University Physicians Associates of Louisville Selects Allscripts for Electronic Health Record
University of Louisville School of Medicine Medical Faculty Group to Implement EHR for More Than 400 Physicians and Residents
CHICAGO and LOUISVILLE, Ky. (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 University Physicians Associates (UPA), the medical faculty group for the University of Louisville School of Medicine, will implement the TouchWorks(TM) Electronic Health Record (EHR) to connect and provide clinical automation for more than 400 physicians and residents.
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The Allscripts EHR solution will enable UPA physicians to have instant access to clinical records from any of the group’s more than 40 practice locations, the hospital or remotely, and provide a seamless connection to the other administrative and clinical systems in use by UPA. Louisville’s largest multi-specialty physician group, UPA is part of UofL Health Care, the region’s leading academic, research, and teaching medical center.
“Our partnership with Allscripts improves our ability to create a premier, patient-focused, integrated physician practice,” said Belinda S. Love, the Executive Director of the University of Louisville Medical School Practice Association. “We spent two years evaluating Electronic Health Records and ultimately selected Allscripts because, unlike the majority of the systems we saw, it is physician friendly and therefore broadly utilized by physicians.”
With the Electronic Health Record, UPA physicians can automate many of their daily clinical tasks, such as prescribing medications, ordering lab tests, viewing test results, making referrals electronically and documenting clinical encounters. TouchWorks drives clinical excellence by measuring key performance indicators and providing patient population management, 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.
“Our physicians now will be able to access patient information securely, anywhere at anytime,” said Jerry Rabalais, M.D., Chairman of UPA. “And the Electronic Health Record will improve UPA’s ability to provide quality care while ensuring a state-of-the-art environment for resident and student education.”
Allscripts, as a part of its strategic relationship with IDX (now a part of GE Healthcare), will provide standardized interoperability between TouchWorks Electronic Health Record and the Centricity practice management system (formerly IDX(R) Flowcast(TM)).
“University Physicians Associates is a world-class organization and we are excited to partner with them as they continue to lead the transformation of the delivery of healthcare in the Louisville area,” said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. “UPA Physicians will also be a part of a new content development and review program underway at Allscripts.”
About University Physicians Associates
University Physicians Associates (UPA) is a 501 (c) (3) organization representing the University of Louisville teaching clinics and faculty practice groups, consisting of over 50 Specialty and Subspecialty entities including Professional Service Corporations (PSCs) and other nonprofit organizations representing over 450 physicians in the Louisville, Kentucky area.
The mission of UPA is to facilitate the coordination of the clinical practices of the School of Medicine faculty in order to provide a comprehensive and fiscally sound patient care delivery system that meets the needs of patients, third-party payers, and the academic programs through the provision of high quality, cost-effective, and patient service-oriented health care. UPA’s mission is to also further the research and teaching programs and provide a structure for the clinical departments to jointly participate in managed care and other patient care professional services contracts.
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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