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Press Releases
LSU Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center selects PHNS
DALLAS,TX- January 30, 2007 –
Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division's Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center (LJC),
a flagship of Disease Management within the LSU HCSD Disease Management Programs in Diabetes,
Asthma, HIV-AIDS and Cancer Screening, has chosen PHNS to provide comprehensive health information
management (HIM) consulting services. PHNS will perform a detailed assessment of LJC’s HIM
practices and collaborate with LJC to implement best practices.
PHNS’ HIM Division currently provides interim staff placement, coding, auditing, education,
release of information, records management and transcription services for over 385 healthcare
customers. All services are offered on an “as needed” basis or on a full service outsourcing
relationship.
About LJC and LSU Health Care Services Division:
Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division (“LSUHCSD”) consists of
eight hospitals throughout the State of Louisiana. It provides quality medical care to residents of
Louisiana, regardless of income or insurance coverage; and it provides for the State's medical and
clinical education needs, thereby ensuring all Louisianans the availability of well-trained health
professionals. LJC was built to serve the health care needs of the populations of Terrebonne, Lafourche,
Assumption, western St. James and eastern St. Mary parishes. The hospital is licensed for 147 beds,
and is a Joint Commission accredited institution. See www.lsuhospitals.org
for additional information about LSUHCSD and LJC.
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), advisory and
receivables management services. Serving more than 400 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.
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