• ordering redundant tests
• not catching allergies and potential drug reactions
• the inefficient communication back and forth to verify correct information
• financial delays caused by inaccurate billing information
• compromised PHI
• damage control for big mistakes
• and the list goes on

As more systems and entities share patient data in support of ACO, HIE, and other value-based, collaborative initiatives, the role of accurate patient identification and enterprise identifiers of aggregated data becomes critical.

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To learn about a time-tested and straightforward approach to eliminating duplicate records and reigning in the expensive associated costs, please join us on Feb. 27 or 28 for a free 30-minute webinar: The Return on Investment of an Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI). Click below for more information and webinar registration details.

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NextGate Media Alert (pdf)

NextGate to Showcase Next Generation EMPI and Registry Solutions that Support Cross-Platform Identity Management at HIMSS 2013

Vendor of Leading Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) to Demo Patient Portal, Provider Self-Service Portal and ACO Infrastructure Products; Notable Clients to Attend Booth

WHAT:            NextGate, a leading provider of Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) and Registry solutions, today announced it will demo its Patient Portal, Provider Self-Service Portal, ACO Infrastructure, and EMPI workflow solutions at the upcoming Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2013 Annual Conference and Exhibition. NextGate also announced that several of its provider organization clients will attend its booth during the conference and will be available to discuss how NextGate’s EMPI and Provider Registry solutions facilitate patient identification, provider management, and  data de-duplication across multiple application systems, entities, and stakeholders, which is integral to improving the quality of care for IDNs, ACOs, HIEs and MSOs.

NextGate will also be giving away an iPad mini to qualified attendees that meet with a NextGate representative during the conference. The winner of the iPad will be announced on the last day of HIMSS.

WHO:               NextGate’s leadership team, including: CEO, Andy Aroditis; Chief Innovation Officer and Solutions Architect, Les Marcum; Vice President of Software Engineering, Gevik Nalbandian; Vice President of Business Development, Joerg Schwarz; and Vice President of Marketing, Richard Garcia, will all be available in the NextGate booth to meet with media, prospects and partners during the show.

Interview arrangements can be made with NextGate clients during the show, including: Boston Medical Center, Butler Health Center, Geisinger Health System, Harrison Medical Center, Hartford Hospital, Healthcare Partners, Keystone Health Information Exchange (KeyHIE), Louisiana HIE, MyHealth Access Network, New York Presbyterian Healthcare and Southern Illinois Healthcare.

WHEN:             NextGate’s leadership team and clients will be available during official HIMSS exhibit hours:

• Monday, March 4, 2013 from 1:00- 6:00 pm CST
• Tuesday & Wednesday, March 5-6, 2013 from 9:30 am- 6:00 pm CST

WHERE:           Booth #1356, Exhibit Hall B2

HOW:               To learn more about NextGate, stop by booth #1356 at HIMSS13 or visit the company’s website at www.nextgate.com.  To schedule a meeting with the company’s senior executives or clients at HIMSS, please contact NextGate’s PR agency, at jcohen@ariamarketing.com.

For more information on the HIMSS13 Annual Conference and Exhibition, please visit http://www.himssconference.org/

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One of the new use cases this year tested the ability to send unlink notifications to a Document Registry (XPID Notification).

We tested the following profiles of the ITI Technical Framework:

• [PIX] Patient Identifier Cross Referencing lets applications query for patient identity cross-references between hospitals, sites, health information exchange networks, etc.
• [PIXv3] Patient Identifier Cross-Reference HL7 v3 extends the Patient Identifier Cross-Reference profile leveraging HL7 version 3.
• [PDQ] Patient Demographics Query lets applications query by patient demographics for patient identity from a central patient information server
• [PDQv3] Patient Demographics Query HL7 v3 extends the Patient Demographics Query profile leveraging HL7 version 3.
• [XCPD] Cross-Community Patient Discovery supports locating communities with patient electronic health records and the translation of patient identifiers across communities.
• [HPD] Healthcare Provider Directory supports discovery and management of healthcare provider information, both individual and organizational, in a directory structure.
• [ATNA] Audit Trail and Node Authentication Basic security through (a) functional access controls, (b) defined security audit logging and (c) secure network communications.
• [CT] Consistent Time enables system clocks and time stamps of computers in a network to be synchronized (median error less than 1 second).

More about the IHE Connectathon: IHE provides a detailed implementation and testing process to promote the adoption of standards-based interoperability by vendors and users of healthcare information systems. The process culminates in the Connectathon, a weeklong interoperability-testing event.  The Connectathon provides the most detailed validation of the participants’ integration work.  During the Connectathon systems exchange information with complementary systems from multiple vendors, performing all of the transactions required for the roles they have selected, called IHE Actors, in support of defined clinical use cases, called IHE Integration Profiles.

HIMSS Connectathon News

Centralized Information Helps Coordinate Care and Improve Billing

MONROVIA, Calif. – Jan 30, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – NextGate, a leading provider of Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) and Registry solutions, today announced Wenatchee Valley Medical Center (WVMC) and Central Washington Hospital (CWH) have selected NextGate’s EMPI and Provider Registry to simplify patient identification, centralize provider management, and facilitate exchange of clinical and financial data across their shared region, all in support of coordinated and cost-effective healthcare for the residents of North Central Washington.

As the largest multi-specialty medical center and regional hospital in North Central Washington, WVMC and CWH cover a service area encompassing nearly 12,000 square miles, making them one of the nation’s largest rural healthcare delivery systems.  WVMC and CWH are in the process of affiliating to create an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes inpatient and outpatient services.  With the affiliation, and as part of their ongoing effort to build a strong regional health care network that delivers high quality, safe, efficient and cost-effective care for the residents of North Central Washington, it was especially important to have a solution that allows staff and physicians to access patient records stored in two different electronic medical record systems (EMRs).

The NextGate EMPI generates a unique patient identifier for every patient in the enterprise, minimizes confusion from duplicate patient records, and enables clinical and business users to locate and exchange patient data with accuracy and confidence.  The Provider Registry expedites billing, streamlines referrals, and facilitates other provider management processes by aggregating provider information, such as privileges, credentials, and practice locations, into a trusted, central registry.

“Coordinated, collaborative, and cost-effective care depend on instant access to accurate patient and provider information,” said Joe Janda, CIO Wenatchee Valley Medical Center.  “With NextGate’s identity management technology, we anticipated being able to put our shared data to more effective use, reduce costs, improve care and the overall healthcare experience for our patients and care providers.”

The industry leading NextGate EMPI and Provider Registry are components of the NextGate Registries for Healthcare platform, a master data management system that identifies, correlates, and aggregates information from disparate systems to create a unified, contextualized view of information across participating entities.

About NextGate

NextGate provides Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) and registry solutions that integrate, index and coordinate data from disparate systems to provide unified views, expedite decision processing, and streamline interoperability to drive performance.  www.nextgate.com

Richard Garcia

Media Contact

626.262.4010

richard.garcia@nextgate.com

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Previously, we have successfully tested against the profiles for Patient Identifier Cross-Reference (PIX) for HL7 and MPI, Patient Demographic Query (PDQ), and Cross Community Patient Discovery.  See our IHE Compliance Statement.

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• We had another year of solid growth, keeping our long streak well intact. We helped healthcare organizations of all types – hospitals, IDNs, HIEs, ACOs, and physician groups – improve their patient management process, reduce costs, and deliver quality care.  Our integration expertise helped customers build new interfaces or update their integration platform to respond to the constant demand for data exchange.

• We invested heavily in our technology.  With MatchMetrix as the foundation, we added new registries to our integrated product portfolio, extending our ability to correlate, index, and manage data of various types across an enterprise. We have the components to deploy an intelligent infrastructure for accountable and connected care.

• New customers include Western Connecticut Health System, PriMed-Hill Physicians, Chatham HealthLink, Hawaii Health Information Corporation, and HIEs for the states of North Carolina and Louisiana, among others. In fact, we crossed the threshold of managing over 110 million unique identifiers!

• Internationally, we deployed the multi-language version of our products in the UK, Mexico, and Europe.  Asia, Australia, and more EU countries are in progress.

• We expanded our business partner network, and trained current partners on our latest products.  CSC, MEDfx, Pivot Point Consulting, and Exsede are just a few of the new partners that combine our products with their knowledgeable services to deliver efficient technology solutions.

• We are very proud of the positive comments we continue to receive for our product features, reliability, and especially our 24 x 7 Support organization.  Customers know they can rely on us to deliver mission critical software and effective support.

• We increased our staff in almost all departments, and even moved to a new corporate office to accommodate everyone.  Health Data Management recognized our EMPI as a Top Technology, and our expert resources were invited to speak about interoperability and data governance at user groups and conferences around the globe.

New Products

We’re excited to announce our latest product: a Provider Self-Service Portal.  As the industry responds to Accountable Care and Health Information Exchange,  we’re developing applications that coordinate content across our registries to provide even more simplification, efficiencies, and insight.  The Provider Self-Service Portal allows providers to participate in the management of their information, assign relationship types with their patients, access patient information, and locate candidate providers when making referrals.  Additionally, the portal helps organizations maintain a centralized, up-to-date provider registry for use in multiple business processes.  We’ve made a demonstration version of the Provider Self-Service Portal available on our website. Click here to take a tour, see how it can facilitate your provider management responsibilities, and let us know your thoughts.

Another product we’re soon to make available is a Patient – Provider Relationship application providing care teams with a longitudinal view of the range and scope of provider involvement in a patient’s care.  The solution uses the NextGate Provider Registry and EMPI to define relationships, even across different application systems, supplying consistent information about providers and their role in care delivery.

And we’re quite enthusiastic about the configurable workflow capabilities we added to our products so they can be tailored to an organization’s unique processes.  For example, a workflow stream can be defined that incorporates the various tasks, external requests, and approvals that your facility has implemented to process a Potential Duplicate record.

If you’re going to HIMSS in New Orleans, stop by for a chat. Booth #1356.