Blount Memorial Hospital Selects Allscripts Emergency Department Information System
Knoxville-Area Hospital to Connect Emergency Department Physicians for Improved Patient Care and Efficiency
CHICAGO, and MARYVILLE, Tenn., (September 22, 2006) –
Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, today announced that Blount Memorial Hospital has selected the HealthMatics(R) ED Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) to automate administrative and patient care processes in its Emergency Department.
The Allscripts system will integrate with existing hospital information systems to provide enhanced communication, better management of high-risk patients, and improved access to critical patient information both inside and outside the hospital. Blount Memorial is a 334-bed, not-for-profit acute care facility in Maryville, Tenn., 16 miles south of Knoxville.
“HealthMatics ED will help us enhance patient safety and satisfaction by improving the tracking, reporting and movement of patients through the Emergency Department,” said Richard Hall, RN, Blount Memorial’s Assistant Administrator and Chief Nurse Executive. “We’re confident that Allscripts will dramatically improve both the quality of care and our efficiency by enabling physicians to see exactly where our patients are at all times, review their charts on the computer, and order labs right at the bedside.”
HealthMatics ED http://www.allscripts.com/slnsEmrgDept.aspx electronically streamlines processes for the entire Emergency Department, including tracking, triage, nurse and physician charting, disposition and reporting. After nearly five years of analyzing EDIS vendors, Blount Memorial selected HealthMatics because it provides comprehensive functionality with a track record of success at similar hospitals across the country.
“This is a system that is intuitive and doesn’t make you change the way you practice medicine — it was clearly designed with a physician’s perspective and fits with the way we provide care in the Emergency Department,” said Debbie Teffeteller, RN, Clinical Director of the Emergency Department. “Most important of all, Allscripts offers real support from a company with lots of successful, live implementations, which gives us the confidence that we have a partner we can depend on.”
Blount Memorial will connect HealthMatics ED with its existing SERIES 2000(TM) health information system from McKesson, enabling full interoperability of all clinical and financial information within the hospital.
Community physicians outside the hospital will be able to access Emergency Department records for their patients through Blount’s community-wide physician portal, which links to HealthMatics ED. That connectivity enables ambulatory physicians to quickly determine the treatment and medications their patients received in the Emergency Department.
“HealthMatics ED provides physicians inside and outside the hospital with the clinical information they need to make informed care decisions, without relying upon their patients, who may be unclear or inaccurate in recalling their medical history or the treatment they received,” said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. “We are proud to partner with Blount Memorial Hospital to connect and inform physicians, giving them the tools they need to make the best treatment decisions for their patients.”
About Blount Memorial Hospital
Blount Memorial Hospital is a 334-bed, not-for-profit acute care facility located in Maryville, Tenn. Since 1947, Blount Memorial has been providing health care close to home for the people of East Tennessee, with multiple outpatient clinics throughout the Maryville area.
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 .
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