NextGen Healthcare Information Systems

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems
Type Subsidiary
Industry Health IT
Founder(s) Pat Cline
Bryan Rosenberger
Headquarters Horsham, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Key people Scott Decker, President
Products electronic health record, practice management systems
Employees 1,500 (July 2011)
Parent Quality Systems, Inc.
Website NextGen.com

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems is an American computer software company headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania, USA. The company develops and sells electronic health record (EHR) software and practice management systems to the healthcare industry. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQQSII).

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History

Quality Systems, Inc. (QSI) was formed in 1973 in Irvine, California, as a dental software company. In 1994, Clinitec was formed by Pat Cline and Bryan Rosenberger to sell software for converting paper medical records into electronic medical records. Clinitec was purchased by QSI in 1996.

In 1997, QSI merged with Micromed, which provided front- and back-office practice management software. In 2001, QSI combined Clinitec and Micromed to create NextGen Healthcare Information Systems.

In 2008, NextGen Healthcare then acquired HSI of St. Louis, Missouri, and Practice Management Partners of Hunt Valley, Maryland, to expand its billing services and revenue cycle consulting division.

In 2009, NextGen Healthcare updated the name of its electronic medical record system from NextGen EMR to NextGen EHR.

In February 2010, QSI entered into an agreement to acquire Opus Healthcare Solutions, Inc. and announced it would be integrated with the assets of Sphere Health Systems, Inc., which were acquired by QSI in August 2009. Both software and services companies for the inpatient market would become part of NextGen Healthcare.

In October 2010, NextGen Ambulatory EHR v.5.6.SP1 earned certification for Stage 1 Meaningful Use to support eligible providers in receiving funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). NextGen Inpatient Clinicals v.2.4 earned Stage 1 Meaningful Use certification to support hospitals in December 2010.

Products and services

NextGen Healthcare's products include:

NextGen Healthcare's services include:

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