Allscripts to Host 2006 Investor Day

Dr. David Brailer, Former National Coordinator for Healthcare Information Technology, and Clients to Address Investor Community

CHICAGO (October 10, 2006) –

Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced today that it will host the Company’s 2006 Investor Day on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 in New York City. The Investor Day will occur from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT and will be available via audio cast.

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David Brailer, M.D., Ph.D., named by President Bush as the first National Coordinator for Healthcare Information Technology in 2004, will join the Allscripts event and provide the keynote presentation. Dr. Brailer is widely credited with bringing national attention to the need for healthcare information technology to lower costs and improve the quality of patient care. Additionally, the leadership from a number of the nation’s most respected physician groups and healthcare systems will share their perspective on the selection, implementation and return-on-investment of Electronic Health Records, as well as speak to some of the more recent developments in the market.

Allscripts clients presenting at the event are: Robert Margolis, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of HealthCare Partners Medical Group in Torrance, CA, the state’s second largest medical group; Scott Barlow, Chief Executive Officer of Central Utah Clinic in Provo, UT; and James Morrow, M.D., a partner in North Fulton Family Medicine of Alpharetta, GA, and a commissioner of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT).

An audiocast of Investor Day can be accessed by dialing 1-888-644-5594, ID # 8545789 (international dial-in 1-706-758-1560). A recording of the event will be available approximately 72 hours afterwards for a period of 30 days at http://www.allscripts.com or by calling 1-800-642-1687, ID # 8545789 (international dial-in 1-706-645-9291).

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 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 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 2005 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

Dan Michelson, Chief Marketing Officer, +1-312-506-1217, or
dan.michelson@allscripts.com , or Bill Davis, Chief Financial Officer,
+1-312-506-1211, or bill.davis@allscripts.com , both of Allscripts

http://www.allscripts.com

Source: Allscripts