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BidShift Adds Abrazo Health Care of Phoenix to Growing List of Healthcare Industry Clients

Workforce Optimization Technology Enables Nursing Staff at Six Hospital System to Access Open Shifts, Request to Work via the Internet

San Diego, Calif. Nov. 14, 2005 – San Diego-based BidShift, Inc., a leading provider of web-based staffing effectiveness technology and services for healthcare providers, has implemented its on-line flexible workforce optimization technology at Abrazo Health Care, a six hospital health system located in Phoenix, Arizona.

BidShift’s on-line scheduling and shift bidding technology provides improved visibility into nursing staff schedule vacancies and allows Abrazo nursing staff to bid on open shifts for which they qualify. Abrazo’s six hospitals, which include Arrowhead Hospital, Maryvale Hospital, Paradise Valley Hospital, Phoenix Baptist Hospital, Phoenix Memorial Hospital, and West Valley Hospital, launched the system simultaneously, and are the first in the Phoenix Valley to utilize this progressive technology.

The hosted application technology platform provides Abrazo Health Care with a consistent way to administer their shift incentive program, and offers a cost-effective and streamlined approach for automating shift scheduling while dramatically improving the ease of communication between management and staff.

By using BidShift, qualified nursing staff can easily access all open shifts and bid for certain shifts at an additional hourly incentive that they set, within established parameters. “We are delighted to begin using the BidShift program,” said Trish Sorensen, Abrazo Health Care Vice President of Resource Management. “Our nurses will be able to work additional shifts and fill in where our hospitals need them most. We are confident this new staffing program will increase nursing job satisfaction and decrease staffing vacancies during our most busy times throughout the year.” Use of the technology will give nursing staff more choice and flexibility over the shifts they work. Using the Internet, staff will be able to conveniently access information from home or work, making it simple to request to work a desired shift. Abrazo Health Care is opening BidShift to nurses in addition to nursing support staff to include nursing assistants, technicians, unit clerks, and paramedics.

Currently nursing staff can only see and request to work shifts within their existing hospital, but the health system will use BidShift to broaden shift offerings to qualified staff across all six hospitals, dramatically increasing their ability to fill the shift from within the expanded resource pool. Using a multiphase process, priority access for shifts will be given to staff from within their own hospital prior to going system-wide.

"BidShift’s staffing effectiveness technology will help to ensure the coverage needed to deliver the highest continuity of care for Abrazo Health Care patients in a cost efficient way," said Bruce Springer, President and CEO of BidShift, Inc. "We look forward to facilitating anytime access to open shift scheduling, which will help nursing staff across all the system’s hospitals spend more time delivering quality care."

About Abrazo Health Care: Abrazo Health Care is Arizona’s second largest health care system operating Phoenix Baptist Hospital, Arrowhead Hospital, Maryvale Hospital, Paradise Valley Hospital, Phoenix Memorial Hospital and West Valley Hospital. Abrazo Health Care also operates TMC Advanced Imaging Centers, Phoenix Health Plan and Care Connection home health organization. About BidShift

BidShift, Inc. is a staffing effectiveness technology and services company focused on helping healthcare organizations reduce labor costs and optimize use of existing resources. The company’s innovative technology and best practices empower healthcare organizations to attract and retain qualified staff and deliver cost- effective, high quality patient care. BidShift is a rapidly growing, privately held company headquartered in San Diego, California. To find out more about BidShift, visit www.bidshift.com.