We are pleased to announce the issuance of U.S. Patent numbers D670,716, D670,715, and D670,714 for the Native iPad® EMR application designs by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. These patents protect the design of the iPad® application from reproduction and use of products with a similar design.

Our NexTech EMR iPad® application harnesses the power of an electronic chart combined with the design inspired by the paper chart, creating an unparalleled EMR experience. This unique design allows our users to document patient visits the way they are accustomed, while allowing them to leverage the cutting-edge technology behind our EMR software and Apple’s iPad®.

After obtaining extensive feedback, we formed a team of in-house developers who dedicated over two years to work on creating the app. We wanted a design that was as intuitive and tactile as a paper chart without the obvious clutter, storage, and expense of paper. Just like paper charts, our users can easily thumb through their patient scheduler, pending labs, electronic charts, patient photos, and much more. The app also has photo capture and annotation capabilities. And most importantly, the iPad® app keeps the technology backbone of one of the most widely used EMR’s in certain specific specialties in the medical industry. Ultimately, we wanted to increase client productivity by getting rid of the headaches associated with paper charts, allowing more valuable time spent on patient care.

We are excited to announce NexTech will be sponsoring and attending the AAO and APAO Joint Meeting in Chicago, IL, on Saturday, November 10th – Tuesday, November 13th. Our island booth will be #2757. Come stop by for a visit!

We will be providing live demonstrations of our Certified EMR for Ophthalmology and showcase many new cutting-edge innovations and technologies, such as our Native EMR iPad Application, iPhone Application, innovative 3D imaging, as well as new server options, including the cloud.

For a live demonstration of our Ophthalmology EMR and its latest innovations click here or visit us at the Joint Meeting in Chicago, IL, booth #2757.

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Watch this video to learn more about how NexTech’s software will be integrated with MyMedLeads.com:

Today is the last day to see NexTech at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) 2012 Meeting in New Orleans, LA, at island booth #729.

Our team will provide live demonstrations of our Certified EMR for Plastic Surgery and showcase many of our cutting-edge innovations and technologies. Highlights will include: NexTech’s Native EMR iPad app, iPhone app, innovative 3D diagrams and imaging, more robust lead management and marketing tracking, as well as new server options, including the cloud. Don’t miss out!

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Attention NexTech Clients!

Don’t miss out on our remaining 2012 Advanced Client Training Seminars. This is a great opportunity to network with other NexTech Users.

At our Training Seminars, an experienced NexTech Trainer trains you on important key features of NexTech’s software. These seminars are perfect for our clients who would like to receive a more in-depth knowledge of our system.

Boston on Friday, November 9, 2012 at the Weston Boston Waterfront – ALMOST SOLD OUT!

Los Angeles on Friday, December 7th 2012 at the Embassy Suites Los Angeles – International Airport/North.

NexTech, the leader in specialty specific Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Practice Management, Billing, and Marketing software, has established a strategic alliance with MyMedLeads.com, the first medical lead management tool of its kind. This partnership will provide NexTech software users an integrated solution allowing them to effectively manage and organize the leads and calls their advertising generates. This integration will combine MyMedLeads.com’s lead management capabilities with NexTech’s industry leading marketing module and practice management software, allowing users to manage and maintain patient relationships, precisely track advertising ROI, and improve patient recall and retention.

“NexTech is excited about the value that this strategic alliance will bring to our client base of over 7,000 providers. The main objective of the integration with MyMedLeads is to streamline the marketing efforts of each NexTech practice. Furthermore, this partnership will allow our practices to have more robust reporting and metrics especially as it relates to their online and traditional marketing, and improve the overall efficiency of their practice,” said Christina M. Majeed, M.S., NexTech Vice President Business Development, New Products, and Technologies.

MyMedLeads has relationships with over 200 lead sources commonly used by medical practices. These advertising channels can be seamlessly tracked using powerful ROI and call tracking technology. This new alliance will help NexTech users significantly reduce manual data entry, accurately determine where leads are coming from, and identify which lead sources are generating the highest ROI.

“We are very pleased to be partnering with such a powerful system like NexTech,” said MyMedLeads CEO, Enrique Rangel. “We’re looking forward to providing NexTech customers with a completely streamlined and automated solution that tracks marketing while equipping staff members with the tools they need to close more prospective patients.”

About MyMedLeads.com 

A comprehensive lead management tool for the medical industry that captures, manages, and converts prospects to patients. The MyMedLeads.com tool helps manage all inquiries (online & phone) so that you capture virtually 100% of your prospects. It measures the key response time of your staff, offers text message reminders to prevent no-shows, provides ROI reporting on all marketing expenditures, generates online reviews of your medical practice and provides automated email campaigns per procedure to effectively nurture prospects. It easily integrates with the doctor’s website as well as directory sites so there is no need for data entry. Visit http://www.MyMedLeads.comor call (866) 858-6785.

About NexTech 

NexTech offers fully integrated Electronic Medical Records (EMR/EHR), Practice Management and Marketing software designed for Dermatologists, Plastic Surgeons, Medical Spas, Ophthalmologists, Otolaryngologists, Gastroenterologists, Urologists, Bariatric Surgeons, and Orthopaedic Surgeons.

With a client base of 7,000 providers and 40,000 office staff members, NexTech is recognized worldwide. Throughout the past 15 years, NexTech’s 100% US based, in-house development team has worked closely with our clients to create the tools to efficiently manage their practices. As a modular system that is totally customizable, NexTech is the software that adapts to the way you practice medicine.

Main modules and features include Electronic Medical Records, E-Billing, Scheduling, Surgery Center Management, Financial Accounting, E-Prescribing, Marketing, Inventory, Contact Management, Lab Integration, Patient/Prospect Tracking, procedure & Surgery Quotes, Patient Education Forms, Consent Forms, Microsoft Word Mass Merge, Reporting, Patient Portal, Photo/Image Management, Interfaces with Devices and Equipment, and Links to Smart Phones.

NexTech Practice 2012 v10.1 is certified to support meaningful use.

*NexTech Practice 2012 v 10.1 – Certification number CC-1112-998990-2 – learn more

Draw directly on patient photos

Now is the perfect time for you  to switch from the traditional paper-based recording methods to EMRs, but with all the options out there, it can be a little overwhelming. For dermatologists, an article in Skin & Allergy News, describe a few key features to look for (read the whole article here):

Smart Stamp technology

• Anatomic drawing templates rather than typed, lengthy descriptions of anatomic locations – with full anterior and posterior views along with a close-up of the face (with anterior and lateral views), hands (with dorsal and palmar views), feet (with dorsal and plantar views), and the ear.

•Easy and accurate accessibility to biopsy results. For private dermatologists who outsource biopsies to stand-alone companies, an EMR system that provides results electronically is of great benefit.

3D EMR images

• The ability to upload, de-identify, annotate, and attach clinical images to a patient’s record, with accessibility to the images by any physician at the institution. For specialists not in the same center, the ability to print or securely e-mail the images and annotated anatomic templates also would be helpful for correctly identifying sites of interest and for aiding in diagnosis.

• The ability to include information about distinct data, such as skin cancer type, location, size, pathology reports, date of biopsy, number of layers, and closure types. A system that collects and incorporates this data into the patient’s medical record is integral to practice efficiency.

Not only will choosing the right EMR system make the transition from paper as smooth as possible, it will increase efficiency as well, allowing dermatologists to spend less time on paperwork and more time with patients. NexTech’s dermatology-specific EMR has all these features and more! You can find more information about our software here and to request a demo, click here.

This past Friday, we held an advanced NexTech user training seminar. We had over 50 users from all over the country in attendance. We covered many aspects of the NexTech software. Everything from new features to NexTrack, Inventory, and Marketing was covered in the intensive one day seminar. In addition to those features, the afternoon consisted of breakout sessions where attendees could learn more about insurance billing or EMR.

Our team of trainers for the seminar included Meikin Clark, VP of client services, Melissa Allen, Technical Support Manager, and Hesham Butty, EMR Project Manager. All three trainers were excited to share tips and tricks that will help these clients use their software more efficiently and hopefully make running their respective practices a little bit easier!

In 1997, Dr. Kamal Majeed, PhD founded NexTech in Dayton, Ohio. NexTech was designed from the ground up to be Plastic Surgery specific software, and has now grown to include several additional medical specialties such as dermatology and ophthalmology. To help support this sustained growth, we expanded our corporate headquarters to a beautiful new building overlooking Tampa Bay. The larger headquarters accommodates our growing staff, and enhances the strong support we provide our NexTech family of physicians.

Above: NexTech Headquarters in Tampa, FL

With a client base of over 4,000 surgeons and physicians and 40,000 office staff members, NexTech is recognized worldwide. Throughout the past 15 years, NexTech’s in-house development team has worked closely with our clients to create the tools that efficiently manage their practices. As a modular system that is totally customizable, NexTech is the software that adapts to the way you practice medicine.

Above: The NexTech technical support team

“2012 marks our 15 year anniversary. We want to thank all of our loyal clients for our continued success. We commit ourselves to no less than the highest standard of excellence and always serve the best interests of our clients, employees and the community. We are excited to release many new innovations this year including a new, native iPad app,” said President and CEO Dr. Kamal Majeed, PhD.

Just this past week, Christina Majeed, our VP of Business Development, New Products & Technologies returned from a medical mission trip in Nepal. Our clients at the London Vision Clinic brought the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology to our attention a few months back. Intrigued by the work that LVC did in conjunction with the Himalayan Cataract Project and the cureblindness.org team, we decided to donate an ophthalmology specific NexTech EMR system to the clinic.

Located in Kathmandu, Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology is the clinic run by the Nepal Eye Program which is a community based, non-profit NGO. Beyond the treatment facility where patients are seen at TIO, there is also a rural outreach unit, an eye bank for cornea harvesting, and a manufacturing facility for intraocular lenses. TIO also conducts extensive research and has an MD training program for residents.

Above: Christina Majeed and Tim Archer (from LVC) with some of the TIO staff.

Below: Speakers and guests of honor for the Himalayan Cataract Project – cureblindness.org

Christina spent the week training the physicians and staff to use NexTech EMR, shadowing doctors and observing the clinic at work.

Below: Here are some TIO staff members using the NexTech scheduler

Below: Professor Dan Reinstein charting in NexTech and discussing a plan of care

Below: Christina observing the surgeons perform the first laser eye surgery at TIO

Below: NexTech EMR hard at work in the OR

Below: Another happy patient post surgery with Professor Dan Reinstein

For more pictures of the trip, check out our facebook page!