Industry Innovator James J. Rossiter Joins NextGate as Chief Revenue Officer

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 21, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NextGate, the leading healthcare technology company for care team collaboration and identity management, announced today the appointment of James J. Rossiter as Chief Revenue Officer. For more than 30 years Mr. Rossiter has captained the introduction of innovative solutions that simplify and extend the capabilities of healthcare technology. For NextGate, he will guide the adoption of the expanded and multi-functional MatchMetrix interoperability platform that organizes and links diverse healthcare data into relevant and actionable information to support efficient data exchange and to enable proactive care collaboration.

Mr. Rossiter has played principal roles in advancing the impact of application integration, medical terminology, and clinical systems. He served as Sr. Vice President of Community Connectivity Solutions at NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., as well as division manager for Siemens' Digital Hospital Solutions, and was named interim CEO for a revenue cycle management venture he started with EDS and Baylor Health System. Additionally Mr. Rossiter has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer at Velos, Inc. and President of 314e Corporation.

"Jim's broad healthcare experience provides the ideal background to match our innovative technology with progressive organizations," said Andy Aroditis CEO NextGate. "After a few years of EMR deployments and evolving Health Information Exchange models, I believe the industry is ready for our connected information platform and with Jim's help, the market will reach the next level of accountability and efficiency."

"NextGate technology brings people and data together in a way that fills the gaps and turns disconnected data into unified information," said Mr. Rossiter. "The value potential is tremendous for any type of healthcare organization, and I am eager to demonstrate multiple immediate benefits in patient safety, care quality, and operational excellence."

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NextGate uses its unmatched expertise in patient identification to connect the healthcare ecosystem by accurately identifying and linking patient and provider data. NextGate's Care Team Collaboration solutions leverages the company's industry-leading identity management technology to connect disparate data at the patient and provider level, dynamically building care team profiles and empowering the team with relevant and actionable information. At the core of this architecture is NextGate's KLAS #1 ranked EMPI technology which currently manages more than 170 million lives. It is deployed by the nation's most successful healthcare systems and health information exchanges.