North Hawaii Community Hospital Selects Phoenix Health Systems to Provide IT Interim Director / CIO Services

Dallas, TX – April 8, 2008 – Phoenix Health Systems, Inc. (Phoenix), a national provider of healthcare strategic consulting, Information Technology (IT) outsourcing and revenue cycle management services, recently started an interim IT Director / CIO engagement with North Hawaii Community Hospital (NHCH) of Kamuela, HI.

Phoenix will provide an interim IT Director / CIO who will deliver interim IT department leadership on behalf of NHCH senior management and department heads supporting day-to-day IT operations for the hospital.  Phoenix’s interim Director will also provide consulting services and guidance for NHCH’s enterprise software system selection process.  Services will also include management of IT department cost and budget planning, and contract management.

"Phoenix is delighted to provide the interim IT management services for NHCH in direct support of NHCH’s transition efforts to adequately replace and enhance their enterprise systems." said Darin LeGrange, President and CEO of Phoenix Health Systems. "As a respected knowledge leader in healthcare IT leadership services, we are committed to providing innovative, cost effective solutions which support the delivery of quality care."

About North Hawaii Community Hospital

North Hawaii Community Hospital is a full service acute care hospital centrally located in Waimea (Kamuela) on the Big Island of Hawaii. Governed by a local board of directors, this community owned non-profit hospital opened in May 1996 and primarily serves the 30,000 residents and visitors of the northern region of the Big Island. NHCH offers a full spectrum of acute care hospital services with a commitment to patient-centered care that treats the patient as a whole person -- mind, body and spirit -- in the context of family, culture and community. Designed as a "healing instrument", NHCH is fast becoming a prototype for the careful integration of select complementary healing practices with high quality medical care.

About Phoenix Health Systems 

Phoenix is a national information technology and business process services provider offering an integrated set of professional and technical services to healthcare organizations. Through Strategic Consulting, IT Outsourcing and Revenue Cycle Management, Phoenix will help any healthcare organization achieve its long-term objectives of administrative cost reduction, increased cash flow, improved patient safety and regulatory compliance. For additional information, please contact Christopher Madeira at (214) 261-0660, or visit www.phoenixhealth.com