Press Releases

New Recognition for PHNS’ DMC HIM Employees

DETROIT, MI- November 9, 2006 – PHNS announced the recent graduation of several of its health information management employees located at The Detroit Medical Center (“DMC”) from The Schoolcraft College Health Information Technology program.  PHNS’ and The Schoolcraft College created a partnership to provide an avenue for PHNS employees to take college credit courses concentrating in health information management, in addition to working their full-time jobs.  “Our partnership with The Schoolcraft College will benefit our employees as well as the DMC.  This effort and dedication demonstrates PHNS’ commitment to improving our employees and enhancing the quality of service we provide for our customers,” said Denise Johnson, PHNS’ Corporate Health Information Management Director. Debbie Gallico, Jill Muller and Carly Plescia earned their Registered Health Information Technology (“RHIT”) certifications and Denise Verville achieved her Certified Coding Specialist (“CCS”) certification in coding.

In addition, the Southeastern Michigan Health Information Management Association (“SEHIMA”) recently named several PHNS employees as officers for their next term.  Annette Fox, PHNS Coding Supervisor at DMC Huron Valley Hospital, is serving as President; Cheryl Richardson, Coding Supervisor at DMC Children’s, will serve as Secretary; Shannon Pizzino, DMC Data Quality Specialist; and Renee DeBlois, DMC Director of Coding Quality, were appointed to the Elections Committee of the Association.  Carly Plescia, HIM Forms Management Liaison, also was voted “Student of the Year” and was given an award at the Michigan Health Information Management Association (“MHIMA”) Annual Meeting.  Karen Cole, Coding Quality Specialist, was recognized in second place for participating in roundtable functions at MHIMA Coded Data Integrity Panel (“CDIP”) and was recognized at the American Health Information Management Association National Conference held in Denver, Colorado in October 2006.

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 425 U.S. hospitals, PHNS creates business-healthy hospitals by improving operations, enhancing technology 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.