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Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital selects PHNS

DALLAS, TX- June 12, 2006 – Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Sonoma county’s only level II trauma center, has selected PHNS to provide remote coding of all Emergency Department Records. PHNS will utilize its proprietary CodeRemote system to provide HIPAA compliant information exchange.   PHNS’ commitment to coding quality and turnaround time will have a positive impact on Santa Rosa’s information flow and revenue cycle.  PHNS offers both remote and onsite coding for hospitals.  PHNS’ coding services are “site specific” services that are customized to fit the exact requirements and needs of its hospital customers.    

PHNS’ HIM Division currently provides interim staff placement, coding, auditing, education, release of information, records management and transcription for over 350 healthcare customers.  All services are offered on an “as needed” basis or on a full service outsourcing relationship.

About Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital: Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, a ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, St. Joseph Health System-Sonoma County, is a 230 bed hospital serving, Sonoma County, California for the past 57 years.  St. Joseph Health System also includes Petaluma Valley Hospital, Hospice of Petaluma and Memorial Hospice, and St. Joseph Home Care Network-Sonoma County.  

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.