Siemens and NextGen Healthcare announce
strategic alliance
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(R) Cosmos.
"The NextGen(R) 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(R) 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 US 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.
For more information see these websites:
www.nextgen.com and
www.qsii.com
www.usa.siemens.com
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