Allscripts Leadership in Interoperability Showcased at HIMSS; Grant Awarded to Allscripts Client to Test Laboratory Interoperability and Connectivity Standards.SAN DIEGO -- From the floor of the 2006 HIMSS HIMSS Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Founded in 1961, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is a healthcare industry membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of medical informatics technology and management systems. ) Annual Conference and Exhibition, Allscripts (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 will be featured at the HIMSS Interoperability Showcase. Allscripts will demonstrate interoperability with other healthcare information technology applications in a setting that will be structured as a Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO RHIO Regional Health Information Organization ). Attendees at HIMSS will experience interoperability as they create and manage their own virtual health record and access it across multiple healthcare settings within the HIMSS Interoperability Showcase. Additionally, thirteen of the vendors will demonstrate how they access, create and share patient records in real-time, across the floor of the exhibit hall including Allscripts, Eclipsys, GE, McKesson, Misys, Phillips and Siemens. "Interoperability is critical to connecting patients, providers and other key stakeholders to deliver on the promise of a seamless healthcare delivery system," said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. "The Showcase enables Allscripts to demonstrate how our solution works in real-world and real-time patient care scenarios, providing instant access to a complete clinical record, incorporating clinical information from all providers across the continuum of care." This is the second consecutive year Allscripts has participated in the Interoperability Showcase at HIMSS. The 2006 Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise IHE is an initiative by healthcare professionals and industry to improve the way computer systems in healthcare share information. In 1997, a consortium of radiologists and information technology experts formed IHE, or “Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise. (IHE IHE Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise IHE Institutions of Higher Education IHE International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (historical acronym only, replaced by: IHE Delft, the Foundation) ) profiles build upon the success of the preliminary integration work that was demonstrated in past years, as well as provides new content in the form of Medical Summary documents. Medical Summaries capture the context of a healthcare encounter and include information on allergies, medications and problems. Allscripts will demonstrate how a physician can generate notes and send referrals to an outside specialist, as well as show a number of different scenarios where clinical information is moved between the public and private sector. Allscripts Client Awarded Grant to Test Laboratory Interoperability and Connectivity Standards Brown & Toland Medical Group has been awarded a grant, by The California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF CHCF California HealthCare Foundation CHCF Committee for Hispanic Children and Families CHCF California High Cost Fund CHCF Capitol Hill Community Foundation CHCF Community Health & Care Forum CHCF Complementary Healthcare Consultative Forum ), to support efforts to accelerate the delivery of patients' laboratory results via an electronic health record for healthcare providers in California. The grant is part of 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 Lab Interoperability and Connectivity Standards (ELINICS) project, which is a collaborative effort between CHCF and leading health organizations. Brown & Toland was selected through a competitive request-for-proposals process in California. Brown & Toland will test ELINCS ELINCS European List of Notified Chemical Substances ELINCS EHR-Lab Interoperability and Connectivity Specification (California HealthCare Foundation) , in a clinical setting, with the TouchWorks Electronic Health Record to demonstrate the benefits of real-time laboratory results reporting in ambulatory practices. About Brown & Toland Medical Group Brown & Toland Medical Group is a comprehensive, multi-specialty independent practice association (IPA IPA - International Phonetic Alphabet ) serving the residents of San Francisco and the Bay Area. 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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 clinical software applications include Electronic Health Record, e-prescribing and document imaging solutions. Additionally, Allscripts provides clinical product education and connectivity solutions for physicians and patients through its Physicians Interactive(TM) Group and medical fulfillment services through its Medication Services Group. To learn more, visit Allscripts on the Web at www.allscripts.com. This announcement may contain forward-looking statements about Allscripts 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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