Allscripts Electronic Health Record First to Meet Doctors’ Office Quality-Information Technology (DOQ-IT) Requirements
From the floor of the 2006 TEPR (Towards the Electronic Patient Record) Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, is the first Electronic Health Record vend
CHICAGO (May 22, 2006) –
From the floor of the 2006 TEPR (Towards the Electronic Patient Record) Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, is the first Electronic Health Record vendor in the nation to meet requirements for participation in the federal government’s initiative to improve care outcomes.
HealthMatics(R) EHR from Allscripts subsidiary A4 Health Systems is the first and currently only Electronic Health Record to meet the requirements for data collection and reporting of the Doctors’ Office Quality-Information Technology (DOQ-IT) program for healthcare quality improvement. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services, established the program to encourage physicians to adopt Electronic Health Records for collecting, utilizing, and reporting health performance measures. Electronic reporting, in turn, is a prerequisite for “pay-for-performance,” Medicare’s proposal to pay bonuses to physicians who attain quality benchmarks in treating patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease.
Allscripts recently was recognized as the first of more than 80 vendors participating in the program to meet all 35 DOQ-IT reporting requirements.
Vendors who support the Medicare quality-improvement program are asked to sign a letter of intent pledging to meet the DOQ-IT quality standards. Participation in the initiative is strictly voluntary, but it ensures that systems and products can provide physicians with tools key to improving outcomes for patients with chronic conditions.
“Allscripts wholeheartedly supports the DOQ-IT program’s efforts to improve healthcare outcomes for patients with chronic diseases by rewarding physicians who meet quality benchmarks,” said Allscripts Chief Executive Officer Glen Tullman. “By demonstrating its ability to report on all ambulatory quality measures and electronically output the information to CMS, our HealthMatics Electronic Health Record has ensured that physicians have the tools they need to participate in pay for performance.”
The Allscripts Electronic Health Record automates many common clinical activities such as prescribing medications, ordering lab tests, documenting patient visits and making referrals electronically. HealthMatics improves the quality and efficiency of patient care by providing physicians with up-to-date clinical information and the latest decision-making guidelines when and where they need it – at the point of care.
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, e-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 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 www.sec.gov.
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