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Press Releases
Karmanos Cancer Center Enters Medical
Records Relationship with
PHNS
DALLAS, TX- May 24, 2006 – PHNS announced
that it has entered into an agreement to provide all medical
records management services to the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer
Hospital d/b/a Karmanos Cancer Center, Detroit, Michigan.
Karmanos Cancer Center is Michigan’s first and only hospital
exclusively focused on caring for cancer patients. It
recently became an independent entity by acquiring the cancer
hospital operations of The Detroit Medical Center, where PHNS
has been providing medical records management services since
2002.
PHNS provides Karmanos
Cancer Center with health information management, medical
records, transcription, coding and abstracting, release of
information and other related services.
About Karmanos Cancer Center: Karmanos
Cancer Center is dedicated to the prevention, early detection
and eventual eradication of cancer. Its parent corporation, the
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, is one of only 39
National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer
centers in the United States. Operating on an annual budget of
$200 million with 1,200 staff, 300 faculty members, hundreds of
volunteers and $54 million in research grants, the Barbara Ann
Karmanos Cancer Institute is one of the largest cancer centers
in the United States. Internationally-renowned lung cancer
expert, John C. Ruckdeschel, M.D., is the Institute’s president
and CEO. The Karmanos Cancer Institute is an integrated system
of cancer research, patient care and education. Its strength
comes from its ability to incorporate all of these special areas
into an integrated approach to diagnosis and treatment for all
types of cancer.
About PHNS: PHNS provides comprehensive
healthcaring solutions for hospitals including
information technology, health information management (including
medical record management and storage, transcription, coding,
release of information and electronic medical record services)
and receivables management services. Serving more than 400 U.S.
hospitals, PHNS creates business-healthy hospitals by improving
operations, enhancing technology, providing capital dollars and
increasing cash on hand. This allows hospitals to focus on
their core competency--patient care. PHNS is a national
healthcare services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. See
www.phns.com for additional information about PHNS.
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