NextGen® Captures Multiple
Microsoft MS-HUG Awards at HIMSS Conference
NextGen applications
receive top honors in two categories while
NextGen client, Ogden Clinic, wins “Clinic
of the Year”
Horsham, PA — February 21, 2005
at 8:00 AM EST — NextGen Healthcare
Information Systems, Inc., a subsidiary
of Quality Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSII),
today announced that the company’s
NextGen EMR (Electronic Medical Records)
application was among four winners in
the Ambulatory Care: Clinical/Patient
Information Systems category and the NextGen
EPM (Enterprise Practice Management) application
was the sole winner in the Administrative/Financial
Systems category. In addition, The Ogden
Clinic, a NextGen Healthcare client, was
the recipient of the prestigious “Clinic
of the Year” award.
The awards were presented during an awards
ceremony conducted in connection with
the Healthcare Information and Management
Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in
Dallas, TX.
Annually since 2001, Microsoft Healthcare
Users Group (MS-HUG) and
Microsoft Corp. have partnered to sponsor
the MS-HUG Annual Awards. Their awards
acknowledge healthcare organizations and
individuals who exhibit the best use of
Microsoft-based products, as well as independent
software vendors (ISVs) and Systems Integrators
(SIs) that develop solutions on Microsoft
technology for the healthcare industry.
MS-HUG evaluates award applicants on the
extent to which they provide significant
business benefits to healthcare organizations
and improve patient care. The Administrative/Financial
Systems category rewards the best administrative
or financial system in both Acute and
Ambulatory Care and the Ambulatory Care:
Clinical/Patient Information Systems category
rewards the best clinical or patient information
system in an ambulatory care setting.
The Microsoft Clinic of the Year Award
is presented annually to the clinic that
innovatively applies technology to improve
patient care or practice efficiency.
About MS-HUG
The nonprofit Microsoft Healthcare Users
Group is the leading healthcare industry
forum for exchanging ideas, promoting
learning and sharing solutions for information
systems using Microsoft technologies.
MS-HUG works to provide industry leadership,
drive appropriate standards and develop
associated requirements in support of
healthcare solutions. Microsoft Healthcare
Users Group (MS-HUG) unified with The
Healthcare Information and Management
Systems Society (HIMSS) as part of the
HIMSS Users Group Alliance Program in
October 2003. More information can be
found on MS-HUG’s Web site at www.mshug.org.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)
is the worldwide leader in software, services
and Internet technologies for personal
and business computing. The company offers
a wide range of products and services
designed to empower people through great
software — any time, any place and
on any device.
About The Ogden Clinic
The Ogden Clinic is a balanced multi-specialty
clinic located in Ogden, Utah. It is the
only such clinic in Ogden and one of the
largest in the state. From its modest
beginning fifty years ago, the clinic
has become a well-recognized group of
medical specialists who provide high quality
care. Currently, the clinic has 53 providers,
approximately 250 employees, 6 locations
and 18 different specialties to care for
the medical needs of the Ogden Valley
community.
About NextGen Healthcare
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality
Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII), 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.
This news
release may contain forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the federal securities
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developments, the Company's future performance,
as well as management's expectations,
beliefs, intentions, plans, estimates
or projections relating to the future
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assumptions and forecasts, however, undue
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hereof. Moreover, these forward-looking
statements are subject to a number of
risks and uncertainties, some of which
are outlined below. As a result, actual
results may vary materially from those
anticipated by the forward-looking statements.
Among the important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially
from those indicated by such forward-looking
statements 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;
the timing, cost and success or failure
of new product and service introductions,
development and product upgrade releases;
undetected errors or bugs in software;
product liability; changing economic,
political or regulatory influences in
the health-care industry; changes in product-pricing
policies; availability of third-party
products and components; competitive pressures
including product offerings, pricing and
promotional activities; the Company's
ability or inability to attract and retain
qualified personnel; possible regulation
of the Company's software by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration; uncertainties
concerning threatened, pending and new
litigation against the Company including
related professional services fees; uncertainties
concerning the amount and timing of professional
fees incurred by the Company generally;
changes of accounting estimates and assumptions
used to prepare the prior periods' financial
statements; 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.
A significant portion of the Company's
quarterly sales of software product licenses
and computer hardware is concluded in
the last month of the fiscal quarter,
generally with a concentration of such
revenues earned in the final ten business
days of that month. Due to these and other
factors, the Company's revenues and operating
results are very difficult to forecast.
A major portion of the Company's costs
and expenses, such as personnel and facilities,
are of a fixed nature and, accordingly,
a shortfall or decline in quarterly and/or
annual revenues typically results in lower
profitability or losses. As a result,
comparison of the Company's period-to-period
financial performance is not necessarily
meaningful and should not be relied upon
as an indicator of future performance.
The Company undertakes no obligation to
publicly update any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
Contact:
CCG Investor Relations
William F. Coffin or Sean Collins, 818-789-0100
www.coffincg.com
or
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems
Jennifer Kuesel, 215-657-7010
JKuesel@nextgen.com
