Clopton Clinic Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record and Practice Management Solution

Early EMR Adopter Replaces Legacy System with Allscripts ‘One-Stop Shop for Everything’

CHICAGO, and JONESBORO, Ark. (May 14, 2008) –

Allscripts, the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced today that Clopton Clinic has selected the company’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management (PM) solution for its 32 providers.

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Clopton Clinic, the largest internal medicine physician group in northeast Arkansas, was in the first wave of physician groups to adopt electronic medical records, in 1996. But after 12 years with the same vendor, the physician-owned Clinic is replacing its clinical and financial automation systems with Allscripts to improve its ability to participate in pay-for- performance programs and clinical research, accelerate the revenue cycle, and connect to real-time information from all key healthcare stakeholders.

“We’ve been electronic for 12 years but Allscripts will take us to the next level with capabilities that our old system just couldn’t match,” said Revel Porter, M.D., President of Clopton Clinic. “Whether you’re talking disease management or true revenue cycle management, Allscripts will help Clopton Clinic deliver on our mission of providing the highest quality, compassionate care for the citizens of Northeast Arkansas and Southeast Missouri.”

The Allscripts Electronic Health Record enables physicians to instantly access patient information when and where they need it — in the clinic, at the hospital or while on-call at home. The web-based solution speeds and automates everyday clinical tasks such as prescribing and refilling medications, ordering and viewing tests, and documenting care. Moving beyond the old electronic medical record, which merely automated manual tasks, the Allscripts Electronic Health Record provides the ability to truly transform healthcare, with breakthroughs in connectivity including preloaded connections to a range of medical devices, and seamless support for pay-for-performance and quality initiatives, as well as an advanced user experience that lets physicians easily configure the system to their own specific needs while protecting the discrete data required for research and analysis.

The Allscripts Practice Management solution combines sophisticated scheduling and Revenue Cycle Management tools in a single package and incorporates advanced features such as rule-based appointment scheduling, multi-resource and recurring appointment features, referral and eligibility indicators, and appointment and claims management.

“Our physicians were really impressed with the wealth of information that the EHR delivers, and how it lets them customize the way they use it to suit their own work patterns,” said Justin Austin, Director of Clinical Information Systems at Clopton Clinic. “Allscripts is basically a one-stop shop for everything — from the patient portal to e-prescribing to analyzing population health. With Allscripts, we’re eliminating eight or nine vendors, and we now have one number to call.”

Allscripts Chief Executive Officer Glen Tullman commented, “Clopton Clinic should be congratulated for being an early pioneer of electronic medical records. Recently, the leadership team concluded that good wasn’t good enough when it comes to patient safety and improving healthcare and decided to upgrade their legacy electronic health record and practice management solutions. Their focus moved from simply automating typical physician behaviors to transforming the way care is delivered and offering new opportunities like clinical trials and pay-for-performance, while actually simplifying the support process and lowering the cost of running a medical practice.”

As part of the Electronic Health Record implementation, Clopton Clinic will deploy Allscripts iHealth, a personal health record service that enables patients to make appointments, refill medications and exchange secure e-mail with their providers via a Clinic-branded patient portal. And the Clinic will deploy Allscripts Study Manager, providing the data tools to more easily participate in clinical research, resulting in a new revenue stream and advanced care options for patients.

About Clopton Clinic

Founded in 1965 by Dr. O.H. Clopton, Clopton Clinic provides multi-specialty physician services in two locations serving Northeast Arkansas, Jonesboro and Harrisburg. Clopton Clinic’s mission is to innovate quality and compassionate care through advanced technology. Currently, Clopton Clinic is comprised of internal medicine, pulmonology, gastroenterology, nephrology, oncology, and family practice physicians, eight of whom are Jonesboro natives. The Clinic also offers laser treatments, a team of hospitalists who oversee the in-hospital care of its patients, and many onsite services including lab, radiology, CT, echocardiograms and bone densitometry. Clopton Clinic staff also serve the local community by supporting the nonprofit initiatives of the Clopton Clinic Foundation.

About Allscripts

Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX) is the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare. The company’s unique solutions inform, connect and transform healthcare, delivering improved care at lower cost. More than 40,000 physicians and thousands of other healthcare professionals in clinics, hospitals and extended care facilities nationwide utilize Allscripts to automate everyday tasks such as writing prescriptions, documenting patient care, managing billing and scheduling, and safely discharging patients, as well as to connect with key information and stakeholders in the healthcare system. To learn more, visit Allscripts at http://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 2007 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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