Indiana Heart Associates Selects Allscripts for Electronic Health Record; Allscripts Also Announces Strategic Alliance with MedAxiom

Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced today that Indiana Heart Associates will deploy the TouchWorks(TM) Electronic Health Record to automate everyday clinical tasks, and enhanc

CHICAGO & INDIANAPOLIS (August 24, 2006) –

Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced today that Indiana Heart Associates will deploy the TouchWorks(TM) Electronic Health Record to automate everyday clinical tasks, and enhance the quality and efficiency of patient care. Allscripts also announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with MedAxiom, an association of more than 220 cardiology groups that aggregates and reports on key clinical and financial data to benchmark and improve performance.

Indiana Heart Associates (IHA) is one of the largest cardiology groups in Indiana and is closely affiliated with the prestigious Indiana Heart Hospital. The physician group will use the Electronic Health Record from Allscripts to connect and automate its 23 cardiologists and six nurse practitioners across nine locations in the Indianapolis area.

“At IHA, we believe in the one-on-one patient approach to cardiac care, with a close, personal, physician-patient relationship that depends on knowing your patients well,” said Tony Javorka, Chief Executive Officer of Indiana Heart Associates. “The Electronic Health Record from Allscripts will help us continue to live up to that promise by ensuring that all of our providers have the right information at their fingertips when and where they need it most – at the point of care.”

Indiana Heart Associates is a member of MedAxiom and will find the sharing of information easier and more efficient with its new Electronic Health Record. Under the terms of the recently signed MedAxiom agreement, Allscripts will market its TouchWorks and HealthMatics(R) Electronic Health Record solutions http://www.allscripts.com/prdHealthMatics.aspx to MedAxiom’s 4,500 physician members in more than 220 cardiology practices nationwide, gain access to benchmarking data, and participate in the MedAxiom Group Purchasing Organization, providing preferred pricing to MedAxiom members.

“Allscripts has a strong track record with cardiology groups,” said Jennifer J. Linville, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MedAxiom. “Connecting an industry leader like Allscripts with our members is a critical element of advancing the use of Electronic Health Records in clinical practice and providing better information to our members.”

Indiana Heart Associates selected TouchWorks http://www.allscripts.com/prdTWEMR.aspx for its deep functionality, including the ability to more aggressively track and manage chronic heart disease with powerful analytical tools that measure key performance indicators, manage pay-for-performance initiatives and provide patient population management. TouchWorks will give IHA’s physicians instant access to clinical information across the physician network with alerts to indicate when key disease management indicators fall out of range, plus tools to review the details of clinical measures such as care planning statistics, health maintenance and provider productivity.

Indiana Heart Associates will integrate TouchWorks with its Centricity(R) Physician Office Practice Management System (formerly Millbrook Practice Manager) from GE. The interface directly links the clinical and financial information systems to provide seamless practice operations.

“We are excited to partner with IHA as they seek to enhance the quality and efficiency of their practice,” said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. “By partnering with MedAxiom, we hope to make a direct contribution to additional practices in the MedAxiom network to improve cardiovascular care and chronic disease management through better accumulation and use of information.”

About Indiana Heart Associates, PC

Indiana Heart Associates (IHA) has served the Indianapolis and surrounding areas for more than 10 years. The group’s 23 cardiologists are board certified or board eligible with subspecialty expertise, and practice the one-on-one patient approach to cardiac care, providing patients a close, personal physician-patient relationship. Services at IHA include testing centers and pacemaker/defibrillator clinics on site at three offices that provide nuclear, stress echo, echo, tilt table, holter monitoring, blood pressure monitoring and event recording. Ancillary clinical services include lipid screenings, coumadin checks with follow up, and sleep studies for sleep apnea patients.

About MedAxiom

MedAxiom is a comprehensive subscription-based service provider and information resource provider exclusively for cardiology practices. MedAxiom’s services are anchored by cardiology-specific comparative statistical analysis and benchmark reporting on such business-critical topics as group-purchasing programs, business-improvement solutions and networking. MedAxiom’s solutions include workflow/process redesign, strategic planning, independent-practice consulting and impact groups. In addition, MedAxiom also manages a knowledge-base portal, MedXpert, specifically developed for sharing information, knowledge and experiences across its network of cardiology practice members, industry and corporate partners. Founded in 1994, MedAxiom is comprised of cardiology practice specialists and subject matter experts focused on improving patient care and accelerating the evolutionary process of the healthcare industry. MedAxiom supports over 220 cardiology practices across the U.S. For more information, visit MedAxiom on the Web at www.medaxiom.com.

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.

CONTACT: Allscripts
Dan Michelson, 312-506-1217
dan.michelson@allscripts.com
or
Indiana Heart Assoc.
Tony Javorka, 317-621-8600
tjavorka@ecommunity.com
or
MedAxiom
Jim Gann, 904-236-3464
jgann@medaxiom.com

SOURCE: Allscripts

Source: Allscripts