681'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> </td> <span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK8"'></span> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=1 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:.7pt;background:#E8ECDA; border:solid #BFCE85 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:solid #BFCE85 .75pt; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK9" hidefocus=true tabindex=0 cols=0 contenteditable=inherit datapagesize=0> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='border:none;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt'> <p><span align=left><a name=LETTER.BLOCK9><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#990033'>Magnetic HealthCare Strategies: </span></strong></a><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK9"'><em><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#990033'>A force that pulls your organization together toward efficiency and excellence.</span></b></em></span><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK9"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#819681'>&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK9"'><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK9"'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>Magnetic HealthCare Strategies LLC, has many years of experience preparing hospitals for&nbsp;The Joint Commission&nbsp;and now is one of the first to gain experience helping large and small staffing agencies organize themselves for their&nbsp;initial and/or subsequent visit by TJC.&nbsp;We have clients seeking certification in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and&nbsp;Illinois, and&nbsp;assisted a corporate client, with multiple offices in many states, to successfully&nbsp;achieve certification.</span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK9"'><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK9"'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK9"'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>When you choose MHS, you will have the expertise of&nbsp;a staff that has many years of health care experience. We invite you to explore&nbsp;our newly enhanced Website </span></strong></span><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=scjlafcab.0.0.pt4rqwbab.0&amp;ts=S0296&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mhshealthcare.com%2F&amp;id=preview" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#660033'>www.mhshealthcare.com</span></strong></a></span><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'> to learn more about&nbsp;our company&nbsp;and our services. Check out our program offerings, information on our talented team, links to our newsletters and what our past clients are saying about us.&nbsp; You'll be surprised at just how diverse we are. </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>Let us know when you are ready to&nbsp;go for the gold and we'll do the rest.</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>Phones: 732-408-0259 or 321-728-7252 </span></strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>Fax:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;732-408-0183&nbsp; </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'>email: </span></b></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'><a href="mailto:barbaralobrienmhs@comcast.net" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>barbaralobrienmhs@comcast.net</span></strong></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK10" hidefocus=true tabindex=0 cols=0 contenteditable=inherit datapagesize=0> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p><a name=LETTER.BLOCK10><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#993300'>Meeting the Needs of Your Nurses</span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#009900'>As you may be aware, the Board of Nursing adopted new regulations requiring continuing education for all nurses in the state of New Jersey. This means that&nbsp; your staff will have to have&nbsp;documentation that they have completed continuing education credits. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#009900'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#009900'>We are pleased to announced that Magnetic HealthCare Strategies&nbsp; is a <u>New Jersey State Nurses Association Provider of Continuing Nursing Education. </u>Our goal is to present continuing education programs with a focus on maintaining current, competent and safe nursing practice. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#009900'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#009900'>We know how important it is to you to provide your customers with qualified and competent supplemental staff and we're here to assist you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#009900'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#009900'>As programs are developed they will be&nbsp;posted on our Website and noted in subsequent newsletters.&nbsp; If there is a program in particular you would like to have us create for your staff, please call 732-408-0259.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <p><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'></span> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK11" hidefocus=true tabindex=0 cols=0 contenteditable=inherit datapagesize=0> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span style='mso-bookmark: "LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#4F604F'><br> </span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><strong><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660033'>Barbara L. O'Brien, RN, MSN President</span></i></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660033'><br> Magnetic HealthCare Strategies, LLC</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4F604F'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'></span> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><span style='display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184' tabindex=0 contenteditable=inherit datapagesize=0 cols=0 hidefocus=true id="content_LETTER.BLOCK12"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=265 style='width:198.75pt;mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'><img border=0 width=300 height=104 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs023/1101340933743/img/4.jpg" name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.4 contenteditable=false>&nbsp;</span></p> </td> <span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'></span> </tr> </table> <span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'></span></td> <span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK10"'></span> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:7.5pt'> <td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:7.5pt'></td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div align=center></div> <div></div> </div> </body> </html>