CHICAGO, Apr 24, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ —
Medical Center Gains Competitive Advantage by Providing 200 Physicians Access To Leading-Edge Wireless Technology for Dictating Notes and Capturing Charges
Allscripts
Healthcare Solutions (Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of point-of-care
decision support tools for physicians, announced today that Baptist Health
Systems (Baptist) selected TouchWorks(TM) clinical applications for inpatient
care at the Baptist Medical Center. Baptist purchased 200 licenses for
TouchWorks Dictate(TM) to streamline the clinical dictation and transcription
process, and a limited number of additional licenses for TouchWorks Charge(TM)
to automate the charge capture process and reduce the number of lost charges for
physicians. Baptist will work with Allscripts to expand the center’s existing
wireless network and make these applications available to physicians on the
Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC while on site at the Baptist Medical Center.
TouchWorks applications have historically been utilized in the outpatient
setting, but use in the inpatient setting is beginning to grow. Baptist Medical
Center is one of the first healthcare facilities to use TouchWorks applications
to improve physician productivity and efficiency in this manner. Physicians who
visit patients or make rounds at Baptist Medical Center will “check-out” a
handheld device, pre-loaded with their schedule for the day and the location of
their patients, and then use it to dictate clinical documentation and record
professional charges. The dictations will be transmitted through the medical
center’s wireless network, electronically routed to an outsourced transcription
service, and returned. Professional charges recorded on the device will be
transmitted through the medical center’s network and stored on a dedicated
server that the physician’s billing staff will access via a secure connection.
Baptist expects the Allscripts applications will streamline physician workflow
and significantly enhance individual physician productivity.
“Leading-edge technology from TouchWorks gives Baptist an advantage in our
highly competitive market, where medical facilities do not directly employ
physicians and several major medical facilities compete for the attention of
physicians,” commented Rick Caldwell, Vice President and Chief Information
Officer of Baptist Health Systems. “By empowering physicians with advanced tools
to improve their efficiency at Baptist Medical Center, we will continue to be
the facility of choice in our market.”
Baptist expects that physicians will be very quick to adopt this technology,
says Caldwell, who added that the large number of physicians requesting these
applications contributed to Baptist’s decision to purchase the technology. “Some
physicians are already asking, ‘What else can we get?'” noted Caldwell. As more
physicians adopt this technology, Baptist has the option to integrate additional
TouchWorks modules and offer more benefits to the physicians and patients who
chose Baptist.
“As physicians practicing at Baptist facilities realize the greater efficiency
that results from these applications in the inpatient environment, they will be
more likely to choose Baptist,” commented Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer
of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions. “We expect Baptist will add additional
clinical modules to further increase the quality and safety of patient care
while at the same time improving physician efficiency.”
About Baptist Health Systems
Baptist Health Systems is the parent company of Baptist Medical Center and a
number of related healthcare services and programs. From its beginnings in 1911,
Baptist has grown to include a 646-bed medical center, along with a variety of
health and medical services for people in every stage of life. Through the
decades, Baptist has continued to provide quality, compassionate Christian-based
medical care to the people of Mississippi and surrounding states. In May 2002,
The Baptist will expand its mission and services even further with the opening
of the Hederman Cancer Center.
About Allscripts Healthcare Solutions
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions is the leading provider of point-of-care
decision support solutions for physicians. The Company’s TouchWorks software
products enhance physician productivity using a wireless handheld device or
desktop workstation to automate the most common physician activities including
prescribing, capturing charges, dictating, ordering labs and viewing results,
providing patient education, and taking clinical notes. The Company also
provides medication fulfillment services. Additionally, Allscripts provides
patient compliance and healthcare product education services for physicians
through its Physicians Interactive unit. Allscripts provides services to over
20,000 physicians across the U.S.
Strategic partners include IDX Systems (Nasdaq: IDXC); IMS Health (NYSE: RX);
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT); Compaq (NYSE: CPQ); Express Scripts (Nasdaq: ESRX);
and Merck-Medco.
TouchWorks, TouchWorks Dictate, and TouchWorks Charge are trademarks of
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions. Visit Allscripts on the Web at
www.allscripts.com .
This announcement may contain forward-looking statements about Allscripts
Healthcare Solutions that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are
developed by combining currently available information with Allscripts beliefs
and assumptions. Forward-looking statements do not guarantee future performance.
Because Allscripts cannot predict all of the risks and uncertainties that may
affect it, or control the ones it does predict, Allscripts’ actual results may
be materially different from the results expressed in its forward-looking
statements. For a more complete discussion of the risks, uncertainties and
assumptions that may affect Allscripts see the Company’s 2001 Annual Report on
Form 10-K, available through the Web site maintained by the Securities and
Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov .
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