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Tenet Healthcare Corporation Selects HCCS Online Compliance & Quality Training

Posted on: Tuesday, 10 October 2006, 15:01 CDT

JERICHO, N.Y., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- HCCS, the leading provider of online multimedia healthcare compliance and competency training courses, today announced that Dallas, Texas-based Tenet Healthcare Corporation has selected HCCS compliance and quality improvement courseware to educate the physicians and staff at each of its nearly 70 hospitals in 12 states.

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More than 75,000 doctors and employees of Tenet Healthcare Corporation will have access to the HCCS online courses.

"We are proud to add Tenet to the growing list of organizations that have selected high quality, effective HCCS training for their staff," says Mitchell Diamond, HCCS CEO. "Our online courseware provides Tenet Healthcare with the training solution needed for each hospital and every worker."

HCCS online courseware provides general and detailed education on a wide range of critical regulatory topics that physicians and staff need to understand. The information is presented in a series of short, entertaining modules. A combination of multimedia scenarios, audio, text and interactive exercises engage the viewer, adding learner participation to the experience.

Clients using HCCS' computer-based training receive automated updates to the courses whenever regulations, documents, legal rulings, settlements and other new information become available. HCCS content is job-function specific, fully customizable and automatically updated. Comprehensive management reports are provided.

ABOUT TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION:

Tenet Healthcare Corporation, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates acute care hospitals and related health care services. Tenet's hospitals aim to provide the best possible care to every patient who comes through their doors, with a clear focus on quality and service.

With 17,948 licensed beds, the 70 acute care hospitals owned and operated by Tenet subsidiaries in 12 states offer a wide array of medical services and serve as the anchors for the health care delivery networks. http://www.tenethealth.com/

ABOUT HCCS:

Health Care Compliance Strategies, Inc. (HCCS) provides up-to-date compliance and competency training courseware to hospitals, health plans, teaching facilities, medical schools and other health care entities. The HCCS Compliance Learning Library contains expert courseware content in professional, corporate, HIPAA, clinical research, quality improvement and workplace compliance issues. HCCS courseware provides timely and engaging video scenarios, interactive Q&A, student tracking and comprehensive management reporting.

HCCS also provides the HCCS Healthcare Learning Platform(TM) (HLP(TM)). The HLP is a next generation healthcare learning and competency management system. The HLP centralizes delivery and management of online, offline and event learning while providing an easy to use, robust user and management interface.

HCCS programs are used at hundreds of healthcare facilities nationwide, with over 1,000,000 registered users. http://www.hccs.com/

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Health Care Compliance Strategies, Inc.

CONTACT: David M. Rosenthal, Vice President of Health Care ComplianceStrategies Inc., +1-877-933-4227, +1-516-478-4100, or fax: +1-516-478-6773,dmr@hccs.com

Web site: http://www.hccs.com/http://www.tenethealth.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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