ORIGIN Changes its name to ShiftWise

New Name is More Reflective of Business Focus

PORTLAND , OR. Origin, Inc., the health industry's leading automated staff management company, has changed its name to ShiftWise ? to be congruent with the service it provides. ShiftWise is an automated, web-based system that procures and manages temporary medical staff for hospitals and other healthcare providers who rely on supplemental staff.  

ShiftWise puts an end to the paper chase, a time consuming, chaotic and costly process that defines supplemental medical staffing. With just the click of a mouse, hospitals fill supplemental medical shifts through an efficient and "real-time," web-based staff management system.

ShiftWise consolidates and optimizes the staffing process for hospitals and health systems to reduce their dependency on the high costs associated with staffing vendors. The ShiftWise system allows hospitals the flexibility of offering vacant shifts to their own nurses first before sending requests to staffing agencies.  

"We have reached a point where our products are gaining momentum in the marketplace," said Stephen Schwartz, CEO, "and our team felt that it was a good time to change our name to better reflect what it is we do." During the next Quarter more than 200 hospitals will begin using our system, and it felt right to launch the new name now and keep moving strongly forward."  

With headquarters in Portland , Oregon , ShiftWise is in the process of expanding its sales and marketing effort nationally.

ShiftWise, Automated Staff Management, is the leading staffing management system in the health care staffing industry.  ShiftWise's products provide Web-based solutions for the procurement and management of supplemental medical staff for hospitals, medical staffing vendors, and health care professionals.  Find them on the Web at www.ShiftWise.net.  

CONTACTS: Stephen Schwartz; 503.232.2555; scs@shiftwise.net Kay Jennings ; 503.579.8920; kbryant@easystreet.com