2009-01-12 20:30:00 -
PHNS announced that Newton Memorial Hospital (NMH), a community hospital in Newton, New Jersey, has entered into a six-year agreement for PHNS to provide all of NMH's information technology (IT) services. PHNS will enhance NMH's IT performance, processes and procedures; relocate NMH's data center to PHNS' national subterranean data center to provide high availability, disaster recovery and business continuity services;
and assist in controlling NMH's IT operating and capital costs. As an important part of the agreement, NMH's IT employees became employees of PHNS as of January 1, 2009.
"We concluded that teaming with PHNS is the best way for Newton Memorial to rapidly improve the timeliness, efficiency, expertise, capabilities and containment of our IT operations," said Tom Senker, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer of NMH. "We are very impressed with the significant IT improvements that PHNS has delivered to other hospitals, and look forward to bringing our IT operations to the next level to help facilitate the delivery of high quality patient care services for which we are known."
Hospitals & Health Network, a national magazine that surveys more than 1,300 hospitals across the country, recognized Newton Memorial Hospital's IT upgrades in 2008 with its "Most Improved" award among Most Wired hospitals. Newton Memorial was one of only 25 hospitals nationwide to receive this honor.
"PHNS is very pleased to have been selected to provide IT services to Newton Memorial," said Richard K. Kneipper, Chief Administrative Officer and Co-Founder of PHNS. "PHNS is focused on helping community hospitals such as Newton Memorial to improve their IT services, while controlling and capping their IT costs, by consolidating their IT infrastructures and resources into a centralized, highly efficient delivery platform," added Mr. Kneipper.
About Newton Memorial Hospital: Newton Memorial Hospital is a short-term, fully accredited, 146-bed acute care, not-for-profit hospital serving more than 250,000 people in Warren and Sussex counties in New Jersey, Pike County in Pennsylvania and southern Orange County in New York. For the third consecutive year, Newton Memorial Hospital received a VHA Leadership Award in 2008 for exceeding national performance standards in several clinical care areas. In 2007, approximately 9,000 people were admitted to Newton Memorial Hospital, more than 33,000 people were treated in the Emergency Department and nearly 700 babies were born. According to statistics, Newton Memorial Hospital continues to be one of the most efficient hospitals in the State of New Jersey. See www.nmhnj.org for additional information about Newton Memorial Hospital.
About PHNS: PHNS provides IT services for hospitals, other healthcare providers and businesses. PHNS' IT services include application hosting, co-location and managed services; electronic off-site data back-up and data vaulting; business continuity solutions; disaster recovery services; and systems integration services. PHNS also provides comprehensive business process solutions for hospitals including admitting, HIM (including medical record management and storage, transcription, coding, release of information and electronic medical record services), advisory and revenue cycle services. PHNS creates business-healthy hospitals by improving operations, enhancing technology and increasing cash on hand, which allows hospitals to focus on their core competency--patient care. PHNS has approximately 1,670 customers, including approximately 400 hospital IT and business process customers and approximately 1,270 IT customers. PHNS is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. See www.phns.com for additional information about PHNS.
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Rick Kneipper, 214-257-7014
