NextGen
Healthcare Ranked as Top Overall EMR Vendor
in AC Group's 2004 EMR Survey
HORSHAM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May
25, 2004-- NextGen Healthcare
Information Systems Inc., a subsidiary
of Quality Systems, Inc. (QSII:NASDAQ),
today announced that its electronic medical
records software, NextGen(emr), has once
again been ranked as the top overall EMR
application in the AC Group's 2004 Report
on EMR Applications and has maintained
its five-star rating.
The AC Group's report includes a section
that ranks the top EMR applications based
upon 28 months of research and the cumulative
results of a 70-page questionnaire that
included 5,155 functional questions divided
into 27 categories.
AC Group, Inc. (ACG), formed in 1996,
is an information technology advisory
and research service. ACG provides independent
advisory and consultative services designed
to assist with business strategies, market
and customer strategies, competitive analysis,
and product profiling. Visit www.acgroup.org
for additional information.
About NextGen Healthcare
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality
Systems, Inc., develops and markets computer-based
practice management and electronic medical
records systems for medical and dental
group practices. In business for more
than 25 years, QSI is profitable and has
a history of financial health and customer
service. Please visit www.nextgen.com
and www.qsii.com
for additional information.
Contact:
Quality Systems Inc., Irvine
Lou Silverman, 949/255-2600
www.qsii.com
or
Coffin Communications Group, Sherman Oaks,
Calif.
William F. Coffin/Sean Collins, 818/789-0100
www.coffincg.com
This news release may contain forward-looking
statements, including those related to
revenue and net income, that involve a
number of risks and uncertainties. Among
the important factors that could impact
actual results are volume and timing of
systems sales and installations; length
of sales cycles and installation process;
the possibility that the products will
not achieve market acceptance; seasonal
patterns of sales and customer buying
behavior; the development by competitors
of new or superior technologies; delays
in product development; undetected errors
or bugs in software; product liability;
changing economic, political or regulatory
influences in the health-care industry;
changes in product-pricing policies; competitive
pressures; possible regulation of the
company's software by the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration; general economic
conditions; and the risk factors detailed
from time to time in Quality Systems'
periodic reports and registration statements
filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
