April
25, 2001
Maimonides
Medical Center to Automate Medical Records and Scheduling with
NextGen
HORSHAM, Pa. (BUSINESS WIRE)-April 25, 2001 MicroMed
Healthcare Information Systems Inc., a division of Quality Systems,
Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII), today announced that Maimonides Medical Center
is preparing to implement MicroMed's NextGen Electronic Medical
Record (EMR) and NextGen Enterprise Appointment Scheduling (EAS)
in its ambulatory environment and physician community.
Recognized for its leadership in health care information technology,
Maimonides Medical Center is a recipient of the Computerworld
Smithsonian Award in Medicine for Innovation in Information Technology,
and has been recognized as one of the "Most Influential Healthcare
I.T Organizations" by Advance Magazine and one of the "Most
Wired Hospitals and Health Systems" by Hospital and Health
Networks Magazine. Maimonides Medical Center also recently received
an award in Health Management Technology Magazine's Year 2000
"What Works" competition.
Maimonides will implement the NextGen EMR and NextGen EAS to expand
its clinical information systems portfolio. The decision to implement
NextGen reaffirms its vision of integrating patient and clinical
information management throughout its Ambulatory Health Network
Services and Faculty Practice.
With over 1,450 caregivers, Maimonides Medical Center is one of
the largest independent teaching hospitals in the United States.
Quality Systems, Inc. and its MicroMed division are developers
and providers of computer-based practice management, medical records,
and e-business applications for medical and dental group practices.
Visit www.qsii.com for additional information
This news release may contain forward-looking statements, including
those related to revenue and net income, that involve a number
of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could
impact actual results are volume and timing of systems sales and
installations; length of sales cycles and installation process;
the possibility that the products will not achieve market acceptance;
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 in the health-care
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.
This news release may contain forward-looking
statements, including those related to revenue and net income
that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important
factors that could impact actual results are volume and timing
of systems sales and installations; length of sales cycles and
installation process; the possibility that the products will not
achieve market acceptance; 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 in the health-care 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.