Allscripts ‘Client Experience’ Focused on Education, Stimulus, and
Introduction of Products Key to Vision of Interoperable and Connected System
of Health
ORLANDO, Fla., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — With a full agenda of
events, education sessions, new product introductions and a wide range of
networking opportunities, Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX) today launched its annual
Allscripts Client Experience (ACE) user conference for physicians and
healthcare professionals nationwide. A record 2,700 attendees registered for
the conference, driven by strong interest in Electronic Health Record stimulus
funding provided by the federal government, and by client interest in the full
suite of solutions offered by Allscripts following its October 2008 merger
with Misys Healthcare.
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With Stimulus payments authorized by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act fast approaching, the Allscripts Client Experience provides
attendees a first-hand view of innovation from Allscripts, as well as the
chance to share best practices on systems, deployments and utilization. This
includes previews of upcoming versions of Allscripts Electronic Health
Records, Practice Management, Electronic Prescribing, Revenue Cycle
Management, Emergency Department Information, Care Management, Home Care,
Document Management, and Post-Acute solutions.
Additionally, Allscripts will feature innovations such as the
recently-launched Allscripts Patient Kiosk, enabling physician practices to
reduce the costs and overhead associated with patient check-in, and helping
patients take control of their own healthcare with a dashboard view of their
personal information, including a complete health maintenance plan. Attendees
also will experience Allscripts Remote(TM), providing physicians virtually
anytime, anywhere access to and control of Allscripts Electronic Health
Records. Allscripts Remote is available now for the iPhone(TM), and later this
year for Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices.
“The significant increase in attendance at ACE this year indicates to me
that our clients not only are interested in finding out more about the federal
stimulus funding for electronic health records, but also more about the
company itself and the new solutions we have available as a result of the
merger,” said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. “This week,
we’ll highlight all of those solutions and the opportunity for healthcare
organizations of all sizes, whether physician groups, hospitals or post-acute
facilities, to connect to health with Allscripts.”
The conference features more than 300 educational sessions designed to
help attendees increase their knowledge and efficiency around the applications
they use on a daily basis; general sessions in which Allscripts executives
will outline product strategy and vision; and the Expo Hall, where attendees
will have the chance to interact with more than 50 Allscripts business
partners and expert Allscripts employees for a demonstration of the latest
innovative products and services Allscripts has to offer.
In addition to the official agenda, ACE is about networking. “Over the
years, it’s the face-to-face interactions that are the cornerstone of ACE,”
said Dan Michelson, Chief Marketing Officer of Allscripts. “This is the ideal
forum for customers to meet with Allscripts team members, fellow clients,
business partners, and vendors who truly understand the challenges they face
in trying to improve the quality and lower the cost of healthcare today.”
While the primary beneficiaries of the conference are customers, Michelson
said that Allscripts benefits as well. “Clients who use our systems every day
are the ultimate authority on what works, and what doesn’t,” Michelson said.
“The feedback clients share with us at ACE helps determine where we invest and
how we enhance our solutions.”
About Allscripts
Allscripts uses innovation technology to bring health to healthcare. More
than 160,000 physicians, 800 hospitals and nearly 8,000 post-acute and
homecare organizations utilize Allscripts to improve the health of their
patients and their bottom line. The company’s award-winning solutions include
electronic health records, electronic prescribing, revenue cycle management,
practice management, document management, medication services, hospital care
management, emergency department information systems and homecare automation.
Allscripts is the brand name of Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. To
learn more, visit www.allscripts.com.
This news release may contain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements regarding future events,
developments, the Company’s future performance, as well as management’s
expectations, beliefs, intentions, plans, estimates or projections relating to
the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws.
These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties, some of which are outlined below. As a result, actual results
may vary materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements.
Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are: the
volume and timing of systems sales and installations; length of sales cycles
and the installation process; the possibility that products will not achieve
or sustain market acceptance; the timing, cost and success or failure of new
product and service introductions, development and product upgrade releases;
competitive pressures including product offerings, pricing and promotional
activities; our ability to establish and maintain strategic relationships;
undetected errors or similar problems in our software products; compliance
with existing laws, regulations and industry initiatives and future changes in
laws or regulations in the healthcare industry; possible regulation of the
Company’s software by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; the possibility
of product-related liabilities; our ability to attract and retain qualified
personnel; our ability to identify and complete acquisitions, manage our
growth and integrate acquisitions; the ability to recognize the benefits of
the merger with Misys Healthcare Systems, LLC (“MHS”); the integration of MHS
with the Company and the possible disruption of current plans and operations
as a result thereof; maintaining our intellectual property rights and
litigation involving intellectual property rights; risks related to
third-party suppliers; our ability to obtain, use or successfully integrate
third-party licensed technology; breach of our security by third parties; and
the risk factors detailed from time to time in our reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including our 2007 Annual Report on Form
10-K available through the Web site maintained by the Securities and Exchange
Commission at www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to update
publicly any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
SOURCE: Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
– 07/30/2009
CONTACT: Dan Michelson, Chief Marketing Officer, +1-312-506-1217,
dan.michelson@allscripts.com,
Todd Stein, Senior Manager/Public Relations, +1-312-506-1216,
todd.stein@allscripts.com,
both of Allscripts
Web Site: https://www.allscripts.com
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