Siemens and NextGen Healthcare
Announce Strategic Alliance to Speed IT
Adoption and Connectivity between Acute
and Ambulatory Care Providers
Siemens to Provide
NextGen Healthcare's Ambulatory Electronic
Medical Records and Enterprise Practice
Management Solutions
MALVERN, Pa. & HORSHAM, Pa.--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Feb.
10, 2005-- Siemens Medical
Solutions, a world leader in medical equipment
and information technology (IT) solutions,
and NextGen Healthcare Information Systems,
a leading provider of ambulatory Electronic
Medical Records (EMR) and practice management
software, today announced a worldwide
strategic alliance to meet the unique
healthcare IT needs of the physician practice
market. This relationship leverages Siemens'
expertise in enterprise IT systems and
advanced medical imaging technologies
for the acute care and specialty environments
and NextGen Healthcare's industry leadership
in ambulatory EMRs and practice management
software.
Under the terms of the agreement, Siemens
will add NextGen Healthcare's EMR and
practice management solutions to its global
solutions portfolio. The alliance further
extends the value of Siemens' highly penetrated
enterprise solutions by enabling Continuity
of Care Record (CCR) connectivity and
interoperability across acute and ambulatory
care settings.
The agreement also includes worldwide
distribution rights in the diagnostic
imaging center (DIC) market, a fast-growing
specialty market segment for Siemens imaging
modalities and integrated RIS/PACS offering,
SIENET® Cosmos.
"The NextGen® partnership complements
Siemens' ambulatory strategy and enables
us to support the management and retrieval
of all clinical data, including diagnostic
images, across the entire continuum of
care," said Tom Miller, President,
IT Division, Siemens Medical Solutions.
"As we continue to develop integrated
solutions within the Soarian® Enterprise
Suite, this alliance enables Siemens to
immediately deliver ambulatory solutions
across the entire healthcare spectrum,
providing complete solutions that meet
providers' inpatient and outpatient needs."
Patrick Cline, President of NextGen Healthcare,
added, "This alliance provides NextGen
Healthcare with the opportunity to significantly
accelerate our expansion into international
markets and additional domestic markets.
We're also excited about aligning with
a worldwide leader to deliver interoperable
solutions capable of significantly improving
patient care."
As the federal government continues its
push to automate and interconnect all
points of the healthcare continuum, speed
of technology adoption at the individual
practice level and the ability to securely
share clinical data and diagnostic images
residing in ambulatory settings is crucial
to the mission.
Currently, more than 700 physician practices
representing more than 30 different specialties
use NextGen Healthcare's EMR and practice
management systems. Siemens' healthcare
IT division delivers solutions to over
5,000 healthcare organizations worldwide.
Siemens, in combination with NextGen Healthcare's
clinically rich products and services,
can now offer its customers and prospects
a one-stop source for electronic health
records and interoperability.
In leveraging NextGen's knowledge-based
templates, Siemens will provide healthcare
organizations and physician practices
with access to longitudinal health records,
streamlined processes across acute and
ambulatory settings, and opportunities
for enhanced patient safety, physician
satisfaction and increased procedure volume.
Siemens (booth #617) and NextGen (booth
#1635) will showcase their alliance at
the Healthcare Information and Management
Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference
and Exhibit, being held February 13-17,
2005, in Dallas, Texas. The companies
will demonstrate interoperability between
Siemens' Soarian Enterprise Clinicals
and NextGen EMR by facilitating the secure
transfer of a CCR between systems. Both
Siemens and NextGen Healthcare are founding
members of the HIMSS Electronic Health
Record Vendors Association (EHRVA) and
participants in the HIMSS Interoperability
Showcases.
About NextGen Healthcare
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality
Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:QSII - News), develops
and markets computer-based practice management
and electronic medical records systems
for medical and dental group practices.
Please visit www.nextgen.com
and www.qsii.com
for additional information.
About Siemens
Siemens Medical Solutions of Siemens AG
(NYSE:SI - News), with headquarters in
Malvern, Pa., and Erlangen, Germany, is
one of the largest suppliers to the healthcare
industry in the world. The company is
known for bringing together innovative
medical technologies, healthcare information
systems, management consulting and support
services, to help customers achieve tangible,
sustainable, clinical and financial outcomes.
Employing approximately 31,000 people
worldwide and operating in more than 120
countries, Siemens Medical Solutions reported
sales of 7.07 billion EUR, orders of 8.12
billion EUR and group profit of 1.05 billion
EUR for fiscal 2004. More information
can be obtained by visiting http://www.usa.siemens.com/medical-pressroom.
Contact:
Siemens Medical Solutions
Molly Grasso, 610-448-4729
molly.grasso@siemens.com
or
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems
Jennifer Kuesel, 215-657-7010
JKuesel@nextgen.com
