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May 17, 2012

NextGen Healthcare Selected by Norton Sound Health Corporation to Enhance Rural Patient Care

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Horsham, Pa. – May 15, 2012 – NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced a new agreement with Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC) to deploy NextGen® Ambulatory EHR, NextGen® Practice Management, NextGen® Inpatient Solutions, and other NextGen® solutions throughout the organization. This agreement further strengthens NextGen Healthcare’s position as one of the leading providers of information technology (IT) solutions for tribal health services nationwide.

Headquartered in Nome, Alaska, NSHC serves the Bering Strait region in the northwestern part of the state. The network has a health center in each of the 15 remote villages throughout the region, and implementation of NextGen Healthcare technologies will further ensure consistent care across the region.

Currently, providers at the village health centers rely on the Alaska Community Health Aid Practitioner Manual (CHAM) to aid in diagnoses, which is not integrated with any electronic health records (EHR) system. The implementation of NextGen Ambulatory EHR allows NSHC to use customized templates for the top 20 diagnoses and procedures outlined in the CHAM.

Additionally, NSHC is slated to expand its patient services by opening an 18-bed hospital in November that will provide the region with increased out-patient services in dental, audiology, behavioral health and ophthalmology care. When the facility opens, it will use NextGen Healthcare’s inpatient product line, including NextGen® Inpatient Clinicals and NextGen® Inpatient Financials, to create a seamless care continuum across the enterprise. This solution, combined with the technology NSHC is currently implementing, lays the groundwork for physicians to easily communicate and work with the new facility to improve patient care.

“Our organization sought a high level of customization and flexibility in an EHR and practice management system, and we had a short timeframe to find and implement a system – especially as we prepare to open the new hospital later this year, “said Dave Hodges, chief information officer at NSHC. “NextGen Healthcare understood and met our challenge by working closely with us to address our specific needs and deadlines. We are confident that implementing NextGen’s leading solutions will not only help us attest for Meaningful Use, but also improve the connectivity and communications between physicians, patients and our entire health system.”

NextGen Practice Management will further aid in increasing productivity by eliminating the current paper-based record keeping systems. Providers will use mobile devices to remotely access patient records, which will improve connectivity and real-time response rates, especially in emergency situations.

“Our health system covers a very large area with many remote villages that are hard to reach, so having accessible technology that makes it easier for doctors to respond quickly to patients is imperative,” said Deven Parlikar, president and CEO of NSHC. “Our patients have always been our top priority, so being able to provide the latest technology will help us to provide the highest level of care.”

“NSHC has had the distinct, ongoing challenge of serving patients throughout northern Alaska, which requires solutions that will help optimize the delivery of patient care and better communicate across the organization,” said Scott Decker, president of NextGen Healthcare. “We remain committed to serving tribal and urban groups throughout the nation, and providing tools to customize our broad technology platform to fit each organization’s specific needs so they can successfully serve their respective communities. This flexibility within our solutions portfolio is among the key advantages of the diverse NextGen platform.”

About Norton Sound Health Corporation

Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC) was founded in 1970 and is a Tribally owned and operated, independent, not-for-profit health care organization that represents all communities and areas of the Bering Strait region, a 44,000 square-mile section of northwestern Alaska. NSHC is quickening the pace of positive change by refocusing its system to put patients, clients, and communities first. NSHC’s mission is to “Provide quality health services and promoting wellness within our people and environment.” For more information, visit http://www.nortonsoundhealth.org.

About NextGen Healthcare

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc., provides integrated clinical, financial and connectivity solutions for ambulatory, inpatient and dental provider organizations. For more information, please visit www.nextgen.com and www.qsii.com. Follow NextGen Healthcare on Twitter at www.twitter.com/nextgen or Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NextGenHealthcare.

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May 15, 2012

Merge Healthcare Propels Meaningful Use Adoption

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Twelve Radiology and Orthopaedic Practices, Representing Almost 200 Physicians, Select Merge to Achieve Meaningful Use

CHICAGO, May 14, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Merge Healthcare Inc. (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions, announced the addition of twelve practices to its growing list of clients who have selected its complete and fully-certified EHR solution to achieve Meaningful Use (MU). More than 89 clients, representing more than 850 physicians, now utilize Merge MU solutions.

“Meaningful Use is the basis for health information exchange in the U.S. and will become the core workflow for physicians,” said Jeff Surges, CEO of Merge Healthcare. ”With the recently proposed Stage 2 requirements that focus heavily on the viewing of diagnostic images, it’s clear that specialties like radiology and orthopaedics are very much so included in Meaningful Use. Now is the time for specialty physicians to adopt a Meaningful Use strategy so they can qualify for Stage 1 funding, while preparing for Stage 2.”

“While there are financial reasons to focus on Meaningful Use, the driver for us is that it is going to build a foundation upon which we can provide even better care to our patients,” said Ellis Keitt, Administrator, Radiology Associates, LLP. ”With Merge RIS™, we are going to be able to collect and share valuable information, automatically trend clinical data and report on MU measures.”

Merge RIS v7.0 provides a radiology-specific EHR with complete certification that enables radiologists to capture and report on the metrics required to demonstrate Meaningful Use of electronic health records, without disrupting their traditional workflow. With Merge RIS v7.0, radiologists can qualify to receive up to $44,000 in stimulus incentives, per eligible provider, and more importantly, avoid future penalties that will come from not meeting Meaningful Use.

Merge RIS v7.0 functionality includes ePrescribing, enhanced reporting that enables physicians to automatically trend clinical data and report on Meaningful Use measures, new clinical decision support, the clinical exchange of health information through industry standard formats, and a patient portal that empowers patients to access their records at their convenience. This new functionality was built natively within the intuitive, web-based Merge RIS so that any radiology practice can achieve Meaningful Use attestation in a manner that works for their specialty.

“With Merge OrthoEMR™ we can meet Meaningful Use criteria and earn stimulus incentives,” said Vickie Shuler, Clinic Administrator, Western Carolina Orthopaedic Specialists. “Using Merge OrthoEMR also means we’ll avoid financial penalties that are coming to those not using MU-certified solutions. The most important aspect of Merge OrthoEMR for us is that it will help us provide better care, streamline our workflow and improve operational efficiencies.”

Merge OrthoEMR has received complete EHR Ambulatory certification and provides orthopaedic physicians the tools needed to achieve Meaningful Use and qualify for incentive funds. By providing instant access to images at all locations, Merge’s OrthoEMR eliminates the need for transporting images, improves workflow and speeds patient care.

In addition to Merge OrthoEMR, Merge provides an integrated suite of products developed for the specific needs of the orthopaedic practice, from patient information to image management including digital templating. Developed by orthopaedic specialists, our systems and tools mirror charting and patient care today, increasing the long-term adoptability and satisfaction of users. Plus, with imaging and data sharing they promote interoperability, without forcing conformance to non-specialty hospital-based solutions.

About Merge Healthcare

Merge Healthcare is a leading provider of enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions. Merge solutions facilitate the sharing of images to create a more effective and efficient electronic healthcare experience for patients and physicians. Merge provides enterprise imaging solutions for radiology, cardiology, orthopaedics and eye care; electronic health record and practice management solutions for image-intensive specialties; a suite of products for clinical trials; software for financial and pre-surgical management; applications that fuel the largest modality vendors in the world, and a network of patient-centric, wellness stations. Merge’s products have been used by healthcare providers, vendors and researchers worldwide to improve patient care for more than 20 years. For more information, visit www.merge.com.

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May 14, 2012

NextGen Healthcare Enters into Agreement with Barrington Orthopedic for Deployment of Innovative Solutions

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NextGen Healthcare to Showcase its Orthopedic Solutions at upcoming American Association of Orthopaedic Executives, May 20-22 in New Orleans

HORSHAM, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced today it has entered into an agreement with Barrington Orthopedic Specialists to deploy NextGen® Ambulatory EHR, NextGen® Practice Management, NextGen® Patient Portal, NextPen® and other NextGen® product offerings across its four locations throughout the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. Barrington Orthopedic Specialists is a multi-specialty orthopedic group with 15 physicians and 35 ancillary provider staff members, offering hand and upper extremity, spine, foot and ankle, major joints trauma and general adult and pediatric orthopedic services.

Under the agreement, Barrington will utilize NextGen Ambulatory EHR and NextGen Practice Management to assist in streamlining processes, increasing practice efficiency and, with the seamless integration of NextGen Patient Portal, expediting administrative tasks to ultimately deliver better patient care. Additionally, this agreement will provide Barrington Orthopedic Specialists the tools necessary to meet its specialty-specific needs while delivering enhanced access to patient data, streamlining workflow and improving flexibility to handle high patient volumes. The advanced reporting capabilities of NextGen® solutions will also be leveraged to accurately track quality improvement measures – a key requirement toward achieving Meaningful Use.

Leveraging “Smart Pen” technology within NextPen to collect patient history, demographics and signatures directly from the waiting room without interviewing, scanning or transcription, will reduce utilization of high cost staff, thereby improving outcomes through proactive patient engagement.

“In NextGen’s broad portfolio of solutions and services, we found several that our physicians would easily adopt, utilize and champion. The NextGen platform offers enough templates catering to our specialty and an opportunity for customization that we can modify specifically for our orthopedic practices,” said Thomas Flood, executive director of operations for Barrington Orthopedic Specialists. “We believe NextGen Healthcare affords us the opportunity to enhance productivity, help lead us to meaningful use and allow us to capture the discrete quality measures for outcomes reporting in the future.”

“This collaboration with Barrington Orthopedic Specialists reflects NextGen Healthcare’s breadth of solutions exclusively targeted toward orthopedic specialty providers that enables these types of practices to leverage technology to enhance the efficiency of their practice while improving patient care,” said Scott Decker, president of NextGen Healthcare. “Currently, our emphasis on and expertise within the orthopedic marketplace is growing, based on our ability to optimize the patient experience and more effectively coordinate care, which results in improved outcomes.”

NextGen Healthcare will be showcasing its solutions for orthopedics at the upcoming American Association of Orthopaedic Executives, May 20-22 in New Orleans, booth #207.

For more information and case studies on NextGen® solutions for orthopedics, please visit www.nextgen.com/specialties/orthopedics/orthopedics.aspx

About Barrington Orthopedic Specialists

Barrington Orthopedic Specialists has been providing orthopedic care since 1970 throughout Chicago’s northwest suburbs. With locations in Bartlett, Schaumburg, Buffalo Grove and Elk Grove Village, the 15 physicians and clinical staff specialize in surgical and non-surgical orthopedic treatment, physical rehabilitation, radiology and MRI services and wellness services. To learn more, please visit www.BarringtonOrtho.com.

About NextGen Healthcare

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc., provides integrated clinical, financial and connectivity solutions for ambulatory, inpatient and dental provider organizations. For more information, please visit www.nextgen.com and www.qsii.com. Follow NextGen Healthcare on Twitter at www.twitter.com/nextgen or Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NextGenHealthcare.

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May 12, 2012

Shareable Ink and Medical Web Technologies Partner to Provide an Easy, Affordable Way for Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers to Document Patient Care

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Cloud-Based EHR Offering Provides Seamless Flow of Critical Information Throughout Surgical Visits and Helps Facilities Meet Required CMS Reporting Metrics

Nashville, TN and Scituate, MA (May 8, 2012) – Shareable Ink and Medical Web Technologies announced today that they have partnered to offer an affordable, easy to use solution that integrates information collected preoperatively by Medical Web Technologies’ One Medical Passport System directly into Shareable Ink’s intraoperative system. By digitizing a patient’s entire surgical visit, facilities are able to streamline workflow, increase efficiency and improve patient care. Additional benefits include the ability to automatically populate billing systems with all required demographic and charge details, and capture new quality reporting metrics required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The combined solution enables easy implementation of a complete electronic health record, without the burden of a major IT project. The process starts when patients scheduled for surgery are instructed to log onto One Medical Passport.  One Medical Passport is a secure, easy to use, web-based solution that guides patients through the process of entering complete demographic, insurance and medical information.  A patient’s information is then immediately available to the medical facility and the patient’s doctor.

Once verified, the information flows directly into Shareable Ink’s intraoperative EHR and populates all of the relevant sections of the anesthesia preoperative assessment.  The surgery is then documented using Shareable Ink’s digital pen or iPad technology, creating an electronic anesthesia record.  Clinical and business rules embedded into Shareable Ink’s solution deliver immediate feedback and help to ensure that documentation is complete and compliant.  In addition to storing the patient record online, data is output from the system in a structured and codified format for billing, quality reporting, and operational analysis and is interoperable with a facility’s other health information systems.

“Partnering with Shareable Ink was an easy decision,” said Stephen Punzak, M.D., Founder and CEO of Medical Web Technologies. “Our customers want to document the entire continuum of perioperative care electronically, but most existing intraoperative anesthesia EHRs are too expensive and too cumbersome for practical use in today’s fast-paced OR environment.  Shareable Ink’s solution is markedly different: it is easy to use, affordable, and actually speeds up patient care.  Combining our preoperative and postoperative system with Shareable Ink’s intraoperative system gives our customers exactly what they have been looking for.”

“We make the transition to EHRs quick and painless so that our customers can achieve meaningful results as fast as possible. To do this, we use technologies that are both natural and easy for the end user inputting clinical information, as well as for the IT staff implementing and maintaining systems,” said Stephen S. Hau, President and CEO, Shareable Ink. “By partnering with Medical Web Technologies, Shareable Ink is better positioned to provide greater overall value to the marketplace and help automate a market historically underserved by EHRs.”

For more information, please visit Shareable Ink at Booth #737 or Medical Web Technologies at Booth #804 at ASCA 2012, the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association’s annual meeting, taking place May 9-12th in Dallas, TX.

About Shareable Ink

Shareable Ink helps healthcare organizations of all sizes transition to electronic health records without disruption to workflow or burdensome IT projects. Its enterprise cloud-based platform incorporates natural input tools, including iPads and digital pen and paper technology featuring Anoto functionality. The resulting structured and clinically-encoded output populates the EHR with discrete data, as if typed in directly. Built-in analytics give hospitals and practices insight into their operations — from a clinical, quality and efficiency standpoint — all previously inaccessible from traditional paper records. For additional information, visit www.shareableink.com.

About Medical Web Technologies

Medical Web Technologies, www.mwtcorp.com, provides innovative, Web-based medical information solutions that allow patients and healthcare providers to easily create, store, and distribute a patient’s complete medical information. MWT’s solutions, One Medical Passport and SourcePlus Passport, are used nationwide in a variety of settings that span fast-paced ASCs and major medical centers to solo practitioner physician offices.

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May 7, 2012

SRS EHR Chosen Over Hospital-Subsidized EHR by Lakeside Orthopedics

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Specialty Group Rejects Hospital EHR

MONTVALE, NJ – April 23, 2012 –SRS, the leader in productivity-enhancing EHR technology and services for high-performance physicians, today announced that Lakeside Orthopedics has selected the SRS EHR. Lakeside Orthopedics is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and has been providing quality orthopaedic care to patients in that area since 2004.

“The hospital where our practice is located offered us a grant to cover the cost of the EHR system they were using, but we refused it and chose the SRS EHR,” says Stephen R. Brown, M.D., Lakeside Orthopedics. “The hospital’s EHR is geared more towards inpatient and primary care—it doesn’t come close to fulfilling the specific workflow needs of our orthopaedic practice the way that SRS does.”

“We did a great deal of EHR reference-checking during our due diligence process and spoke with many SRS clients,” says Nancy Mickelson, Administrator, Lakeside Orthopedics. “We were very impressed with the positive feedback regarding enhanced productivity and the usability of the SRS EHR.”

“Specialty groups like Lakeside Orthopedics are tempted by generous hospital EHR subsidies to select EHR systems that tie them to the hospital, but do not complement their workflow,” says Evan Steele, CEO of SRSsoft. “A recent survey conducted by FiercePracticeManagement validates Lakeside Orthopedics’ decision. It took a closer look at the influence hospitals have on physicians’ EHR selections and the findings were not surprising: specialists want, and need, EHR technology that supports their very specific needs. The SRS EHR is that solution for orthopaedists and other specialists.”

About SRS

SRS is the leading provider of productivity-enhancing EHR technology and services for high-performance physicians—with a successful adoption rate unparalleled in the industry. Offered via the Unified Desktop™, the robust EHR, SRS CareTracker PM, SRS PACS, and SRS Patient Portal increase speed, boost revenue, free physicians’ time, and heighten patient care and satisfaction. For more information on SRS, visit www.srssoft.com, e-mail info@srssoft.com, fax 201.802.1301, or call 800.288.8369.

About Lakeside Orthopedics

Lakeside Orthopedics is Omaha, Nebraska’s premier orthopedic specialty group. Established in August 2004, they provide high-quality, professional, and compassionate health care for orthopedic patients of all ages. For more information, visit www.lakesideortho.com.

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April 23, 2012

iChartsMD Announces a Partnership with University of Southern California

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(Santa Monica, CA – April 12, 2012) –iChartsMD announced today that it has partnered with the University of Southern California’s (USC) Keck School of Medicine. iChartsMD will be providing the electronic health record (EHR) software for the school and its medical students. This will provide USC the ability to integrate a Drummond ONC- ATCB certified solution into its curriculum while also supplying the software tools the medical students will need to incorporate into their medial futures.

The Keck School of Medicine at USC is a major medical research facility as well as providing patient care. There are more than 1,200 full-time medical professionals on staff while an additional 4,600 volunteer medical professionals lend their talents. The school is adjacent to the Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center, one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country.

About iChartsMD

iChartsMD is a privately held EHR software solution provider based out of Malibu, California. Both doctors and I.T. Professionals carefully developed the iChartsMD technology with over 30 years of expertise. The EHR system integrates patient scheduling, reports and analysis, prescription writing, patient history and billing management made to be accessible from any network, including mobile devices.

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April 18, 2012

SRS Commitment to Physician Productivity Drives EHR Purchase Decision for 17 Providers at Culicchia Neurological Clinic

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Practice Selects SRS EHR and SRS Patient Portal

MONTVALE, NJ – April 10, 2012 –SRS, the leader in productivity-enhancing EHR technology and services for high-performance physicians, today announced that Culicchia Neurological Clinic has selected the SRS EHR and SRS Patient Portal for its 17 providers and 3 locations. Culicchia Neurological Clinic has 3 offices in the New Orleans, Louisiana, area and provides high-quality neurological care to patients in the region.

“Other EHR vendors told us unabashedly that we would have to decrease our patient load by 50 percent for about 6 months upon implementation—that would bring our practice to its knees,” says Andrea Toomer, M.D., Culicchia Neurological Clinic. “We did our research and confirmed that the SRS EHR is different. Implementation requires no reduction in productivity, even at the beginning. In fact, through their understanding and appreciation of the workflow of high-volume physicians, SRS is providing us with productivity-enhancing technology that will help us effectively manage our growth well into the future.”

“I’ve had experience with both the SRS EHR and another EHR at other medical practices in the past,” says Kim Hatfield, Administrator, Culicchia Neurological Clinic. “To say that SRS greatly differs from the other EHRs I’ve used and/or researched would be an understatement—I did not find any other EHR to be as usable and physician-friendly as SRS. The SRS EHR was our initial first choice, and after doing our due diligence, it was our unanimous final choice.”

“Unlike many of the EHRs on the market, the SRS EHR focuses on enhancing practice-wide productivity for high-volume physicians and their staff,” says Evan Steele, CEO of SRSsoft. “We understand the growing internal and external challenges that physicians face and know how increasingly important efficient workflow is. We look forward to helping Culicchia Neurological Clinic achieve their anticipated growth.”

About SRS

SRS is the leading provider of productivity-enhancing EHR technology and services for high-performance physicians—with a successful adoption rate unparalleled in the industry. Offered via the Unified Desktop™, the robust EHR, SRS CareTracker PM, SRS PACS, and SRS Patient Portal increase speed, boost revenue, free physicians’ time, and heighten patient care and satisfaction. For more information on SRS, visit www.srssoft.com, e-mail info@srssoft.com, fax 201.802.1301, or call 800.288.8369.

About Culicchia Neurological Clinic

Founded in 1961, Culicchia Neurological Clinic provides complete neuro-care for the Gulf South. The group’s neurologists and neurosurgeons specialize in the treatment of disorders affecting the nervous system and spine. They also specialize in neurotology, physiatry & pain management, and interventional neuro-radiology. Their physicians are among the most highly trained in the Gulf South and are respected locally and internationally for their expertise and high level of patient care. Visit www.culicchianeuro.com for more information.

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April 9, 2012

Free EMR Brings $22 Million in Incentives to US Doctors

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Practice Fusion is listed as a top 10 vendor for ambulatory Meaningful Use attestations from among 776 Electronic Medical Record systems

SAN FRANCISCO – April 3, 2012 – Practice Fusion has been ranked as a top 10 vendor for successful completions of the federal EMR incentive program by medical professionals, according to data released by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) as of January 2012. As the highest ranked free Electronic Medical Record (EMR) solution listed and one of the youngest vendors participating in the program, Practice Fusion’s innovative EMR technology has delivered an estimated $22 million in incentives to small and mid-sized medical practices all across the country.

“Meaningful Use can be complicated, but Practice Fusion makes the process easy for doctors,” said Dr. Robert Rowley, Medical Director of Practice Fusion. “We’ve designed our interactive Meaningful Use dashboard, free support and comprehensive, step-by-step guidance to suit the needs of busy medical practices. Because Practice Fusion’s EMR is completely free and we never take a cut of incentives, our doctors are able to reinvest 100 percent of their Meaningful Use checks back in to their practices.”

Key Facts:

  • Practice Fusion currently ranks No. 10 out of 776 ambulatory vendors based on the number of eligible providers who successfully attested to Meaningful Use through the Medicare program between April 2010 and January 2012
  • Practice Fusion ranked in Meaningful Use attestations for  43 different medical specialties, including:
    • No. 2 in Psychiatry
    • No. 3 in Podiatry
    • No. 3 in General Medicine
    • No. 6 in Endocrinology
    • No. 6 in Geriatrics
  • Growing rapidly, Practice Fusion ranks No. 5 when looking at just the last two months of attestation numbers, only behind legacy vendors Epic, Allscripts, eClinicalWorks and NextGen
  • The top 10 vendors represent 66 percent of all Meaningful Use attestations and the top 25 represent 85 percent of attestations, indicating that the EMR market is beginning to consolidate
  • Part of the 2009 Economic Stimulus Program (ARRA), Meaningful Use was created to incentivize eligible medical providers for using EMR technology in a way that benefits patients, improves care quality and advances public health goals
  • Practice Fusion is a completely free EMR solution for doctors interested in Meaningful Use.  There is no charge for e-prescribing, charting, scheduling or giving patients real-time access to their records

Practice Fusion was recently named the No. 1 EMR for keeping doctors on track for Meaningful Use attestation, according to Brown-Wilson’s Black Book rankings. In addition, Practice Fusion was named the No. 1 EMR for customer satisfaction for all four primary care specialties—Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Family Practice and General Practice. With over 150,000 medical professional users reaching more than 34 million patients, Practice Fusion is currently the fastest growing EMR community in the country.

Reporters interested in access to the CMS attestation data or contact with a successful Meaningful Use provider are invited to contact Practice Fusion at media@practicefusion.com

About Practice Fusion

Practice Fusion provides a free, web-based EMR system to physicians. With medical charting, scheduling, e-prescribing (eRx), lab integrations, referral letters, Meaningful Use certification, unlimited support and a Personal Health Record for patients, Practice Fusion’s EMR addresses the complex needs of today’s healthcare providers and disrupts the health IT status quo. Practice Fusion is the fastest growing Electronic Medical Records community in the country with more than 150,000 users serving 34 million patients. The company closed a $23 million Series B round of financing led by Founders Fund in 2011. For more information about Practice Fusion, please visit http://www.practicefusion.com/.

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April 1, 2012

NextGen Healthcare Enters Into Reseller Agreement With Nuance Communications

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Relationship to provide more streamlined, cost-effective approach to patient data entry

Horsham, Pa. – March 27, 2012 – NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today announced a reseller agreement with Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), a leading provider of speech-driven clinical documentation, clinical language understanding and analytics solutions to more than 450,000 physicians and 10,000 healthcare institutions worldwide.

Under the agreement, NextGen Healthcare will resell Nuance’s Dragon Medical speech recognition software to its NextGen® Ambulatory EHR clients, enabling physicians and administrators to navigate, dictate and correct medical documents by voice, directly within the electronic health record (EHR). Dragon Medical software is currently used by more than 180,000 clinicians worldwide. By incorporating the software as part of the NextGen Ambulatory EHR workflow, healthcare organizations can:

  • Improve physicians’ clinical documentation productivity;
  • Minimize time and costs associated medical transcription;
  • Drive appropriate levels of reimbursement through more complete documentation;
  • Increase patient engagement by enabling providers to capture data at a discrete level; and,
  • Enhance the quality of clinical notes to facilitate better care coordination.

“Dragon Medical provides physicians and their staff the freedom to incorporate high-value, customized narratives as part of patients’ medical records,” said Janet Dillione, executive vice president and general manager of Nuance Healthcare. “Together, advanced voice and language understanding solutions make it possible to capture the complete patient story and enable unprecedented access and interaction with the data that has been captured. We believe this collaboration with EHR leader NextGen Healthcare will bring far-reaching benefits to its diverse client base.”

“With healthcare reform initiatives such as Meaningful Use and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) continually emerging and evolving, the ability to collect patient data in a discrete manner is perhaps now more important than ever,” noted Scott Decker, president of NextGen Healthcare. “The comprehensive reporting capabilities offered by NextGen Ambulatory EHR are best utilized when discrete data is not only accessible but also stored in the proper format. Leveraging Nuance technology will provide our clients the flexibility needed to capture patient data and effectively populate it through our powerful reporting engine. We believe that Dragon Medical will complement and enhance the breadth and depth of our EHR capability.”

About Nuance Healthcare

Nuance Healthcare, a division of Nuance Communications, is the market leader in providing clinical understanding solutions that accurately capture and transform the patient story into meaningful, actionable information. Thousands of hospitals, providers and payers worldwide trust Nuance voice-enabled clinical documentation and analytics solutions to facilitate smarter, more efficient decisions across the healthcare enterprise. These solutions are proven to increase clinician satisfaction and HIT adoption, supporting organizations to achieve Meaningful Use of EHR systems and transform to the accountable care model. Recognized as “Best-in-KLAS” 2004-2011 for Voice Recognition we invite you to learn more, http://www.nuance.com/for-healthcare/index.htm.

About NextGen Healthcare

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc., provides integrated clinical, financial and connectivity solutions for ambulatory, inpatient and dental provider organizations. For more information, please visit www.nextgen.com and www.qsii.com. Follow NextGen Healthcare on Twitter at www.twitter.com/nextgen or Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NextGenHealthcare

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March 31, 2012

Medical Mastermind Practice Management Software Certified for Meaningful Use

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BALTIMORE, MD – Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 – Software Unlimited, Inc.’s premier offering, Medical Mastermind Practice Management, has received the federal government’s “meaningful use” stamp of approval by earning EHR Module Certification.

The designation officially deems the software capable of enabling providers to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

Tested and certified under the Drummond Group’s Electronic Health Records Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB) program, the software is 2011/2012 compliant in accordance with the criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

“This certification is critical for our physicians to achieve meaningful use by helping meet key ONC criteria” says James R. Milligan, CEO of Software Unlimited, Inc. “This means our Healthcare providers can be secure in using Medical Mastermind as part of the solution to meeting full EMR attestation.  In combination with our certified EMR offering, our customers can be assured of receiving ARRA reimbursements after attesting to meaningful use.”

Medical Mastermind is certified for privacy and security criteria, which supports HIPAA, as well as a number of other ambulatory criteria such as smoking status and demographic information.

The Medical Mastermind Practice Management software qualifies as an “EHR Module” for compliance certification. This EHR Module is 2011/2012 compliant and has been certified by an ONC-ATCB in accordance with the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. This certification does not represent an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or guarantee the receipt of incentive payments.

Software Unlimited, Inc., Certified on March 8, 2012, Medical Mastermind version 15.12, ID: 03082012-1490-5, CQMs: 170.302 G, O-U, 170.304 C; Additional software used: TrueCrypt.

About Software Unlimited, Inc. 

Software Unlimited’s Medical Mastermind Practice Management software has been the software of choice for thousands of mid-Atlantic physicians, since 1984. Also offering EMR and Billing Solutions, SUI sells, implements, trains, customizes and supports all their solutions from their Baltimore, MD offices. For more information, visit www.suimd.com.

About Drummond Group  

Drummond Group Inc., the trusted software test lab, provides effective and efficient electronic health record (EHR) testing to healthcare information technology vendors and hospitals. As an Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB), Drummond Group works closely with healthcare software vendors and hospitals to certify EHRs that are looking to qualify for incentive funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  Drummond Group is approved to certify both complete and modular EHR for both ambulatory and inpatient.  Leveraging more than a decade’s worth of interoperability, conformance testing and certification experience in multiple industries, Drummond Group delivers what’s needed in healthcare: highly reliable and readily affordable software testing services. For more information, go to www.drummondgroup.com.

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