OSF Healthcare System Selects HealthMatics Emergency Department Information System from Allscripts

Seven-Hospital System to Enhance Safety and Automate Patient Tracking in the ER

CHICAGO and PEORIA, Ill. (May 31, 2007) –

Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, today announced that OSF Healthcare System has selected the HealthMatics(R) ED Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) to automate emergency operations and improve access to patient information for more than 200,000 annual patient visits in five of the organization’s seven hospitals and three urgent care clinics.

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OSF HealthCare is a multi-state corporation providing state-of-the-art, compassionate care to more than 2.5 million people in the communities it serves in Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin. HealthMatics ED (http://www.allscripts.com/edis) will streamline processes for the organization’s Emergency Departments, including patient tracking and triage, nurse and physician charting, reporting and disposition.

“OSF HealthCare is committed to further enhancing the quality and safety of patient care provided in our Emergency Departments, and Allscripts will help us achieve both goals,” said Robert White, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Management Information Systems at OSF HealthCare. “We believe the electronic format of the EDIS ultimately is the best way to deliver critical patient information to our clinicians in an efficient and standardized manner.”

Physicians, nurses and other Emergency Department staff appreciate HealthMatics ED’s single-screen view of all ED activity with comprehensive patient tracking, electronic records, real-time views of all lab orders and test results, and patient-specific decision support information to enhance safety. Other system features include remote chart access for community caregivers and hospital staff, so they can securely access an ED patient’s chart via the Web without logging into the HealthMatics ED solution.

OSF Healthcare System conducted a comprehensive analysis of EDIS vendors and selected HealthMatics ED for its industry-leading connectivity, comprehensive functionality, ease of customization, and proven success at the nation’s leading hospitals, where the Allscripts solution handles millions of Emergency Department visits each year.

“Our clinicians were very clear that Allscripts has the all information they need to improve the delivery of care in the ED,” said Dave Vermillion, MIS Project Manager for OSF HealthCare. “They found HealthMatics to be the easiest EDIS to use and the best fit for our existing inpatient information systems.”

OSF Healthcare System will deploy HealthMatics ED initially in OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, IL; OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center, Rockford, IL; OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, IL; OSF St. Mary Medical Center, Galesburg, IL; OSF Saint James – John W. Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac, IL; and in three OSF PromptCare clinics in Peoria and Morton, IL. Vermillion indicated that the EDIS will eventually be deployed in two additional Emergency Departments within the OSF Healthcare System.

“Physicians and caregivers inside the Emergency Department need instant access to the right information at the right time. The very definition of emergency speaks to speed, quick access, and the ability to document and share information quickly – and Allscripts delivers,” said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. “We’re proud that OSF HealthCare has chosen Allscripts to help fulfill their mission of providing comprehensive, integrated, quality health care to their millions of patients, especially when it comes to the most critical moments.”

About OSF HealthCare

OSF HealthCare, owned and operated by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Peoria, Illinois, includes OSF Healthcare System consisting of seven acute care facilities, one long-term care facility and two colleges of nursing. It also has a primary care physician network consisting of more than 200 physicians and over 50 mid-level providers, known as OSF Medical Group. OSF HealthCare owns OSF Saint Francis, Inc., comprised of healthcare-related businesses, and OSF Healthcare Foundation, the philanthropic arm of OSF Healthcare System and OSF Home Care. Additionally, OSF HealthPlans, Inc., a subsidiary of OSF Saint Francis, Inc., is a licensed managed care company in the State of Illinois with about 80,000 members.

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 www.sec.gov.

SOURCE Allscripts

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; or Jim Farrell,
Corporate Director, Marketing & Communications of OSF Healthcare System,
+1-309-655-2856, James.Farrell@osfhealthcare.org

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