Connecticut Multispecialty Group Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record; Hartford’s Largest Multi-Specialty Group to Enhance Quality of Care for 250,000 Hartford Area Patients

Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced today that the Connecticut Multispecialty Group (CMG) has selected the TouchWorks(TM) Electronic Health Record (EHR) to automate and connec

CHICAGO & ROCKY HILL, Conn. (March 09, 2006) –

Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced today that the Connecticut Multispecialty Group (CMG) has selected the TouchWorks(TM) Electronic Health Record (EHR) to automate and connect their 60 physicians.

“The electronic health record will give our physicians the information and access they need to continue to deliver the best possible care at even a higher level,” said Robert J. Ferrini, Sr., Chief Executive Officer of Connecticut Multispecialty Group. “Our mission statement is to provide compassionate medical care of the finest quality with unfailing attention to efficient and comprehensive treatment to all patients. The EHR will continue to improve upon the high quality and safety of care our patients already receive. Electronic records are quickly becoming the norm in ambulatory healthcare because they offer so many obvious benefits for patients and physicians alike.”

The TouchWorks Electronic Health Record is designed from the physicians perspective, simplifying the art and science of caring for patients. The Allscripts solution automates and speeds common clinical activities such as prescribing medications, ordering lab tests, viewing test results, making referrals electronically and documenting patient visits. The system will enable CMG’s clinicians in 19 locations throughout the Hartford area to instantly access and share patient records and other clinical information when and where they need it – anywhere at anytime.

“Currently, when physicians, both within and outside our group, send a patient for testing, they do not always receive a confirmation that the patient actually went for the test until the physician receives the results,” said Mr. Ferrini, who hopes to convince other regional physician groups, as well as pharmacies and laboratories to share pertinent patient information using the electronic health record. “With Allscripts, the physician receives an automated reminder to follow up with the patient and real-time test results right on the clinical desktop.”

CMG’s physicians selected Allscripts after nearly three years of evaluating the leading electronic health record vendors. “It became clear that Allscripts was ahead of the curve in product development, in their vision for the future, and in their expertise at rapid implementation,” said Mr. Ferrini. “We feel they have demonstrated success over a longer period of time than any other vendor in the market, which bodes well for our future partnership and for our patients who reside in the Hartford area.”

CMG will integrate TouchWorks with the IDX(R) Groupcast(TM) revenue cycle management system from IDX. Allscripts and IDX, now a part of GE Healthcare, share a strategic relationship that enables users to access all financial and clinical information via a single front-end, with efficiencies that deliver measurable financial returns.

“We are excited that Connecticut Multispecialty Group has chosen to partner with Allscripts to enhance the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective care,” said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. “The challenge in healthcare is to provide access to the right information at the right time – at the point-of-care, during the decision-making process. TouchWorks delivers instant access to patient information, something you just can’t do with a paper chart across multiple locations.”

About Connecticut Multispecialty Group

Connecticut Multispecialty Group (CMG) is one of Hartford’s largest multi-specialty groups, currently with more than 60 physicians serving approximately 250,000 patients. Headquartered in suburban Rocky Hill, CMG provides 10 medical specialties in 19 locations throughout the Hartford area, including both Hartford and Johnson Memorial Hospitals.

The New 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 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 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K, available through the Web site maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.

CONTACT: Allscripts
Dan Michelson, 312-506-1217
dan.michelson@allscripts.com
or
Connecticut Multispecialty Group
Marsha Siuda, 860-250-2326
msiuda@harthosp.org

SOURCE: Allscripts

Source: Allscripts