Ambulatory hospital chases better patient records

HORSHAM, UK: NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC., a provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced an agreement with Chinese Hospital to deploy NextGen Inpatient Clinicals across its enterprise.

Chinese Hospital will use NextGen Inpatient Clinicals to automate its medical processes, improve organizational efficiencies and provide better quality care for its patients while meeting Meaningful Use (MU) criteria; as per the announcement.

San Francisco-based Chinese Hospital is a 54-bed, acute care, community-owned, non-profit hospital offering a range of medical, surgical and specialty programs. Chinese Hospital aims to achieve a single, shared patient record using NextGen technology across its integrated inpatient and ambulatory organization.

"We believe that this partnership with NextGen Healthcare affords us the tools necessary to provide continuous, holistic care across both our in-patient and out-patient care settings," said Brenda Yee, chief executive officer for Chinese Hospital. "NextGen Healthcare brings to us a truly integrated solution that supports our mission to deliver the highest levels of quality care to the community we serve and to advance our efforts to attest for MU."