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What is NextGen Mobile

NextGen Mobile is a mobile application that extends the NextGen Healthcare ambulatory EHR platform to smartphones and tablets. It supports clinicians with on-the-go access to patient charts and common clinical workflows such as reviewing results, documenting encounters, and managing tasks; capabilities can include e-prescribing depending on the organization’s NextGen configuration and enabled services. It is typically used by physician practices and outpatient clinics that run NextGen’s EHR and want mobile access aligned to their existing system.

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Tight alignment with NextGen EHR

The product is designed to work as a companion to the NextGen ambulatory EHR, which can reduce the need for separate mobile workflow tools. It leverages the same patient record and organizational configuration as the core platform. This can simplify user provisioning and policy enforcement compared with deploying a standalone mobile app that requires separate data synchronization.

Mobile access to core workflows

Clinicians can use a phone or tablet to review schedules, patient information, and clinical results without being at a workstation. This supports time-sensitive tasks such as reviewing labs, responding to messages, and completing documentation steps between visits. For organizations that enable it, mobile prescribing-related actions can reduce delays in medication workflows compared with desktop-only access.

Fits multi-site ambulatory operations

NextGen deployments often span multiple providers and locations, and the mobile app is built to support that operating model. It can help standardize access for clinicians who rotate across sites or work remotely. This is particularly relevant for outpatient groups that need consistent access patterns across clinics rather than point solutions per location.

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Best for existing NextGen customers

NextGen Mobile primarily serves organizations already running the NextGen EHR, and it is not positioned as a vendor-neutral mobile EHR layer. Practices on other EHRs typically cannot adopt it without migrating core systems. This limits suitability for groups seeking a standalone e-prescribing or transcription tool independent of an EHR vendor.

Feature depth varies by configuration

Available functions can depend on licensed modules, enabled services (for example, e-prescribing networks), and local configuration. As a result, two organizations may experience different capabilities and workflows in the mobile app. This can complicate evaluation against products that provide a more uniform, out-of-the-box e-prescribing experience.

Transcription support may be indirect

While mobile documentation can be supported, medical transcription functionality may rely on integrations, device dictation, or separate speech-to-text services rather than a dedicated transcription platform within the app. Organizations with heavy transcription requirements may still need additional tooling and workflow design. This can add implementation effort compared with solutions purpose-built for transcription management.

Plan & Pricing

Pricing not publicly listed on the vendor's official site. NextGen Healthcare requires contacting sales for custom quotes; official pages describe NextGen Mobile as part of NextGen EHR and state licensing is tiered/subscription-based (see mandatory disclosures), but no public plan names or list prices are provided.

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NextGen Healthcare, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia, US
1974
Private
https://www.nextgen.com/
https://x.com/nextgen
https://www.linkedin.com/company/nextgen-healthcare/

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