NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of ambulatory healthcare and connectivity solutions, today announced the company executed agreements for its NextGen CHS (Community Health Solution) product with five organizations during the last few months. Dozens of healthcare organizations – representing millions of patients currently covered – have now licensed NextGen CHS, a central data repository that enables users to exchange patient data and referrals – using state-of-the-art information security measures – with other community-based healthcare organizations, including hospitals, labs, pharmacies, payers and health information exchanges.
One such organization is Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare (EMHC), an Illinois-based vertically integrated community health system. Elmhurst Clinic, EMHC’s affiliated multi-specialty physician office practice, has utilized NextGen technology since 2004 and will actively participate in the implementation of NextGen CHS across the enterprise.
“With discussions around the stimulus and meaningful use, NextGen CHS can be a key component in not only connecting physicians across our enterprise but across our area,” said Charles Colander, CIO for Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare. “We believe the platform will help facilitate better physician-to-hospital and physician-to-physician communications, and will also streamline and enhance patient care across facilities in our network. Over the long term, this can help us meet meaningful use criteria and qualify for program reimbursements.”