MONROVIA, Calif., Jan. 8, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NextGate, a leading provider of Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) and registry solutions, today announced that PriMed Management Consulting Services, Inc., the management services organization (MSO) for Hill Physicians Medical Group (www.hillphysicians.com%20" title="Hill Physicians Medical Group">HPMG), will implement NextGate's enterprise master patient index (www.nextgate.com/our-products/empi/%20" title="NextGate EMPI">EMPI) software as the foundation for a broad-based Care Management platform to support Hill Physicians' 3,700 providers. This solution is designed to link patient records across all phases of the care process, as well as ensure the accuracy and completeness of patient data for one of the nation's largest physicians groups.
PriMed will use NextGate's sophisticated registry platform to identify, index, and link patient records from Centricity (IDX), NextGen EHR, Dignity Health, UCSF, and multiple health plans and laboratories into a consolidated, consistent and centralized EMPI.
"An efficient MSO must provide reliable and accurate patient information in order to improve physician adoption, increase clinical collaboration, and avoid unnecessary administrative expenses. Access to organized and consistent patient information, regardless of practice location or vendor system, empowers our member physicians and participating organizations," said PriMed's Chief Information Officer, Craig Lanway. "NextGate supported an earlier project of ours, and their knowledge, expertise, and technology for patient identity management is best in class."
"As the MSO for one of the largest physician groups in the country, PriMed faces the same challenges we see in www.nextgate.com/resources/spotlight-aco/%20" title="NextGate ACO">ACOs, HIEs and integrated delivery system operations." stated Andy Aroditis, President and CEO, NextGate. "As the healthcare landscape becomes increasingly digital and interconnected, maintaining an accurate view of the same patient across disparate systems is critical. The complexities of the relationships we need to understand and map require a more sophisticated approach to identity management than ever before. We see this shift reflected in increasing demand for our platform, and we are pleased to help organizations like PriMed maintain the infrastructure required for today's healthcare integration needs."
NextGate EMPI uses intelligent matching algorithms to recognize related entities spread across different applications and locations, and links them together under an Enterprise ID in a comprehensive master index, enabling a secure and accurate exchange of patient information.
About PriMed
PriMed Management Consulting Services is the management services organization (MSO) that organized Hill Physicians Medical Group in 1984, and employs approximately 500 people. PriMed provides technology, claims processing, customer service, EHR, patient and case management and authorization reviews to support physician practices. PriMed strives to maintain a strong but cost-effective infrastructure that can help physician offices achieve economies of scale, as well as create and support a high-quality, competitive medical delivery system in Northern California.
About NextGate
NextGate provides Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) and www.nextgate.com/solutions/registries-for-healthcare/%20" title="NextGate Registries for Healthcare">registry solutions that integrate, index and coordinate data from disparate systems to provide unified views of patient data, expedite decision processing, and streamline interoperability to drive performance. NextGate solutions clean and coordinate data to improve operational efficiency, discover new associations and insights, and reduce the potential for costly errors. NextGate's innovative MatchMetrix® Technology Platform serves as the foundation for the company's advanced, enterprise-class registries, and provides an integrated environment to develop customer and domain specific solutions that expand as requirements evolve. For more information visit: www.nextgate.com.
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