OSIS Insights

As we celebrate the OSIS's 25th anniversary in 2025, it's a perfect time to reflect on our journey, the milestones we've achieved, and the vision that continues to drive us forward. Founded out of necessity and a spirit of collaboration, OSIS has become a beacon of innovation and support for community healthcare organizations nationwide. Join CEO Jeff Lowrance of OSIS and CEO Jolene Joseph of The Healthcare Connection, OSIS’ founding Member, on a journey through 25 years of innovation and community health impact.

Are you using NextGen Practice Management (PM) Tasks functionality to its full capacity? Does your staff know how to configure and use tasks to assist patients with their individual needs? We will explore how to tailor workable tasks to align with your organization's business rules and policies and guide you through the initial setup and workflow.

Discover the NextGen Success Community, your go-to hub for NextGen EHR, EPM, EDR, and more. In this article, we highlight some of the most valuable or most visited areas that help other users stay updated on every aspect of NextGen. Read more for a brief overview of the NextGen Success Community. 

OSIS NextGen Quick Tips provide insight for Community Health Centers that leverage the NextGen® Healthcare enterprise. With up to two Sound Bites each month, we'll cover topics important to you, including EHR, EPM, EDR, Behavioral Health, PCMH, and more. These quick tips are free and offer an 'out of the box' resource to help make your NextGen Investment as highly functional as possible. Click More to listen to the next OSIS Quick Tip.

At OSIS, we are kicking off the Health Center Program Uniform Data System (UDS) reporting season with Members around our Network. As we’re preparing for crunch time, whether a seasoned veteran or it’s the first time reporting, quality measure data validation can become quite chaotic for all. In this post and in a recent OSIS Webinar Series: Quality Measure Data Validation 101, we go back to the basics of quality measure data validation to help keep your health center on track for 2022 reporting. “Going back to the basics is the simplest way to find calm in the chaos.” Author Unknown 

Is your health center looking for ways to improve efficiency, save time, and reduce medication and entry errors? If so, read further as we will define Clinical Reconciliation, discuss why we recommend it, and explain where and how to access it in the NextGen Healthcare EHR application. Recently, Amanda Cox, an OSIS NextGen EHR Specialist, RMA, CEHRS, led the OSIS Webinar Series: Tips and Tricks to Easier Clinical Reconciliation for OSIS' network of health centers in hopes of reducing medication errors and increase efficiency. Below, we take a look at some FAQs to get started with your NextGen Clinical Reconciliation.