Quality Systems, Inc. Earns Four Gold Stevie® Awards in 12th Annual American Business AwardsSM

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Quality Systems, Inc. QSII announced today that it has won four gold and six silver Stevie® awards in the 12^th Annual American Business Awards^SM, including a gold award for Company of the Year in the Health Products and Services category. Other gold awards include those for Marketing Team of the Year (Tradeshow and Events Team); Best Marketing or Sales Brochure or Kit - Online/Electronic (ICD-10 educational brochure); and, Support Staffer of the Year (Desiree Vale, Executive Assistant).

The American Business Awards are the nation's premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S. are eligible to submit entries including public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. More than 3,300 entries from companies of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration across 200+ categories in this year's competition.

Quality Systems and its NextGen Healthcare subsidiary (QSI/NextGen) earned Stevie Awards across many categories, ranging from company, events and departments to marketing and communications.

“The American Business Awards is a noteworthy competition in that it acknowledges all organizational and functional areas of companies. This year, our Company, as well as some members of our team of 2,600 employees worldwide, a few of our departments, including marketing, human resources and talent services, along with several product marketing programs, were all recognized by the ABA judges. This is a testament to the depth of our talent across many functional areas of the Company. We thank our employees for their commitment and the judges for recognizing and honoring Quality Systems,” said Steven T. Plochocki, president and chief executive officer.

“The QSI/NextGen Healthcare marketing team was well represented in this year's ABAs. The two gold Stevie Awards we earned for efforts put forth by our department are indicative of the team's dedication, passion and industry expertise. Our tradeshow and events team is small yet powerful and was hailed for the nearly 500 meetings it organizes and coordinates annually, including our user group meeting, which attracts nearly 4,000 attendees. We appreciate that the judges took note of the team's creativity and attention to detail,” explained Kelli Castellano, senior vice president of marketing and communications.

Desiree Vale, manager, executive suite, commented on her gold Stevie award: “I am so honored that the QSI management team believes in me to have nominated me for this award. I am very fortunate to work in a job I love and be afforded the opportunity to be recognized for a job well done.”

Michael Gallagher, president of The Stevie Awards, commented on Quality Systems' participation in the program: “Quality Systems fared very well in this year's American Business Awards competition, showing its strengths across various categories of the contest. It is an honor to recognize and celebrate the many outstanding organizations and individuals that participated, with Quality Systems being among the top Stevie Award winners. All winners of Stevie Awards this year should be very proud that their achievements stood out amongst the prestigious judging panel.”

The 2014 American Business Awards are presented at two awards events. The first was on Friday, June 13^th, 2014 in Chicago, and the second program, focusing on a range of new products and technology categories, will be held on Friday, September 12^th in San Francisco.

More than 240 executives across the country participated in the judging process to determine the finalists and Stevie Award winners.

About The Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in five programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.

About Quality Systems, Inc.

Irvine, Calif.-based Quality Systems, Inc. and its NextGen Healthcare subsidiary develop and market computer-based practice management, electronic health records and revenue cycle management applications as well as connectivity products and services for medical and dental group practices and small hospitals. Visit www.qsii.com and www.nextgen.com for additional information.

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