TUSTIN, Calif., February 24, 1999 -- Quality Systems, Inc.
(NASDAQ:QSII)
announced Wednesday the completion of an agreement with Arbor Dental for
implementation of the company's Clinical Product Suite as the core of a
new, specially designed, state-of-the-art dental office.
This implementation of the Clinical Product Suite makes computerized clinical charting and digital x-ray and intra-oral imaging available to the practitioners at the point of care. Features include voice-activated periodontal charting, graphical tooth charting, clinical notes, and treatment planning, all integrated into a Windows®-based system that exchanges data with the QSI Dental System, the company's practice management product.
Arbor Dental, based in Arvada, Colorado, has used the QSI Dental System since 1984. With the practice opening a branch office, its management has sought to maximize the efficiencies offered by the QSI clinical software by designing its new office with preparations for the new technology.
"We wanted our new specialty clinic to be absolutely state-of-the-art, and that has meant building in computerization throughout the operatories," commented Mark P. Kinard, DDS, owner of Arbor Dental. "We selected QSI as our partner in this endeavor because their software has the right functionality for operations our size, and because QSI offers a comprehensive, single-vendor solution."
Arbor Dental plans to take a similar approach to designing an upcoming third office in the Denver area.
Don L. Jackson, vice president of marketing for Quality Systems, said of this agreement, "We are very excited about this new opportunity to implement our Clinical Product Suite for the forward-looking professionals of Arbor Dental Group. We see a growing number of dental groups designing facilities in this way, with computerization of the clinical areas and integration with the front office already in mind."
Quality Systems is one of the leading developers and providers of computer-based practice management and electronic medical records systems for medical and dental group practices, with a customer base of approximately 500 clients in 45 states, Canada and Saudi Arabia.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including those relating to revenue and net income, that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are volume and timing of systems sales and installations, length of sales cycles and installation process, seasonal patterns of sales and customer buying behavior, the development by competitors of new or superior technologies, delays in product development, undetected errors or bugs in software, product liability, changing economic, political or regulatory influences on the healthcare industry, changes in product pricing policies, competitive pressures, possible regulation of the company's software by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, general economic conditions, and the risk factors detailed from time to time in Quality Systems' periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as applied to the company as of the date hereof.
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