Novant Health Selects Allscripts Practice Management System for 800 Physicians
Agreement with Two-State Health System Creates Seamless Connection to Allscripts Electronic Health Record
CHICAGO and WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., (August 07, 2007) –
Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, today announced that Novant Health has selected the company’s practice management solution to automate billing, scheduling and other back- office functions for their 794-member physician medical group across 232 locations in North Carolina and South Carolina. The agreement follows Novant’s implementation of the Allscripts Electronic Health Record, providing one fully integrated information solution for the organization’s physicians.
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Novant Health serves 3.4 million residents in 34 counties and is comprised of the Novant Medical Group and eight hospitals: Presbyterian Hospital, Presbyterian Orthopaedic Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital Matthews and Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville in the Charlotte region; Forsyth Medical Center and Medical Park Hospital in Winston-Salem; Thomasville Medical Center in Thomasville; and Brunswick Community Hospital in Supply, NC.
“Novant Health is committed to providing quality patient care in the most effective and efficient manner possible, and the Allscripts practice management solution makes it easier for us to deliver on that promise,” said Rich McKnight, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Novant Health. “This agreement completes our vision of an integrated electronic health record and practice management system, and is a direct result of our successful partnership with Allscripts.”
The Allscripts practice management solution combines sophisticated scheduling and revenue cycle management tools to help physician practices become more productive while improving service to patients. Important features include advanced billing and reconciliation, referral and eligibility indicators, and automated patient appointment reminders.
A.J. Patefield, MD, Executive Vice President of Novant Medical Group and physician sponsor of the Electronic Health Record, said the Allscripts practice management solution not only improves integration between clinical and financial operations but solves problems that the previous practice management system could not. For example, the Allscripts practice management enables Novant to automate “split billing” for services provided to the same patient in both the clinic and hospital.
“It’s in our best interest to have a single, integrated workflow between the clinical and administrative sides of our medical group and clinics, and we chose Allscripts based on the strength of our relationship and our confidence in the practice management product,” said Dr. Patefield.
“Novant Health’s decision to add Allscripts practice management reflects well on the product’s functionality but is also the result of the strong relationship we’ve built in our deployment of the Electronic Health Record,” said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts.
About Novant Health
Novant Health is a not-for-profit integrated group of hospitals and physician clinics, ranked as one of our nation’s 10 best healthcare systems — caring for patients and communities in North and South Carolina. In addition to eight hospitals and a 794-physician medical group, Novant includes two nursing home and senior residential facilities, outpatient surgery and diagnostic centers, rehabilitation programs and community health outreach programs.
About Allscripts
Allscripts is the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare. The Company’s business units provide unique solutions that inform, connect and transform healthcare. Allscripts award-winning software applications include Electronic Health Records, practice management, e-prescribing, document imaging, emergency department, and care management solutions, all offered through the Company’s Clinical Solutions units. Additionally, Allscripts provides clinical product education and connectivity solutions for physicians and patients through its Physicians Interactive(TM) unit, and medication fulfillment services through its Medication Services unit. 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 2006 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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Dan Michelson, Chief Marketing Officer, +1-312-506-1217,
dan.michelson@allscripts.com, or Todd Stein, Senior Manager/Public Relations,
+1-312-506-1216, todd.stein@allscripts.com, both of Allscripts; Marcia Meredith,
Media Relations Manager of Novant Health, +1-704-617-2631,
mlmeredith@novanthealth.org
http://www.allscripts.com
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