PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NextGate is pleased to announce its #1 ranking in the 2014 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services Report. Part of NextGate's interoperability solutions suite for healthcare, the NextGate EMPI is recognized as the KLAS Category Leader in the Enterprise Master Patient Index segment.
"The EMPI is a core component in the seamless flow of information, ensuring the exchange of accurate and consistent patient data across systems and care settings," said Gevik Nalbandian, Vice President Software Engineering, NextGate. "This commendation underscores the value, capabilities, and expertise NextGate delivers in service of reliable patient identification and interoperability. We continually enhance the product to address our customers' expanding requirements, and we appreciate the confidence they place in our solutions."
KLAS Research determines the vendor and product rankings after a thorough 12-month analysis of product evaluations, performance data, and personal interviews with provider customers. Healthcare organizations refer to research conducted by KLAS when investigating information technology solutions.
"This recognition is a testament to the dedication and effort the entire NextGate team puts into customer success," said Andy Aroditis, CEO, NextGate. "We endeavor to improve the quality and efficiency of health care. We do that by focusing on connected care and by partnering with our customers to develop and deliver best in class solutions for integrating the healthcare ecosystem."
To learn more about how NextGate will help your organization, visit www.nextgate.com or call us at (626) 376-4100.
About KLAS
KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and to be counted. Working with thousands of healthcare executives and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment, and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends, and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. Learn more about KLAS at www.KLASresearch.com.
About NextGate
NextGate software and solutions facilitate healthcare interoperability and data exchange. For over 2 decades, NextGate has used master data management principles and processes to help systems share accurate and consistent information by improving data quality, creating centralized "source of truth" registries, and linking together siloed data. NextGate's industry leading EMPI and other products aggregate data from disparate systems to enable Care Team Collaboration, simplify Care Coordination, and enhance EHR functionality. Work better, together.