250-Physician WellSpan Medical Group Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record; Web-Based Solution to Improve Safety, Quality and Efficiency at 50 Sites Across Pennsylvania and Maryland.

YORK, Pa. & CHICAGO -- Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, today announced that WellSpan Medical Group (WMG) has chosen the TouchWorks(TM) Electronic Health Record from Allscripts to provide point-of-care clinical automation for the group's nearly 250 providers.

The Allscripts solution will enable WMG's physician practices to improve patient safety, cut costs and boost efficiency by automating many clinical tasks and improving connectivity between far-flung offices and clinics. Physicians, nurses and other providers using the web-based Electronic Health Record will be able to instantly retrieve patient medical records when and where they are needed - at any of the organizations 50 clinics, at the hospital, or on-call at home - without relying on expensive, error-prone paper charts.

"WellSpan physicians are focused on delivering higher patient safety and higher quality care and we know Allscripts will satisfy this desire," said Tom McGann, MD, Executive Director of WMG and Senior Vice President of Practice Management for WellSpan Health, the group's parent organization. "Our physicians feel that they're drowning in paperwork. The Allscripts Electronic Health Record will transform our old paper-based processes into electronic format in an organized, easy-to-use product, and our physicians are very excited about that."

William "Buddy" Gillespie, WMG's Vice President and Chief Information Officer said physicians on the group's electronic health record selection committee were impressed by Allscripts' top KLAS ranking and by its easy-to-deploy, physician-centric technology.

"When our physicians saw the Allscripts product in practice they said 'this can really work,'" said Gillespie. "It's intuitive, it's designed for the care process that they adhere to within their practices, it's easy to use and we heard from physicians, who are already using it, that the implementation rate is very rapid, and that physicians quickly adapt to it and accept the technology. Additionally, it is web-based, simplifying the deployment across our multiple locations in Pennsylvania and Maryland."

WMG is part of WellSpan Health, an integrated health system serving some 650,000 patients in central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland through more than 65 patient care sites, six regional pharmacies and hospitals in York and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. In addition to its more than 50 physician practices, WMG includes the Physician Billing Service, with information technology and educational support to the practice sites.

WellSpan Medical Group will integrate TouchWorks with its existing IDX(R) Flowcast(R) revenue cycle management solution from IDX Systems Corporation. Allscripts and IDX share a strategic relationship that directly links clinical and financial information to support operational improvements at WMG.

"We are excited that WellSpan Medical Group has chosen to partner with Allscripts to enhance the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective care to its communities," said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. "The question in healthcare is not whether the information exists, but rather providing access to the right information at the right time, which is at the point-of-care. TouchWorks delivers instant access to patient information, something that isn't possible with a paper chart across multiple locations."

About WellSpan Medical Group

WellSpan Medical Group (WMG) provides medical services through more than 30 primary and approximately 20 specialty care offices in York and Adams counties and northern Maryland. These practices and providers can offer services at both York and Gettysburg Hospitals. WMG staff strives to deliver the quality personal care that patients expect, efficiently and cost-effectively. In addition to the practices, WMG includes the Physician Billing Service, with information technology and educational support to the practice sites.

About Allscripts

Allscripts is the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare. The Company provides unique solutions that inform, connect and transform healthcare. The Clinical Solutions Group's award-winning clinical software applications include Electronic Health Record, e-prescribing and document imaging solutions. Allscripts' Physicians Interactive Group provides clinical product education and connectivity solutions for physicians and patients. The Company's Medication Services Group provides medication fulfillment services. To learn more, visit Allscripts on the Web at www.allscripts.com.

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