Terrence Macaleer Joins Allscripts to Lead Hospital Sales of Physician Solutions

Co-Founder of Eclipsys Brings 30 Years of Hospital Software Sales Experience to New Role

CHICAGO (October 23, 2008) –

Allscripts, the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced today that Terrence Macaleer has joined the company as Vice President of Sales for the company’s Enterprise Solutions Group. Mr. Macaleer will lead the company’s sales and strategy team focused on delivering Allscripts Electronic Health Record and ePrescribing solutions via the increasingly popular collaboration between hospitals, health systems and community medical groups.

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A prominent figure in the healthcare information technology industry, Mr. Macaleer brings 30 years experience to Allscripts, including key roles in building two of the nation’s early and most successful hospital enterprise software companies.

Mr. Macaleer began his career at Shared Medical Systems Corporation (SMS), a pioneer in healthcare IT, where he spent 23 years and rose to Senior Vice President of US Operations, helping to grow the company from start-up to nearly $1 billion in annual revenues. In 1996, he left SMS to found Eclipsys along with SMS co-founder Harvey J. Wilson. As Senior Vice President of Eclipsys, Mr. Macaleer played a central role in growing the company into one of the nation’s largest hospital enterprise software companies, including recruiting and training the first sales force, and leading all sales duties for the company with annual bookings of more than $300 million.

In addition to his roles at SMS and Eclipsys, Mr. Macaleer founded and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Carefx, a Scottsdale, Ariz. company that provides software designed to eliminate medical errors to more than 300 hospitals.

“As more hospitals take advantage of changes in the law that let them subsidize the cost of electronic health records and electronic prescribing technology to physicians in their communities, Terry Macaleer will help Allscripts grow revenue opportunities in this increasingly important market,” said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. “We are confident that Terry’s broad knowledge of the acute care market will help us reach the total hospital base, especially community hospitals, where our products connect to more touchpoints than ever before.”

Recent changes to federal regulations make it easier for hospitals to fund technologies that better connect them with non-employed physicians. The federal Stark regulation, which generally limits the scope of hospital-physician relationships, has been modified to enable hospitals to assist non-employed physicians in adopting Electronic Health Record and electronic prescribing solutions that enhance patient safety and quality of care. The change has resulted in sales of Allscripts Electronic Health Record solutions to more than 1,000 physicians affiliated with hospitals across the nation.

“With the change in the Stark rules, the collaboration between physicians and hospitals in adopting healthcare IT is the next frontier in this industry, and Allscripts is the company best positioned to take advantage of the opportunity,” said Mr. Macaleer. “I look forward to this new challenge and to working with the dynamic leadership team at Allscripts to deliver on the company’s vision of providing solutions that effectively connect physicians to one another, to hospitals in their communities and across the entire healthcare system.”

Mr. Macaleer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Princeton University.

About Allscripts

Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX) uses innovation technology to bring health to healthcare. More than 150,000 physicians, 700 hospitals and nearly 7,000 post-acute and homecare organizations utilize Allscripts to improve the health of their patients and their bottom line. The company’s award-winning solutions include electronic health records, electronic prescribing, revenue cycle management, practice management, document management, medication services, hospital care management, emergency department information systems and homecare automation. Allscripts is the brand name of AllscriptsMisys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. To learn more, visit http://www.allscripts.com.

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