Allscripts Awarded First Place at TETHIC Conference; TouchWorks(TM) Electronic Health Record Receives First Place for Technology for the Improvement of Patient Outcomes.WASHINGTON Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. -- Allscripts Allscripts Therapeutics A handheld electronic prescribing product (Nasdaq:MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, today announced that the TouchWorks(TM) Electronic Health Record was awarded first place in the Technology for the Improvement of Patient Outcomes category, during The Emerging Technologies and Healthcare Innovations Congress (TETHIC TETHIC The Emerging Technologies and Healthcare Innovations Congress ) Conference in Washington, D.C. The TETHIC Industry Awards are designed to recognize companies for their excellence and advancement in implementing innovative clinical and health information technologies that improve patient care. The Technology for the Improvement of Patient Outcomes Award honors Allscripts for the incorporation of clinical trials automation into their Electronic Health Record to benefit both patients and medical groups. By leveraging the Allscripts Electronic Health Record, Holston Medical Group (HMG hMG menotropins (human menopausal gonadotropin). HMG abbr. human menopausal gonadotropin ) of Kingsport, Tennessee Kingsport is a city located primarily in Sullivan County, and also partially in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States. Kingsport was originally King's Port but eventually it became a one word name for the city. The population was 44,905 at the 2000 census. has developed one of the nations most successful and profitable clinical research programs run by a multi-specialty group practice. In one year, the 102-provider group used the EHR (Electronic Health Records) Computerized medical records that bring patient care into the digital age and save time, money and lives. The push to adopt comprehensive electronic documentation between doctors' offices and hospital settings intensified after the RAND to generate more than $2.5 million in revenue by enrolling patients in clinical trials focused on new medications and medical devices. As one of the nation's earliest adopters of an electronic health record, HMG has long been recognized for its innovative use of technology for disease management and wellness initiatives with major employers in their region. "We congratulate Allscripts for their ongoing commitment to innovation and for receiving this well deserved award," said Jerry Miller Jerry Miller (born July 10, 1943 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American musician, a guitarist and vocalist who was a member of the 1960s San Francisco band Moby Grape. Before joining the group, Miller and bandmate Don Stevenson were members of The Frantics, a Pacific Northwest bar , MD, Medical Director and President of Holston Medical Group. "It wouldn't be possible for a group our size to run a clinical research program without TouchWorks. Our staff can rapidly generate queries and list prospective patients, enabling us to make clinical trials available to patients in a manner that just wasn't possible before. This also benefits pharmaceutical companies as we are able to work with them to more efficiently and more cost effectively to identify prospective patients for trials." TETHIC provides healthcare executives with the industry's leading conference that addresses the impact and promise of technology and innovation on the future of healthcare. This year, more than 50 organizations submitted applications for the 2005 TETHIC Industry Awards. "Allscripts is honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. to have received first place in the Technology for the Improvement of Patient Outcomes category," said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. "While we are the recipient of this award, we share it with our more than 1,500 clients who continue to break new ground in leveraging the Electronic Health Record as a tool to transform healthcare and improve patient care." In 2003, TETHIC awarded Allscripts with the Most Innovative Information Technology for Physicians Practices Award. 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 e-prescribing Therapeutics The use of handheld electronic products to communicate with pharmacies and provide prescribing information 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 ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. services. To learn more, visit Allscripts on the Web at www.allscripts.com. This announcement may contain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. 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 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. , available through the Web site maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov. |
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