NextPen® Solutions
Turn handwriting into data with an
easy-to-use digital pen!
How can a digital pen be just as easy to use as a regular pen,
but also powerful enough to improve productivity and cut costs?
With NextPen® Solutions it’s not only possible, it’s simple and
it’s fast.
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treamline capture of patient data such as medical history
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or provider dictation
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ocument a patient encounter without using a personal
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computer, even during home health visits
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Capture data even when there’s no Internet connection
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Ease the transition to an electronic health record (EHR)
Simplify documentation and
save money with the stroke
of a pen
“
On average, we see about 10-12 new
patients a day. NextPen saves me 10-15
minutes per patient, or one and a half
to two hours a day!
”
Ara S. Makdessian, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Bluegrass Ear, Nose & Throat Clinic, PSC
So how does it work?
In just a few simple steps, NextPen Solutions captures information, turns it into structured data, and
flows the data into the correct fields for the correct patients in your NextGen® Ambulatory EHR.
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The tiny camera at the tip of this
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Move, send, or delete multiple
forms at the same time
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Filter forms by provider and location
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se “history view” to see every form
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filled out for a patient
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utomatically delete forms and
auto-validate image-only forms
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et an exact match between your
printed form and your “ink view”
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Use visual indicators to see which
forms have ink
groundbreaking pen tracks NextPen®
Write digital pen's position on a paper
form and records every stroke.
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Turn information into structured data when
the pen is placed in its USB docking station
to transfer the captured “digital ink” for
immediate conversion to structured data.
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Once approved, NextPen® Solutions
automatically flows the structured data into
the NextGen® Ambulatory EHR and Practice
Management system.
YOU HOLD
MORE THAN
200
PAGES OF DATA
inside NextPen Solutions digital pen, so you
can use the pen all day without docking.
Save time
Be amazed at the time you save with NextPen Solutions! Eliminate
scanning and transcription while accelerating patient encounters
It’s easy and fast
Go from handwritten content (in cursive or print) to
structured data — fast.
• Populate
• Draw
multiple templates from a single form
or annotate in multiple colors and save as a
PDF in the patient’s chart
• Hold
more than 200 pages of data inside NextPen Solutions
digital pen, so you can use the pen all day without docking
• Make
staff happy with quick data downloads
• Patients
can use it without training—If your patients can
use an ink pen, they can use the NextPen Solutions digital pen
• Your
staff can use it with minimal training
• Eliminate
• Easily
duplicated data entry time
leave a hard copy when needed—You don’t need
the original because the data was captured as it was written
Cut costs
Unlike competitive products, NextPen Solutions doesn’t charge
per-page fees, or require costly HL7 interfaces. Plus, there
are no upgrade fees.
• Speed
workflow and avoid re-keying information for time
and cost savings
• Eliminate
unnecessary paper—Shred or return paper forms
to patients and avoid filing unneeded documents
• Cost-efficient,
quick training—With easy, cost-efficient webinar
training, your staff will be ready to use NextPen Solutions. Plus,
if you want help creating customized patient information forms,
our eLearning experts are ready to help!
“Using NextPen has allowed
the practice to collect and
store accurate, structured,
clinical data seamlessly, and
make patient information
more accessible through the
pre- and post- examination
process. NextPen has made
patient care more efficient
for our physicians.
”
Steven I. Goodman, MD
Arthritis Associates of South Florida
Improve productivity
NextPen Solutions makes it easy to collect patients’ history,
demographics, drawings, and signatures for clear, complete
documentation. The NextPen Solutions free form library features
out-of-the-box starter forms, including Patient Intake, Review of
Systems, Orthopedic History for Patient Intake, Pediatric Patient
Intake, and a continually growing library of image drawing forms
for various specialties. If you prefer, you can customize your own
forms, in multiple languages, using Adobe® LifeCycle® Designer.
• Help
streamline data collection so you can better meet
Meaningful Use requirements and improve patient care
• Ease
the transition to an EHR using technology that
doesn’t interfere with patient visits
• Impressive,
natural, easy-to-use technology for patients,
which helps improve patient-provider communication by
moving provider focus away from the keyboard and back
to the patient
• Talk
to dedicated NextPen Solutions experts during our
free online “office hours”
Impressive, easyto-use technology
for patients
Even if your NextPen Solutions digital
pen is lost or stolen, unauthorized
users cannot access its secure data.
NextPen Solutions digital pens will not transfer data to
any PC that does not first provide the preconfigured
password. Without it, the pen is unreadable.
NextPen Solutions digital pen uses a tiny camera
to recognize a unique, secure dot pattern on the
NextPen
Solutions are
secure.
background of every form printed by the system.
The pattern contains a unique identifier that the
pens decode to match the form to the appropriate
patient record in the EHR. This ensures that all
patient data goes directly and automatically to the
correct record. Common color laser printers can easily
print these patterns on ordinary copy paper, even
though each pattern is as unique as a fingerprint.
Take the Next Step
As the healthcare market evolves — particularly as a result of quality
See a NextPen Solutions
initiatives and the demands for community data sharing — we can
demonstration. Visit nextgen.com
help ensure that your technology investment is continually relevant
or contact us at 1.855.510.6398
to learn more.
and adjusts to your ever-changing needs.
The rich, comprehensive NextGen Healthcare portfolio — including a
robust, intergrated EHR and practice management solution — offers
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC
795 Horsham Road, Horsham, PA 19044
p: 215.657.7010 | f: 215.657.7011
[email protected] | nextgen.com
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Management, LLC, an affiliate of NextGen
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AB. Patented technology.
you the freedom from searching for multiple vendors to fulfill your
growing needs, and rewards you with peace of mind.
Learn how you can increase productivity,
accelerate workflow, and improve your bottom
line using NextPen Solutions along with other
innovative tools from NextGen Healthcare.
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