University of Louisville School of Medicine Medical Faculty Group to Implement
EHR for More Than 400 Physicians and Residents
CHICAGO and LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Allscripts
(Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and
information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced
today that University Physicians Associates (UPA), the medical faculty group
for the University of Louisville School of Medicine, will implement the
TouchWorks(TM) Electronic Health Record (EHR) to connect and provide clinical
automation for more than 400 physicians and residents.
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The Allscripts EHR solution will enable UPA physicians to have instant
access to clinical records from any of the group’s more than 40 practice
locations, the hospital or remotely, and provide a seamless connection to the
other administrative and clinical systems in use by UPA. Louisville’s largest
multi-specialty physician group, UPA is part of UofL Health Care, the region’s
leading academic, research, and teaching medical center.
“Our partnership with Allscripts improves our ability to create a premier,
patient-focused, integrated physician practice,” said Belinda S. Love, the
Executive Director of the University of Louisville Medical School Practice
Association. “We spent two years evaluating Electronic Health Records and
ultimately selected Allscripts because, unlike the majority of the systems we
saw, it is physician friendly and therefore broadly utilized by physicians.”
With the Electronic Health Record, UPA physicians can automate many of
their daily clinical tasks, such as prescribing medications, ordering lab
tests, viewing test results, making referrals electronically and documenting
clinical encounters. TouchWorks drives clinical excellence by measuring key
performance indicators and providing patient population management, with
alerts to indicate when key disease management indicators fall out of range,
plus tools to review the details of clinical measures such as care planning
statistics, health maintenance and provider productivity.
“Our physicians now will be able to access patient information securely,
anywhere at anytime,” said Jerry Rabalais, M.D., Chairman of UPA. “And the
Electronic Health Record will improve UPA’s ability to provide quality care
while ensuring a state-of-the-art environment for resident and student
education.”
Allscripts, as a part of its strategic relationship with IDX (now a part
of GE Healthcare), will provide standardized interoperability between
TouchWorks Electronic Health Record and the Centricity practice management
system (formerly IDX(R) Flowcast(TM)).
“University Physicians Associates is a world-class organization and we are
excited to partner with them as they continue to lead the transformation of
the delivery of healthcare in the Louisville area,” said Glen Tullman, Chief
Executive Officer of Allscripts. “UPA Physicians will also be a part of a new
content development and review program underway at Allscripts.”
About University Physicians Associates
University Physicians Associates (UPA) is a 501 (c) (3) organization
representing the University of Louisville teaching clinics and faculty
practice groups, consisting of over 50 Specialty and Subspecialty entities
including Professional Service Corporations (PSCs) and other nonprofit
organizations representing over 450 physicians in the Louisville, Kentucky
area.
The mission of UPA is to facilitate the coordination of the clinical
practices of the School of Medicine faculty in order to provide a
comprehensive and fiscally sound patient care delivery system that meets the
needs of patients, third-party payers, and the academic programs through the
provision of high quality, cost-effective, and patient service-oriented health
care. UPA’s mission is to also further the research and teaching programs and
provide a structure for the clinical departments to jointly participate in
managed care and other patient care professional services contracts.
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, electronic prescribing,
document imaging, emergency department information system (EDIS), 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 .
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Director-University of Louisville Medical School Practice Association, for
University Physician Associates, +1-502-562-8004, blove@louisville.edu /
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