Brown & Toland Medical Group Migrates to IDX Flowcast and AHS Touchworks Next-Generation Technology.Business Editors BURLINGTON, Vt. & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2004 Multi-specialty organization selects industry-leading business performance solutions from 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. and Allscripts Healthcare Solutions IDX Systems IDX Systems Corporation (IDX) was a healthcare software technology company that formerly had headquarters in South Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1969 by Robert Hoehl, Richard Tarrant, and Paul Egerman. Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : IDXC) today announced that Brown & Toland Medical Group (Brown & Toland), of San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , will migrate to Flowcast 3.0 to fully leverage IDX's next-generation, revenue cycle management solution and strengthen the financial and administrative support provided to its physicians. Brown & Toland's implementation includes the TouchWorks(TM) EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. (electronic medical record) from IDX strategic alliance partner Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NASDAQ: MDRX), which serves as the exclusive provider of ambulatory, point-of-care clinical applications for IDX's Flowcast business performance solution for large physician organizations. IDX Flowcast will enable improved financial operations and enhanced patient satisfaction, while the AHS AHS Assistant House Surgeon. TouchWorks EMR solution will help physicians automate clinical processes. An IDX customer since 1989, Brown & Toland provides administrative support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for more than 1,500 physicians. The Medical Group is one of the most comprehensive, multi-specialty groups in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern , serving more than 200,000 members in the San Francisco Bay area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay . "It is important that we provide our physicians with the technology to simplify work processes, improve billing functions, create more efficiencies and reduce the difficulty of running a physician practice," said Gloria Austin, Brown & Toland's Chief Executive Officer. "The solutions provided by IDX and Allscripts Healthcare perfectly align with our goals to provide practice management services to our physicians and to reduce healthcare costs for our patients." The IDX and AHS implementation includes coordinated project development and service to deliver a complete, integrated solution for practice management and clinical automation. "This agreement with Brown & Toland re-emphasizes the value of our strategic relationship with IDX," said Glenn Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions. "The combined strength of the industry's leading practice management system provider and the industry's leading ambulatory EMR provider offers an unmatched solution for our healthcare clients." Brown & Toland physicians include approximately 315 primary care physicians and 1,200 specialists, who are board certified board certified, adj the status of a dental specialist such as an orthodontist who has become a board diplomate by successfully completing the certification program of the recognized certification board in that area of practice. in 43 different specialties. The physicians practice at some of the most prestigious medical facilities in the nation, including UCSF Medical Center The UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus Heights and Mount Zion in San Francisco, California are the major research and medical teaching hospitals of the University of California, San Francisco. It has been ranked as the 7th-best overall medical center in the United States by U.S. , UCSF/Mount Zion Medical Center, California Pacific Medical Center California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) is one of the largest private, not-for-profit, academic medical centers in Northern California. The Medical Center is a combination of three of San Francisco's oldest medical institutions: Pacific Presbyterian Hospital, Children's Hospital , and St. Mary's Hospital. "This implementation of Flowcast and Touchworks shows how IDX is leading the industry by allowing customers to integrate clinical, administrative and financial systems using the most advanced technical tools," said Thomas W. Butts, President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of IDX. About IDX Founded in 1969, IDX Systems Corporation provides information technology solutions to maximize value in the delivery of healthcare, improve the quality of patient service, enhance medical outcomes, and reduce the costs of care. IDX supports these objectives with a broad range of complementary and functionally rich products installed at 3,300 customer sites. Customers include 138,000 physicians who utilize practice management systems to improve patient care and other workflow processes. IDX Systems are installed at approximately: 380 Integrated delivery networks (IDNs) representing more than 500 hospitals 175 large group practices with more than 200 physicians 665 mid-size group practices with less than 200 physicians The IDX web strategy includes browser technology, e-commerce and web-based tools - built using Internet architecture - that facilitates access for patients, physicians and care providers to vital health information and data managed by the IDX clinical, administrative, financial, and managed care products. IDX has approximately 2,100 full-time employees. IDX and Flowcast are trademarks or registered trademarks of IDX Investment Corporation. This press release contains 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 IDX Systems Corporation that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are uncertainties or difficulties in developing new services and systems, including Flowcast, difficulties in implementing systems, possible deferral deferral - Waiting for quiet on the Ethernet. , delay or cancellation by customers of computer system or service purchase decisions, possible delay of system installations and service implementations, development by competitors of new or superior technologies, changing economic, political and regulatory influences on the healthcare industry, possible disruptions in the national economy caused by terrorist activities and foreign conflicts, changes in product pricing policies, governmental regulation of IDX's software and operations, the possibility of product-related liabilities, and factors detailed from time to time in IDX's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which important factors are incorporated herein by reference. IDX undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events, or changes in future operating results, financial condition or business over time. About Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (AHS) is the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions for physicians. The Company's TouchWorks(TM) software is a modular Electronic Medical Record (EMR) that enhances physician productivity by automating the most common physician activities including prescribing, dictating, capturing charges, ordering labs and viewing results, providing patient education, and documenting clinical encounters. TouchWorks is available on the latest Tablet PCs, wireless handheld devices, desktop workstations and over the Internet. AHS also offers electronic document imaging and scanning solutions through its Advanced Imaging Concepts subsidiary. Additionally, AHS provides healthcare product education and market research programs for physicians through its Physicians Interactive(TM) unit and medication fulfillment services through its Allscripts Direct(TM) unit. Visit AHS on the Web at www.allscripts.com. Strategic partners include IDX Systems (Nasdaq: IDXC); IMS Health IMS Health (NYSE: RX) is an international consulting and data services company that supplies the pharmaceutical industry with sales data and consulting services. IMS Health was founded in 1954 by Bill Frohlich and David Dubow. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : RX); Microsoft; Hewlett-Packard Company; and Medco Health. 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 2003 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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