Tier One Partners Adds CRICO/RMF Strategies to its Client Roster

Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco, August 3, 2010 — Tier One Partners, LLC, a full-service public relations agency that offers "all senior talent, all the time," today announced it is the agency of record for CRICO/RMF Strategies, a division of CRICO/RMF that is leading an innovative national effort to use malpractice data to help healthcare organizations reduce medical errors and enhance patient safety.

"We wanted to partner with an agency that could help us raise awareness for our mission, which is to drive the industry's patient safety agenda through the sharing of data, key learnings, and proven best practices/solutions," said Heather Riah, Chief Operating Officer, CRICO/RMF Strategies. "We chose to work with Tier One Partners because they provided us with a strategic roadmap to raise our profile in the industry and articulate messages that would resonate with our key audiences. Plus, we strongly felt that their team of seasoned professionals would achieve great results. We look forward to a fruitful partnership with the agency."

"Tier One is excited to work with CRICO/RMF Strategies and support the company's truly important mission of enhancing patient safety, which is highly relevant as healthcare is a critical issue on the national agenda," said Laura Feng, a managing partner at Tier One Partners. "We already have begun to help raise awareness of CRICO/RMF Strategies and establish the organization as a thought leader in its industry."

About CRICO/RMF Strategies
CRICO/RMF Strategies is an innovator that uses medical malpractice data to help hospitals across the nation dramatically reduce medical errors and minimize financial loss. Based on more than 30 years of experience from the Harvard medical community, CRICO/RMF Strategies offers proven methodologies and data-driven insights that reveal hidden areas of risk and deliver actionable intelligence to drive fundamental change that transforms the safety of patient care. The company spearheads a number of leadership initiatives designed to educate and bring the healthcare industry together to improve patient safety. CRICO/RMF Strategies is an operating division of CRICO/RMF, the patient safety and medical malpractice company owned by and serving the Harvard medical community since 1976. For more information, visit www.rmfstrategies.com.

About Tier One
Celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, Tier One Partners, LLC is a full-service public relations and marketing communications firm comprised of partners with deep experience in the technology, consumer technology, financial services, professional services and consumer retail markets and practice areas in healthcare, green innovation and mobile/telecom. Tier One uses its experience to infuse its programs with knowledgeable insight, proven strategies and creative solutions that get results. From Business-to-Business to Business-to-Consumer communications, the firm provides its range of services through a virtual team environment that enables it to deliver premium PR talent and results at highly competitive rates. Headquartered in Boston, Tier One also has hubs in Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle. For more information, please visit www.tieronepr.com or find us on Twitter (@tieronepr) and Facebook.

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