NextGen
Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:QSII) and leading provider of healthcare
information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced it has
been recognized as a winner of the Microsoft®
Healthcare Users Group (MS-HUG) 2010 Innovation Awards in the
category of Interoperability/HIE. The award was presented jointly to
NextGen Healthcare and Doylestown
Hospital, a comprehensive, community-focused, multi-facility
organization serving patients and families in suburban Philadelphia, for
its use of NextGen®
Health Information Exchange—formerly NextGen® Community Health
Solution (CHS)—to launch the Doylestown Clinical Network (DCN). The
companies were honored yesterday at an awards ceremony held at the Healthcare
Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference &
Exhibition in Atlanta.
“While few health information exchanges have achieved true success, the
Doylestown Clinical Network is demonstrating positive results including
time savings and an increase in the quality of patient care”
Doylestown Hospital utilizes NextGen Health Information Exchange to
facilitate secure data exchange among DCN participants, which includes
more than 400 independent physicians practicing in 42 specialties at
more than 100 practices. This data exchange has enabled Doylestown
Hospital to realize greater overall patient care efficiency and quality.
Specific benefits include:
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Efficient, error-free communication. NextGen Health Information
Exchange provides a secure central repository for patient data
exchange, eliminating potential errors from re-keyed information. DCN
participants access clinical data via either an automatic method—data
is automatically imported into patients’ electronic charts—or a manual
method that allows them to review data categories individually before
importing them into charts.
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Medication management. Doylestown Hospital earned a five-star
safety rating in part because NextGen Health Information Exchange
provides patient medication profiles and a complete medication
database updated quarterly, with formulary compliance checking for
accurate electronic prescription generation.
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Diagnostic speed and accuracy. DCN providers view active
problem profiles—categorized as “resolved” or “unresolved”—for each
patient, documented by physicians across the care continuum. Date of
onset and resolution for each problem is listed. Providers also see
all current and historical diagnostic studies, reports and images
(e.g., x-ray, ECG).
In addition, DCN physicians have realized time savings per patient
encounter simply from the ability to access current medication lists,
freeing valuable time for more thorough discussion and exam. Shared
documentation of histories, physicals, and progress notes via pre-built,
problem-based templates decreases documentation time while also aiding
accuracy.