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Bridgewater Goddard Park Medical Associates Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record.


CHICAGO & BROCKTON, Mass. -- Largest Medical Group in Massachusetts e-Health Collaborative Will Use 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 Enhance Care, Connect to Community Providers

Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, today announced that Bridgewater Goddard Park Medical Associates has selected the TouchWorks(TM) Electronic Health Record (EHR) to automate their 70 physicians across four locations and connect them to the wider healthcare community.

Bridgewater Goddard Park is one of the largest independent physician-owned multi-specialty and multi-site group practices south of Boston and is affiliated with the renowned Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Both an international and regional referral center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, Massachusetts is a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. It was formed out of the 1996 merger of Beth Israel Hospital (founded in 1916) and . The group's implementation of the Web-based Allscripts Electronic Health Record comes of their involvement in the Massachusetts e-Health Collaborative (MAeHC) - a three-year pilot program funded by a $50 million financial commitment from Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross.  of Massachusetts to demonstrate the ability of information systems to improve the safety, cost effectiveness, and quality of healthcare in Massachusetts. Bridgewater Goddard Park is the largest physician group in the state to receive funding from MAeHC.

"As a part of the MAeHC pilot, we reviewed many of the leading Electronic Health Record vendors and determined Allscripts was clearly the safe choice because they have successfully implemented TouchWorks in many medical groups of our size across the country," said Deb Wilson, Chief Executive Officer of Bridgewater Goddard Park. "Allscripts is the perfect choice for the Massachusetts e-Health Collaborative, because the solution is highly interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. , enabling our providers to take part in the community initiative to electronically connect Bridgewater Goddard Park with other area healthcare facilities."

The MAeHC pilot program requires showcase sites to collaborate with other regional healthcare organizations in deploying interoperable clinical information systems. Bridgewater Goddard Park will use the Allscripts Electronic Health Record to share access to patient medical records electronically with the other members of the Brockton-area demonstration group, including Brockton Hospital, Caritas Good Samaritan Good Samaritan

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"The partnership between Bridgewater Goddard Park and Allscripts provides a pathway for medical groups across Massachusetts to adopt an Electronic Health Record and improve their quality of care and efficiency," said Micky Tripathi, Chief Executive Officer of MAeHC.

Bridgewater Goddard Park will integrate TouchWorks with their Centricity Business (formerly IDX (IDX Systems Corporation, South Burlington, VT, www.idx.com) One of the largest health care information systems companies in the country, acquired in 2006 by GE Healthcare (www.gehealthcare.com), a unit of the General Electric Company. (R) Flowcast(TM)) revenue cycle management system. Allscripts and IDX, now a part of GE Healthcare GE Healthcare is a $18 billion (USD) unit of General Electric (GE). It employs more than 46,000 people worldwide and is headquartered in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. GE Healthcare is the first GE business segment headquartered outside the United States. , share a strategic relationship that directly links clinical and financial information systems to support process redesign re·de·sign  
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 Bridgewater Goddard Park for participating in the Massachusetts e-Health Collaborative and for their commitment to leveraging information technology to improve care for the state's residents," said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. "The connectivity and interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other.  of the Electronic Health Record are critical to enhancing safety, lowering costs, and raising the bar on quality for Bridgewater Goddard Park's patients and, ultimately, for patients throughout Massachusetts."

About Bridgewater Goddard Medical Park Associates

Bridgewater Goddard Medical Park Associates (BGPMA) is a physician owned, multi-specialty and multi-site group practice. For more than forty-five years, BGPMA has remained dedicated to the health and well being of its patients, offering primary and specialty care to patients of all ages. As one of the largest physician group practices south of Boston, BGPMA takes pride in providing quality, comprehensive healthcare for the entire family.

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 ful·fill also ful·fil  
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 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 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

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, available through the Web site maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.
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