Allscripts Included in New NASDAQ Global Select Market.CHICAGO -- 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, announced today that it is included in the new NASDAQ Global Select Market. The NASDAQ listing tier has the highest initial listing standards of any exchange in the world, with measures including market value, liquidity and earnings. The change took effect July 5. Previously, Allscripts had been listed on the NASDAQ National Market. In conjunction with the creation of the new Global Select Market tier, NASDAQ will rename Re`name´ v. t. 1. To give a new name to. Verb 1. rename - assign a new name to; "Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990" the NASDAQ National Market to NASDAQ Global Market. The stock exchange also plans to launch indices based on these new tiers early this month. The NASDAQ Capital Market Originally called the NASDAQ Small Cap Market, NASDAQ announced a name change to the NASDAQ Capital Market on September 27, 2005. [1] The NASDAQ Capital Market exists for securities of smaller, less-capitalized companies (small caps) that do not qualify for will remain as is. "Qualifying for NASDAQ's Global Select Market is a significant achievement for our company," said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. "This classification underscores our ongoing commitment to the highest financial and corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. standards, and our focus on delivering value to our shareholders and customers." Allscripts solutions connect and inform more than 20,000 physicians in over 4,000 ambulatory Movable; revocable; subject to change; capable of alteration. An ambulatory court was the former name of the Court of King's Bench in England. It would convene wherever the king who presided over it could be found, moving its location as the king moved. and acute-care settings across the nation. By automating and streamlining everyday clinical tasks, from ordering prescriptions to billing for services, Allscripts solutions improve the efficiency and quality of care. Connecting physicians to patients and all other stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. , Allscripts transforms healthcare, delivering just right, just-in-time information(TM) where it's needed most - at the point of care. NASDAQ announced the new three-tier listing classification in February 2006. All three market tiers will maintain rigorous listing and corporate governance standards. For additional information about the NASDAQ Global Select Market, please go to: www.nasdaq.com/GlobalSelect. 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, e-prescribing e-prescribing Therapeutics The use of handheld electronic products to communicate with pharmacies and provide prescribing information , document imaging, emergency department 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 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 through its Medication Services Group. To learn more, visit Allscripts on the Web at www.allscripts.com. About NASDAQ NASDAQ is the largest U.S. electronic stock market. With approximately 3,200 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market. It is home to companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , transportation, media and biotechnology. NASDAQ is the primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks. For more information about NASDAQ, visit www.nasdaq.com or the NASDAQ Newsroom at http://www.nasdaq.com/newsroom/. 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 2005 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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