Allscripts Selected by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina to Offer Physicians Free ePrescribing; Program Expected to Boost Safety and Accuracy, Lower Costs.

CHICAGO -- Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced today an agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC), the state's largest health insurer, to offer Allscripts TouchWorks(TM) Rx+ electronic prescribing software to up to 500 physicians throughout the state. The agreement is part of BCBSNC's statewide ePrescribe(SM) initiative, which provides funding to accelerate physician adoption of electronic prescribing.

Under the agreement, BCBSNC will provide up to 500 high-prescribing North Carolina physicians a one-year subscription to the web-based Allscripts ePrescribing software, as well as a handheld personal digital assistant (PDA) and wireless network hardware, free of charge. To encourage rapid adoption of the technology, the software will be pre-populated with each physician's patient information, and Allscripts will provide physicians with product training, implementation and education.

"We are very pleased to be working with Allscripts to offer their TouchWorks software to doctors in North Carolina as part of our ePrescribe initiative," said Ron Smith, PharmD, vice president of Corporate Pharmacy for BCBSNC. "We're confident that they'll help us increase the penetration of electronic prescribing in our state."

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, is a leader in delivering innovative health care products, services and information to more than 3.3 million members, including approximately 691,000 served on behalf of other Blue Plans.

"Electronic prescribing is a critical first step to achieving important patient safety, quality, cost and office efficiency goals for physician practices," said Allscripts Chief Executive Officer Glen Tullman. "Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina realizes that electronic prescribing is the future, as well as a first step to full automation, and requires software that provides physicians an opportunity to quickly move to a full electronic health record."

TouchWorks Rx+ helps clinicians improve patient safety by identifying harmful drug interactions; reduces pharmacy call-backs by providing more legible and formulary-compliant prescriptions; and improves patient convenience by speeding refills and transmitting prescriptions electronically to their pharmacy of choice. It is available on a wide variety of web-enabled devices including desktop computers, laptops, Tablet PCs, and as part of the complete TouchWorks(TM) Electronic Health Record (EHR). It is accessed via a secure web browser, enabling physicians to quickly prescribe, check for drug interactions, access medication histories and review drug reference information at the point of care, whether they are in the office or working remotely.

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, 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 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 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 www.sec.gov.