CHICAGO and WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ —
Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software,
connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve
healthcare, announced today that Walla Walla Clinic will deploy an Electronic
Health Record (EHR) from Allscripts to automate and connect its 44 providers.
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Walla Walla Clinic is a multi-specialty medical group with 35 primary care
and specialty physicians and nine mid-level providers. Established in 1936,
the clinic has four locations including a stand-alone ambulatory surgery
center, physical therapy center, and plastic surgery clinic. Walla Walla
Clinic has consistently been designated a “Better-Performing Practice for
Profitability and Cost Management” by the Medical Group Management
Association.
“We see the delivery of healthcare to our community as a privilege and we
are committed to doing so with excellence,” said Duane Lucas-Roberts, Chief
Executive Officer of Walla Walla Clinic. “This was a physician-led decision
with strong support from our IT team and EHR working group. Our physicians are
convinced that, with Allscripts technology, they can deliver on the promise of
providing high quality care more efficiently and at lower cost.”
The web-based TouchWorks(TM) EHR speeds and automates everyday clinical
tasks such as prescribing and refilling medications, ordering and viewing
tests, and documenting care. The Allscripts solution is ranked No. 1 in its
market category by the recently released KLAS Top 20: Mid-Year 2007 Report of
product and service performance. The Electronic Health Record delivers
instant access to patient information anywhere at anytime, whether providers
are in the clinic, at the hospital or on-call at home. TouchWorks enables
physicians to transform healthcare, with robust tools for documentation and
orders, preloaded connections to a range of devices, seamless support for pay-
for-performance and quality initiatives, and an advanced user experience that
lets users easily configure the system to their own specific needs while
protecting the discrete data needed for research and analytics.
“This product really deserves the title of an Electronic Health Record,”
said Craig Dreher, the clinic’s IT Director. “It’s the first one that we saw
that was complete; that represented great attention to design and integration
without loss of focus on how a physician practices medicine. It’s clear that
Allscripts truly understands the practice of medicine and the business
management of medicine.”
Walla Walla Clinic will integrate TouchWorks with its Centricity Business
(formerly IDX Groupcast) practice management system to directly link clinical
and financial information across the network. The integration improves end-
user productivity, increases patient satisfaction and enhances revenue cycle
management by combining clinical and financial data into a common, easy-to-
navigate architecture.
“We are proud that Walla Walla Clinic, already recognized as one of the
most efficiently run medical practices in the country, has chosen Allscripts
for their Electronic Health Record,” said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive
Officer of Allscripts. “Our goal is to provide the information and systems
physicians can easily use, when and where they need it, to support safer, more
effective care for patients.”
About Walla Walla Clinic
Established in 1936, Walla Walla Clinic is a multi-specialty medical group
with four locations in Walla Walla and Milton-Freewater, Oregon, including a
stand-alone ambulatory surgery center, physical therapy center, and plastic
surgery clinic. Walla Walla Clinic has consistently been designated a
“Better-Performing Practice for Profitability and Cost Management” by the
Medical Group Management Association. For more information, visit
http://www.wallawallaclinic.com.
About Allscripts
Allscripts is the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and
information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare. The Company’s
business units provide unique solutions that inform, connect and transform
healthcare. Allscripts award-winning software applications include Electronic
Health Records, practice management, e-prescribing, document imaging,
emergency department, and care management solutions, all offered through the
Company’s Clinical Solutions units. Additionally, Allscripts provides clinical
product education and connectivity solutions for physicians and patients
through its Physicians Interactive(TM) unit, and medication fulfillment
services through its Medication Services unit. 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 2006 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,
dan.michelson@allscripts.com, or Todd Stein, Senior Manager/Public Relations,
+1-312-506-1216, todd.stein@allscripts.com, both of Allscripts; or Craig
Dreher, Director, Information Technology of Walla Walla Clinic,
+1-509-525-3720, craigd@wallawallaclinic.com/
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