TeamHealth Launches Emergency Medicine Career Library App

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Identifying and evaluating the best opportunities for career development can be challenging for emergency physicians. Given a lack of available tools to assist these providers, and the increasingly widespread use of personal mobile technologies such as Apple's iPad, TeamHealth has developed a free, electronic career library app to help emergency medicine physicians develop and advance their careers.

The TeamHealth career library app was designed to give providers insight and information they need for making important decisions about their careers. Available as a free download through Apple's App Store, the library includes a directory of all of TeamHealth's job openings across the country, as well functionality for exploring specific geographic locations with information on everything from local schools to available real estate. In addition, its extensive collection of emergency medicine articles provides updates on the latest news in the field and outlines proven tips and strategies for everything from improving listening skills to developing a professional presence online.

"We recognize what goes into making a career decision goes far beyond a postcard about a hospital," said Dr. Sujal Mandavia, physician project manager for the development of the app. "Given that roughly 30 percent of physicians already use an iPad and another 28 percent are likely to buy one by the end of the year(i), we decided this electronic library was the best and fastest way to help residents and those already practicing make the best decision concerning their career. We chose BottleRocket Apps, an industry leader in mobile development, as our development partner to ensure emergency physicians get the best experience the iPad has to offer."

TeamHealth will be introducing the electronic career library app at the 2011 American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly in San Francisco on Oct. 15-18. For more information visit www.MYEMCAREER.com, or to get started now on discovering the newest TeamHealth career opportunities and other helpful emergency medicine news and information, download the free career library app by visiting www.bit.ly/emcareers.

About TeamHealth  
TeamHealth (NYSE: TMH) was founded in 1979 and has become one of the largest suppliers of outsourced healthcare professional staffing and administrative services to hospitals and other healthcare providers in the United States. Through its six principal service lines located in 15 regional sites, TeamHealth's approximately 6,900 affiliated healthcare professionals provide emergency medicine, anesthesiology, hospital medicine, and pediatric staffing and management services to more than 700 civilian and military hospitals, clinics and physician groups in 46 states. The term "TeamHealth" as used throughout this release includes TeamHealth, Inc., and all of its related entities, companies, affiliates, subsidiaries and affiliated physician groups.

About Bottle Rocket Apps

Bottle Rocket Apps is a full-service mobile app development firm, focused on creating mission-critical, premium brand experiences for the Apple iPhone and iPad and Android devices.  Since its founding in early 2008, Bottle Rocket has completed more than 60 iPhone, iPad and Android apps for leading brands and won numerous industry accolades for innovative and user-centered design. They frequently appear at the top of their categories on the iTunes App Store.  The Bottle Rocket team of senior strategists, architects, developers and artists work their magic from the company's offices in Dallas, Texas.

(i) Taking the Pulse® U.S. v11.0 study, Manhattan Research. May 2011. http://manhattanresearch.com/News-and-Events/Press-Releases/physician-iphone-ipad-adoption

SOURCE TeamHealth