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Greeley Medical Clinic Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record for 65 Providers.


CHICAGO Chicago, city, United States
Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837.
 & GREELEY Greeley, city (1990 pop. 60,536), seat of Weld co., N Colo., at the base of the Front Range of the Rocky Mts.; inc. 1885. It is a rail and trade center for a rich irrigated farm area. , Colo. -- Northern Colorado's Largest Multi-Specialty Physician Group Adopts 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  for Enhanced Patient Care and Efficiency

Allscripts Allscripts Therapeutics A handheld electronic prescribing product  (Nasdaq:MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, today announced that Greeley Medical Clinic has selected the TouchWorks(TM) Electronic Health Record to automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation.  and connect its 65 providers across seven locations.

Greeley Medical Clinic is northern Colorado's largest multi-specialty physician group, with 51 physicians and 14 mid-level providers in 14 medical specialties Medical Specialties
See also anatomy; disease and illness; drugs; health; remedies; surgery.

adenography

the science of the description of glands. — adenographic, adj.
. The physician-owned group will implement the TouchWorks Electronic Health Record http://www.allscripts.com/prdTWEMR.aspx to enable instant, secure access to patient information whenever and wherever providers need it, whether in the clinic, at the hospital or remotely.

"The Electronic Health Record is fast becoming the standard of care for large, multi-specialty groups, including many of our colleagues in northern Colorado Colorado, state, United States
Colorado (kŏlərăd`ə, –răd`ō, –rä`dō), state, W central United States, one of the Rocky Mt. states.
," said Barbara A. Yosses, Chief Executive Officer of Greeley Medical Clinic. "To be competitive, patient focused and in order to recruit the best new physicians, who all use electronic records in medical school, we believe a world class EHR is not only nice to have, but a requirement. Our partnership with Allscripts will help us accomplish each of these objectives."

The web-based TouchWorks Electronic Health Record automates many daily clinical tasks, such as prescribing medications and documenting clinical encounters, and connects physicians electronically to laboratories, insurers and all other key healthcare stakeholders Stakeholders

All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government.
. Eventually, the Clinic plans to implement TouchWorks advanced analytic an·a·lyt·ic or an·a·lyt·i·cal
adj.
1. Of or relating to analysis or analytics.

2. Expert in or using analysis, especially one who thinks in a logical manner.

3. Psychoanalytic.
 functionality, which improves management of chronic disease and empowers practices to participate in valuable Pay for Performance initiatives. TouchWorks monitors key disease management outcomes and provides tools to review the details of clinical measures such as care planning statistics, health maintenance and provider productivity.

Greeley Medical Clinic selected Allscripts after a two-year search mainly for the Company's "stellar track record of successful implementations," said Chris Rogers Chris Rogers may refer to
  • Chris Rogers (journalist), Freelance British newscaster
  • Chris Rogers (cricketer), Australian cricketer
  • Chris Rogers (professor), Tufts University Professor of mechanical engineering
, Greeley's 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.
. "We had extensive conversations with almost a dozen current Allscripts clients and visited several sites and they were very, very positive about their experience with TouchWorks," Rogers said. "Allscripts implementation experience and the resources they put behind it convinced us we can achieve early and broad physician adoption without compromising productivity."

TouchWorks will be integrated with the Clinic's existing VitalWorks practice management system from Cerner, directly linking the clinical and financial information systems to support operational efficiency. The Electronic Health Record also will enable the Clinic to open its newest facility in west Greeley without a medical chart room, saving on staff and reserving space for patient care.

"Greeley Medical Clinic's decision to implement our Electronic Health Record is another example of the Clinic's long history of innovation on behalf of northern Colorado's patients," said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. "As the Electronic Health Record becomes the standard of care for physician practices, forward-thinking practices like Greeley Medical Clinic will increasingly turn to Allscripts because our physician focus allows us to demonstrate more successful deployments with full physician utilization for practices of all sizes and specialties."

About Greeley Medical Clinic

Greeley Medical Clinic is northern Colorado's largest multi-specialty physician group, with 51 physicians and 14 mid-level providers in 14 medical specialties. Founded in 1933 by three family physicians, today the Clinic's staff of 350 serves patients in northern and eastern Colorado, western Nebraska, and southeastern Wyoming. To learn more, visit www.GreeleyMedClinic.com.

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, electronic 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  
tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils
1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises.

2.
 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

See 10-K.
, available through the Web site maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.
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