NextGate today announced the release of MatchMetrix™ 7, a leading Master Data Management (MDM) platform used to build industry-specific indexes, and three MDM suites for healthcare organizations that are built on the MatchMetrix 7 MDM platform.
Using intelligent probabilistic and deterministic matching algorithms and a flexible data model, the MatchMetrix MDM Platform generates master data indexes that enable the precise management of information in complex multi-participant environments in any domain. The fully integrated Access Manager enables strict security profiling, monitoring, and auditing to ensure user activity is authorized and tracks cross-application compliance. Building on this robust foundation, NextGate has developed a range of healthcare-specific products using MatchMetrix 7, including the updated MatchMetrix Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) Suite, and new MatchMetrix Provider Index SuiteMatchMetrix Terminology Index Suite. and
“Our latest version of MatchMetrix is the result of several decades of experience in data quality management, combined with focused user feedback. It addresses the concerns of IT professionals who need to deliver better workflow and heightened security as they accurately merge data from multiple systems both within and between organizations,” said Gevik Nalbandian, Vice President of Product Engineering, NextGate.
New Features of MatchMetrix 7
MatchMetrix 7 incorporates numerous new features to deliver significant advantages including:
- Improved security and access control with Access Manager
- Enhanced auditing with Enterprise Tracker and Monitor
- Significant performance and scalability enhancements that deliver up to 10x faster response time
- Easier configuration for enterprise-wide deployments
- New schemas for providers and terminology in addition to persons and patients
A key component of MatchMetrix 7 is the new, fully configurable Data Quality Manager. This flexible data stewardship GUI is the cornerstone enabling technology behind each suite providing robust search, merge, unmerge, and edit operations regardless of domain or data model. Specially designed for ease of use and configuration, IT staff can customize it according to their organization’s workflow for enhanced productivity by choosing which fields to display and changing panel positions as well as colors and fonts. They can also add buttons to connect with plug-ins they develop in-house to allow access to data from other systems.
Interoperable Healthcare Solutions
Designed to make it simpler and less costly to build a complete and interoperable Health Information Exchange (HIE) solution, the MatchMetrix EMPI, Provider Index, and Terminology Index suites can be applied to individual in-house systems or an interconnected regional health information organization or community exchange, allowing connections between systems such as electronic health record (EHR), document management, and inpatient clinical and financial applications.
“The configurability provided by Data Quality Manager makes it easy for our customers and partners to customize our MatchMetrix suites and rapidly and seamlessly incorporate them into their HIE solutions,” said Andy Aroditis, CEO, NextGate. “As the industry’s premier Enterprise Master Index experts, NextGate is focused on growing its market share by working closely with leaders in the HIE arena.”
“Identifying a patient quickly and accurately is crucial to our ability to provide high quality care,” said Stephan O’Neill, Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Services, Hartford Hospital. “NextGate’s MatchMetrix was easily integrated with our growing HIE infrastructure to help us extract the full value from our multiple disparate EHR systems. It continues to allow us to establish EHR connections with the wider community of physicians in Connecticut.”
About NextGate
NextGate is a products and services company that delivers Master Data Management, Enterprise Indexing, and Service Oriented Architecture based solutions to Healthcare and other industries. Capitalizing on over 18 years of development experience at Software Technologies Corporation, SeeBeyond, and Sun Microsystems, NextGate created MatchMetrix to provide an affordable, user-friendly, and easily implemented enterprise index to help organizations identify and manage their master data.
