North Medical Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record and Practice Management for 65 Providers

New York Physician Group to Automate Clinical, Financial Operations

CHICAGO and SYRACUSE, N.Y. (October 26, 2006) –

Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced today that North Medical, P.C. will deploy TouchWorks(TM) Electronic Health Record and Practice Management to automate and connect clinical and administrative processes for 65 providers. The contract marks the largest sale of the integrated Allscripts solution.

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“TouchWorks improves the information available to our physicians, leading to better care, and solves many of the problems associated with paper records,” said Susan Merola-McConn, M.D., Executive Vice President of North Medical, PC, which serves more than 300,000 patients each year. “To practice high quality, accessible healthcare, we wanted a complete system that would integrate the front end and back end of our practice, and Allscripts is the one.”

North Medical will implement the full TouchWorks Electronic Health Record ( http://www.allscripts.com/prdTWEMR.aspx ), including the web-based solution’s personal health record, disease management and clinical trials capabilities. TouchWorks provides patient-physician connectivity enabling patients to securely access their own online personal health record, schedule appointments, request prescription refills, and conduct secure, online consultations with their physician. TouchWorks also enables North Medical to quickly and accurately locate subjects for clinical trials, and interface its database of patient records with the world’s most widely used clinical trial management software.

The TouchWorks Electronic Health Record and Practice Management solution is built on a single intelligent platform with Microsoft SQL Server technology to meet the clinical and administrative needs of medical groups across the country. The Practice Management system ( http://www.allscripts.com/prdTWEMR.aspx ) combines sophisticated scheduling and financial management tools in a single package and incorporates advanced features such as rule-based appointment scheduling, multi-resource and recurring appointment features, referral and eligibility indicators, and appointment and claims management.

North Medical selected Allscripts for the company’s stability, its strong reputation among multi-specialty groups, and its ability to deliver reliable, interoperable, high-performance clinical and financial solutions.

“At the pace we’re growing, we needed a company that could keep up with us, and Allscripts has proven that it can keep pace with anyone,” said Steve Spector, Director of Information Technology and Ancillary Services at North Medical. “We also wanted to work with a company that deals with larger, more complex multi-specialty groups in a user friendly way, and that can meet the information needs of every medical specialty. And, again, Allscripts fit the bill.”

Allscripts Chief Executive Officer Glen Tullman commented, “High quality physician leadership, paired with strong executive and technology support, are the keys to success in deploying an Electronic Health Record. It is very clear that North Medical has the right people and a clear vision of enhancing patient care and bottom line performance.”

About North Medical, P.C.

North Medical P.C. is the anchor physician practice for both North and Northeast medical Centers, offering a broad spectrum of multi-specialty services to over 300,000 patients per year. The practice includes over 60 physicians, delivering highly specialized health care including Family Practice, Urgent Care, Orthopedics and Ob/Gyn. Established in 1964 by Dr. John Merola, the practice operates in two locations serving patients throughout central New York.

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 information system (EDIS), 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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