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Team Health Holdings, Inc. is a physician-founded, physician-led outsourced healthcare professionals staffing organization. Based in Knoxville, TN, it purports to be "the largest providers of [Emergency Department] staffing and management services in the United States, based upon patient visits and revenue."
The company serves "approximately 550 hospital clients and their affiliated clinics in 46 states with a team of approximately 6,100 healthcare professionals, including physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners." It. provided care to 7.6 million patients in emergency rooms alone for the calendar year ending December 31, 2008.
The outlook for this business looks good. Here is how Team Health describes the future demand for its services: