MALVERN, Pa. & TEMPLE, Texas--Continuing to highlight the success of its partnership with NextGen Healthcare, Siemens Medical Solutions (www.usa.siemens.com/medical) has announced that Scott & White of Temple, Texas, one of the largest multi-specialty physician practices in the U.S., has signed an agreement with Siemens to be its provider of NextGen Healthcare's electronic medical record (NextGen(R) EMR) solution. This agreement will enable Scott & White to establish a framework for interoperability across its 15 ambulatory clinics, ultimately helping to improve clinical efficiencies, reduce costs, and enhance the quality of patient care.


"Implementing this EMR solution in our outpatient environments will help us to more effectively manage physician and patient workflow," said Bill McCombs, Ph.D., chief information officer, Scott & White. "Our current system has provided valuable clinical information to all our physicians, but has lacked interoperability. Now, they will be able to interact with that information immediately, connecting them with supporting staff and enabling more streamlined processes across care settings."


Scott & White will implement NextGen EMR, which was recently certified by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT), first at its Bryan/College Station Clinic, which includes 90 providers representing many of the health system's sub-specialties, and in the Department of Ophthalmology at its main campus in Temple. NextGen EMR will be implemented in a multi-phase roll-out over the next two-to-three years across all its affiliated facilities, encompassing 928 providers.

NextGen EMR's feature-rich system will seamlessly interoperate with Scott & White's existing Siemens clinical IT solutions and modalities to provide its clinicians with access to longitudinal health records and streamlined information access and availability across acute and ambulatory settings.

"Siemens has been fortunate to partner with Scott & White for more than 20 years. Throughout our relationship we have delivered many technology and medical modality solutions to this award-winning physician group and now we are pleased to bring to bear our alliance with NextGen," said Janet Dillione, president, Healthcare IT Division, Siemens Medical Solutions. "The need to provide physicians with up-to-date patient data and image accessibility across care settings is essential and Scott & White sets a powerful example for the industry as they implement this exciting and aggressive EMR strategy."

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