NextGen Healthcare and HMC/CAH Consolidated, Inc. Expand Relationship
HORSHAM, Pa.--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 forged an agreement with HMC/CAH Consolidated, Inc. (HMC). NextGen’s solutions will be deployed at five of HMC’s wholly owned Critical Access Hospitals; bringing 10 of HMC’s 12 rural community-based hospitals onto the NextGen Healthcare platform.
Under the agreement, Horton Community Hospital, Horton, Kan., Yadkin Valley Community Hospital, Yadkinville, N.C., Washington County Hospital, Plymouth, N.C., Hillsboro Community Medical Center, Hillsboro, Kan., and Oswego Medical Center, Oswego, Kan., will deploy NextGen® Inpatient Clinicals, NextGen® Lab and NextGen® Patient Portal to aid in the automation of medical processes as well as improvement of organizational efficiencies and to provide better quality care for patients while meeting Meaningful Use (MU) criteria for both Stage 1 and Stage 2.
An interoperable Hospital Electronic Health Record (EHR), NextGen Inpatient Clinicals is a highly scalable, secure and mobile-enabled platform designed to initiate widespread work efficiency and communication while reducing both errors and time-to-chart and improving the quality of care the hospital provides. It facilitates full electronic charting at the point-of-care, promotes interdisciplinary documentation and includes a discrete clinical data repository for customizable, comprehensive reporting thereby providing the capabilities to meet MU requirements.
“With five other HMC Critical Access Hospitals having already received Meaningful Use incentive dollars by leveraging NextGen solutions and expertise, we recognize first-hand that these additional five hospitals will be well-supported in their pursuit of Meaningful Use incentive revenue,” said Trent Skaggs, chief operating officer of Rural Community Hospitals of America (RCHA) who manages HMC’s 12 CAHs. “NextGen Healthcare offers a truly integrated solution that supports our hospitals’ mission to deliver the highest levels of quality care to the communities they serve and to advance their efforts to attest for MU."
“Rural and community hospitals face distinct challenges relevant to the adoption of healthcare IT and are precisely the type of facility to which NextGen Hospital Solutions caters,” said Jonathan Isaacs, senior vice president of Hospital Solutions for NextGen Healthcare. “Critical Access Hospitals need systems that offer the necessary flexibility and functionality for meeting evolving clinical and business needs. We are pleased to bring the benefits and customization capabilities of our technologies to these hospitals. Together, we will strive to enhance care, improve efficiencies and achieve better outcomes.”
About HMC/CAH Consolidated, Inc.
HMC/CAH Consolidated, Inc. (HMC) is a holding company which is in the business of acquiring and operating a system of acute care hospitals located in rural communities. The core focus of HMC's business plan is to replace the technologically out-of-date and operationally inefficient medical facilities of its Critical Access Hospitals with state-of-the-art facilities. Since its incorporation, HMC has purchased 12 rural hospitals certified as Critical Access Hospitals located in Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee and North Carolina.
About NextGen Healthcare
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc., provides integrated clinical, connectivity and financial solutions, including revenue cycle management services 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, Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NextGenHealthcare or LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/company/nextgen-healthcare-information-systems.
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