Iowa’s Largest Health System Selects Emergency Department Information System from Allscripts

Iowa Health System to Automate and Connect 11 Emergency Rooms Across the State

CHICAGO and DES MOINES, Iowa (August 01, 2007) –

Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, today announced that Iowa Health System has selected Allscripts as its provider of an Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) to automate emergency room operations and improve access to patient information for nearly 300,000 annual patient visits in 11 of the organization’s hospitals and urgent care clinics. Iowa Health System currently has 180 physicians in 31 clinics using Allscripts as an Electronic Health Record (EHR).

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Iowa Health System is the state’s first and largest integrated healthcare system, operating facilities in seven large Iowa communities and Rock Island, Illinois, and supporting a system of rural hospitals in 14 Iowa communities. The Allscripts EDIS will replace paper charts and white-board patient tracking systems in the organization’s Emergency Departments with a fully connected electronic system that shares information from multiple systems, including the Allscripts Electronic Health Record.

“Information technology is critical to enhancing the quality and safety of patient care provided in Iowa Health System’s Emergency Departments,” said James Mormann, Chief Information Officer of Iowa Health System. “Allscripts has been a solid partner for our Electronic Health Record initiative and was the logical choice to help us accelerate our efforts in this mission critical area of our organization. We believe the EDIS is the best way to share information between the ED and physicians and to deliver all the information our providers need to make sound, real-time clinical decisions at the point of care.”

Physicians, nurses and other Emergency Department staff will benefit from the Allscripts solution’s single-screen view of all ED activity with comprehensive patient tracking, electronic records, real-time views of all lab orders and test results, and patient-specific decision support information to enhance safety. The EDIS also features remote chart access for community caregivers and hospital staff, so they can securely access an ED patient’s chart via the Web without logging into the ED solution. Additionally, its sophisticated analytics identifies workflow bottlenecks that slow care delivery, and monitors quality outcomes to ensure better care.

Iowa Health System conducted a comprehensive analysis of EDIS vendors and selected Allscripts for its comprehensive functionality, ease of customization, and proven success at the nation’s leading hospitals, where the Allscripts solution handles millions of Emergency Department visits each year. Allscripts will connect the ED system and the company’s Electronic Health Record, which is used by physicians outside the hospital to document patient care and keep track of their medications.

“In addition to the many benefits of automating emergency operations, our vision for an integrated healthcare network includes physician access and interoperability between the Allscripts systems,” said Nancy Ripley, Director of Clinical Applications for Iowa Health System. “Our ED physicians and hospitalists, who frequently request access to the Electronic Health Record, will now be able see a patient’s medical problems as well as what medications they are on without having to rely on patients for that information.”

Allscripts Chief Executive Officer Glen Tullman commented, “Physicians and caregivers inside the Emergency Department need instant access to the right information at the right time. The very definition of emergency speaks to speed, quick access, and the ability to document and share information quickly. We’re proud that Iowa Health System has selected Allscripts to help fulfill their mission of providing comprehensive and connected health care to their millions of patients.”

About Iowa Health System

Iowa Health System is a community-based organization of physicians, hospitals, civic leaders and local volunteers who share a vision of affordable, accessible healthcare. Created in 1995, Iowa Health System is the state’s first and largest integrated healthcare system. Iowa Health System operates facilities in seven large Iowa communities and Rock Island, Illinois, supports a system of rural hospitals in 14 Iowa communities and partners with physicians and clinics in more than 80 communities in Iowa, western Illinois and eastern Nebraska. Iowa Health System includes the group practices of Iowa Health Physicians, Partners in Health, Children’s Hospital Physicians, St. Luke’s Clinic Network, Trimark Physicians Group and Trinity Physicians Group. Approximately 450 physicians and allied providers serve patients across Iowa, western Illinois and eastern Nebraska through these clinics. To learn more, visit www.ihs.org.

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 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 www.sec.gov.

SOURCE Allscripts

Dan Michelson, Chief Marketing Officer, +1-312-506-1217,
dan.michelson@allscripts.com, or Todd Stein, Senior ManagerPublic Relations,
+1-312-506-1216, todd.stein@allscripts.com, both of Allscripts; or Proctor Lureman,
Director, Communications of Iowa Health System, +1-515-241-3333, LUREMAPK@ihs.org

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