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Health Vault and Quality Systems

Evidently Quality Systems (QSII) is one of those partners eager to get into bed with Microsoft. QSII, the producer of NextGen, the EMR widely used in physician offices across the country, wasted no time with this announcement:

NextGen ChartMail(SM) to Become Interoperable with Microsoft HealthVault
NextGen Healthcare, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and leading provider of fully integrated ambulatory healthcare and connectivity solutions today announced support for HealthVault, the newly launched consumer health platform from Microsoft Corp.

NextGen Healthcare’s ChartMail allows health care providers to send personal health records directly to patients in a secure, authenticated manner. Its interoperability with HealthVault, when completed, will allow the data to be uploaded into Microsoft’s new platform, giving the patient more options when managing their health information.

Peter Neupert, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Health Solutions Group said, “NextGen Healthcare is clearly an industry leader, and Microsoft is proud to work with them in the development of interoperable applications that will enable consumers to make better choices regarding their health by arming them with information and putting them in control of their health records.”