Multi-Specialty Clinic Brings TouchWorks EMR to 100 Physicians
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio, and CHICAGO, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ —
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of
clinical software and information solutions for physicians, announced today
that Holzer Clinic will expand their use of TouchWorks(TM) and bring the
electronic medical record (EMR) to all of their 100 physicians. Holzer
started using the document management and results viewing capabilities of
TouchWorks three years ago for 25 of their physicians and now will implement
the solution with the entire group, adding functionality for digital
dictation, transcription management, and document imaging.
“Holzer Clinic has been committed to the EMR vision since 1992, but for
most of that time we felt that the industry wasn’t ready,” said James Blevins,
Associate Administrator of Holzer Clinic. “Now the success of our pilot
project, combined with TouchWorks’ excellent functionality, growing position
in the industry, and tight integration with our IDX practice management
system, has made us very comfortable with Allscripts Healthcare Solutions as
our EMR partner. We believe that this project will transform our
organization.”
TouchWorks uses a modular approach to the electronic medical record, or
mEMR(TM), which enables healthcare organizations, like Holzer, to implement a
full EMR at their own pace, focusing on their specific requirements. As
opposed to the traditional “all-or-nothing” EMR, organizations using the
TouchWorks mEMR strategy can start with the functionality that matters most to
their practice and grow into a full EMR. For Holzer, the path to a full EMR
started with automating their paper-based processes.
“By implementing a paperless EMR with TouchWorks, Holzer physicians will
have better access to the information they need, whenever and wherever they
need it, providing safer and more efficient care for their patients,”
commented Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts Healthcare
Solutions.
About Holzer Clinic
Holzer Clinic is a multi-specialty group practice of over 100 board-
certified physicians, providing primary and specialty care to patients in
Southeastern Ohio and West Virginia. The clinic’s nine locations serve a
primary service area that covers eight counties: six in Ohio and two in West
Virginia, with a population base of about 300,000.
About Allscripts Healthcare Solutions
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions is the leading provider of clinical
software and information solutions for physicians. The Company’s TouchWorks
software is a modular electronic medical record that enhances physician
productivity using a wireless handheld device, Tablet PC, or desktop
workstation to automate the most common physician activities including
prescribing, dictating, capturing charges, ordering labs and viewing results,
providing patient education, and documenting clinical encounters.
Additionally, AHS provides patient compliance and healthcare product education
services for physicians through its Physicians Interactive(TM) business and
also provides medication fulfillment services. AHS provides software and
services to over 20,000 physicians across the U.S.
Strategic partners include IDX Systems (Nasdaq: IDXC); IMS Health
(NYSE: RX); Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT); Hewlett-Packard Company; and Medco
Health.
TouchWorks, mEMR, and Physicians Interactive are trademarks of Allscripts
Healthcare Solutions. Visit AHS 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 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K, available through the Web site
maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov .
SOURCE Allscripts Healthcare Solutions
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Ext. 4330, dan.michelson@allscripts.com , or Paul Peterson, Senior Marketing
Manager, +1-847-680-3515, Ext. 4475, paul.peterson@allscripts.com , both of
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions/
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