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Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Obtains Interim HIM Director from PHNS

DALLAS, TX- November 28, 2005 –  Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa, California, has retained PHNS to provide an Interim HIM Director to manage Santa Rosa’s medical records, transcription, coding and release of information operations.  PHNS will provide these interim services while Santa Rosa searches for a permanent HIM Director. 

In addition to interim health information management services, PHNS provides full medical records management, transcription, coding, medical records storage, release of information and related services to hospitals and other healthcare providers.

About Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital:  Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital is a state-of-the-art, 192-bed acute care hospital that provides a wide range of specialty services. It is also the only designated trauma center north of San Francisco, ensuring the finest care available in the event of emergency.

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 employs more than 1,300 experienced professionals whose dedication has resulted in over $35 million in cost savings for PHNS' hospital partners.  PHNS was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with employees based across the country.  See www.phns.com for additional information about PHNS.