TeamHealth Partners with Carena Inc., to Launch Virtual Staffing Program

TeamHealth Holdings Inc.

, a leading provider of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals, today announced a strategic partnership with Carena Inc., a Seattle, Washington-based telemedicine solutions company. Through this strategic partnership, TeamHealth will use Carena's technology-enabled virtual delivery system for TeamHealth-affiliated physicians to provide real-time, two-way communication and staffing for TeamHealth-affiliated advanced practice clinicians at a different location. TeamHealth will implement the virtual clinical staffing program for three of its service lines: Urgent Care, Hospital Medicine and Emergency Medicine. "TeamHealth's strategic partnership with Carena underscores our commitment to offering innovative solutions for today's healthcare challenges," said Michael D. Snow, president and CEO of TeamHealth. "The U.S. faces an urgent physician shortage, particularly in remote locations. Through this strategic partnership, we have an opportunity to combine the skills of our clinical community with the capabilities of Carena's virtual platform to create an efficient and cost-effective clinical supervision model that will allow patients and families to receive quality healthcare services regardless of geographic location." "Our strategic partnership with TeamHealth aligns with Carena's mission to redefine healthcare by changing how providers deliver care," said Ralph C. Derrickson, president and CEO of Carena. "We look forward to collaborating with TeamHealth's operational leaders and clinicians to launch this new approach to clinic staffing that will make great medical care more accessible to individuals and families." TeamHealth and Carena will launch these new clinical programs in numerous locations throughout the country during 2015 and 2016.