PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NextGate, a leading healthcare integration and patient identity management services provider in Pasadena, California, announces the opening of a new office in London, England. The new office enables NextGate to provide local support for existing clients, strengthen partner relationships, and increase participation in European healthcare IT discussions and projects, such as accurate patient record matching, eHealth image exchange, and population health management.
"Our decision to establish a full-time presence in the United Kingdom was a direct result of both customer and market demand," said Andy Aroditis, Chief Executive Officer, NextGate. "For the past five years, we have been improving the quality, accuracy, and interoperability of healthcare data at 11 NHS Provider Trusts in England and Northern Ireland, as well as partnering with European healthcare IT companies to embed our identity management technology into their solution offerings. Our expertise in matching, linking, and coordinating related electronic records from different vendor applications makes it possible for patients, practitioners, and office personnel to be confident they are working with the right information at the right time for the right person. NextGate UK increases our bandwidth to deploy and support our proven approach to reduce duplicate records and the numerous clinical and financial consequences associated with mis-matched patient data."
The opening of the new London office coincides with NextGate's participation at EHI Live 2013, the most comprehensive Healthcare IT conference in the UK, taking place November 5-6 in Birmingham, England. NextGate attendees include Andy Aroditis, CEO, Dan Cidon, CTO, Les Marcum, CIO, and Richard Garcia, VP of Marketing. The company will be exhibiting in stand F18.
About NextGate
NextGate's MatchMetrix Technology Platform helps existing applications work better, together. The industry leading NextGate EMPI, along with a suite of identity management registries, integrate, index and coordinate data from disparate systems to provide unified views, expedite decision processing, and streamline interoperability to drive performance. For more information, visit www.nextgate.com.
The company's new London office is located at:
1 Kings Avenue
Winchmore Hill
London, N21 3NA
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 186 552 1177
Website: www.nextgate.co.uk