Allscripts Selects True North as Preferred ASP Partner for Delivering
HealthMatics Office
CHICAGO and DULUTH, Ga., Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Allscripts
(Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and
information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, today
announced that True North Technology has selected HealthMatics(R) Office,
Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management (PM)
solution for small and medium-sized physician groups, to help restore
practices along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast.
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True North, a leading provider of on-demand software solutions for
healthcare organizations, purchased HealthMatics licenses under the agreement
to incorporate into their Total Office Medical(TM) online solution, and will
offer them to physicians at a reduced rate as part of a federal grant program.
True North was selected by Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) in Atlanta, the
regional Hurricane Katrina relief center, under a grant from the US Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
to electronically enable and restore physician practices hit hardest by the
2005 hurricane.
Additionally, Allscripts has selected True North as its partner in
delivering HealthMatics Office nationally via the Application Service Provider
(ASP) model. True North — through its Northstar(TM) network — will make
HealthMatics Office accessible anywhere at anytime, disaster proof, and
secure. HealthMatics Office ( https://www.allscripts.com/healthmatics )
combines HealthMatics Electronic Health Record and HealthMatics Ntierprise(R)
Practice Management on one intelligent platform that provides practices with
an easy-to-use patient information management solution.
“The physician practices of the Gulf Coast needed a solution that provided
everything, including software licenses, on-demand infrastructure, training
and support,” said Doug Nassaur, Chief Executive Officer of True North. “We
assessed countless EHR and practice management vendors, and identified
Allscripts as the ideal solution for physicians in this region thanks to
HealthMatics ease of use, its affordability and the industry’s strongest track
record for client support.”
With this grant, both companies turned their attention to supporting
Katrina-devastated facilities and victims, establishing Health Information
Technology (HIT) infrastructure in underserved communities, and promoting the
adoption of a combined EHR and PM in general.
“Allscripts and True North share a combined vision that healthcare
professionals need to focus their time, effort, and money on caring for
patients — not managing technology,” said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive
Officer of Allscripts. “Our proven leadership in the Electronic Health Record
and practice management market, together with the power of True North’s
on-demand system, will revolutionize healthcare delivery in these physician
practices, where it’s truly needed the most.”
HealthMatics Office is a flexible and easily customizable solution for
small and mid-sized physician practices. The combined solution enables
clinical and practice management groups to work hand-in-hand for better
communication and improved accuracy.
About True North Technology
True North Technology, Inc. serves companies in a broad variety of
industries with standard productivity, enterprise, and infrastructure
applications. True North delivers software as a service through Northstar(TM),
the first and only comprehensive on-demand solution for individuals,
organizations and independent software vendors (ISVs). Northstar delivers
users instant access to software and personal files, at any time, anywhere in
the world. To learn more about True North Technology’s Northstar network,
visit http://www.northstaraccess.net .
About Allscripts
Allscripts is the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and
information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare. The Company’s
business groups provide unique solutions that inform, connect and transform
healthcare. The Clinical Solutions Group’s award-winning software applications
include electronic health record, practice management, e-prescribing, document
imaging, emergency department and care management solutions. Additionally,
Allscripts provides clinical product education and connectivity solutions for
physicians and patients through its Physicians Interactive(TM) Group and
medication fulfillment services through its Medication Services Group. To
learn more, visit Allscripts on the Web at https://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 2005 Annual Report on Form 10-K, available through the Web site
maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov .
SOURCE Allscripts
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/CONTACT: Dan Michelson, Chief Marketing Officer, +1-312-506-1217, or
dan.michelson@allscripts.com , or Todd Stein, Senior Manager-Public Relations,
+1-312-506-1216, or todd.stein@allscripts.com , both of Allscripts, or Jeannie
Chapman, Director of Communications, of True North Technology,
+1-678-624-0040, or jchapman@truenorthtechnology.com /
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