Allscripts Takes Leadership Role in the Interactive Personal Health Record Launch.

WASHINGTON -- TouchWorks is the First Electronic Health Record to Integrate with the iHealthRecord

One day after the national launch of the iHealthRecord at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare announced today it is the first Electronic Health Record (EHR) to integrate with the Interactive Health Record (iHealthRecord). This partnership provides unprecedented connectivity between physicians and patients.

The iHealthRecord is a multi-year effort led by Medem, the nation's premier physician-patient communication network, founded by leading U.S. medical societies.

"This is a very important practical interim step in the right direction," said Newt Gingrich, founder of The Center for Health Transformation. "What you have now with the iHealthRecord is in fact a partnership with physicians, at a practical level, to begin developing the habit of going to the Internet to check your own health status, to monitor your own health conditions, to have a dialogue with your physicians."

The iHealthRecord is supported by more than 45 prestigious medical societies, including the American Medical Association. Accessible via the Internet, the iHealthRecord allows patients to securely connect to their physicians and receive educational messages and reminders that pertain to the individual patient's medications and health conditions.

"Thousands of physicians across America are adopting an Electronic Health Record, and the iHealthRecord opens up the door to enhanced patient-physician communication," said C.R. Burke, President and Chief Executive Officer of St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare in Fullerton, California. "After implementing the EHR from Allscripts, SJHH physicians have been able to have instant access to their patients' medical records and connectivity to them. Now, every American will be able to have their medical information at their fingertips, wherever they may be."

Allscripts will integrate their award-winning TouchWorks(TM) Electronic Health Record with the iHealthRecord. This integration provides a standards-based personal health record and automated patient education programs that help patients follow their care plans and medication regimens. TouchWorks also allows patients to share secure online consultations with their physicians.

"The significance of advancing the national healthcare IT agenda by moving the personal health record out of the paper era, into the digital age, and under the control of the patient, cannot be overstated," said Edward Fotsch, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Medem. "Integrating a leading EHR, like TouchWorks, will bring healthcare IT to the next level, by enhancing access to information."

Allscripts will now provide an advanced platform for integrated patient-physician connectivity based on the time-tested Medem platform of services, which provides HIPAA-compliant secure email, Online Consultation software, and trusted, award-winning clinical content from America's leading medical societies.

"The combination of the TouchWorks Electronic Health Record and the iHealthRecord personal health record is of vital importance," said Gloria Austin, Chief Executive Officer at Brown and Toland Medical Group in San Francisco, California. "Each of these applications is critical, but the combination enables both providers and patients to have what they demand, which is real-time access to clinical information."

The iHealthRecord is available to anyone in the U.S. As well as from 100,000 physician practice web sites and a number of leading medical groups that will offer the enhanced integration between the TouchWorks EHR from Allscripts and the iHealthRecord. The following physicians groups will be the first healthcare organizations to deliver a secure and interoperable personal health record to their local communities:

--Advocate Medical Group in Park Ridge, Illinois 

--Affinity Health Group in Tifton, Georgia 

--Brown & Toland Medical Group in San Francisco, California

--Holston Medical Group in Bristol, Tennessee 

--Joliet Medical Group in Joliet, Illinois 

--Northeast Georgia Diagnostic Clinic in Gainesville, Georgia 

--St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare in Fullerton, California

The iHealthRecord is available at no cost to patients. Anyone who does not have access through their physician can create an iHealthRecord at www.ihealthrecord.org. According to research, 70% of patients surveyed say they want access to their medical records and they want to maintain it online.

"On May 9th, healthcare in America changed for the better because, for the first time, we provided every American with the opportunity to connect to the evolving electric healthcare system," said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. "The iHealthRecord will better inform patients about critical information, directly involve patients in their own care, connect patients and physicians and ultimately, transform healthcare. With the integration TouchWorks iHealth provides, both patients and physicians can collaborate on care, leading to higher quality and more cost-effective healthcare."

About Medem

Medem is the premier physician-patient communications network on the Internet, providing secure communications between physicians and their patients. Based in San Francisco, Medem was founded by a group of the nation's leading medical societies, including the American Medical Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. For more information about Medem or the iHealthRecord, please visit www.medem.com or www.ihealthrecord.org.

About Allscripts

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (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 (EHR), 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 medication fulfillment services through its Medication Services Group. Visit Allscripts on the Web at www.allscripts.com.

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