Press Release - August 7, 2007 - PRNewswire-FirstCall
Ochsner Health Care System to Deploy Allscripts Electronic Health Record and Practice Management Solution
Allscripts interoperability enables linkage with legacy EMR used by 600 New Orleans physicians
CHICAGO and NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allscripts
(Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software and information
solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced today that
Ochsner Health System has selected Allscripts as their provider of an
Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management (PM) solutions to
help automate and connect clinical and administrative processes for their
600 physicians.
The Allscripts solutions provide new functionality that will enhance
the performance of Ochsner's existing Electronic Medical Record, which will
remain deployed systemwide. Ochsner Health System is one of the largest
healthcare systems in the Gulf Coast region with more than 600 physicians
in 80 medical specialties and subspecialties, and seven hospitals including
473-bed Ochsner Medical Center. Ochsner was ranked one of the nation's best
hospitals by U.S. News and World Report in July 2007.
"We believe Allscripts will greatly improve our ability to capture
patient information electronically, in a way that interoperates with our
existing EMR platform," said Warner Thomas, President of Ochsner Health
System. "Today, for example, more than half of our physicians document
patient visits through dictation, which is expensive to transcribe into the
electronic record. Allscripts is intuitive enough that we think those
physicians will be convinced to use it for documentation, saving us the
transcription costs while bringing other benefits, such as better
compliance with clinical guidelines and best practices."
Ochsner Chief Information Officer Lynn Witherspoon, M. D., said
Allscripts was selected not only for its industry-leading Electronic Health
Record but also for its ability to interoperate with virtually any other
healthcare information technology system.
"Without the architecture that Allscripts has developed,
interoperability would be next to impossible," said Witherspoon, who is
also System Vice President at Ochsner. "This is far more than just passing
data back and forth -- it's participating in a service architecture. That
significant degree of interoperability is what allows Allscripts to offer
solutions in a heavily automated environment like Ochsner."
A central part of the Allscripts interoperability strategy is its
Universal Application Integrator(TM) (UAI(TM)), patent-pending architecture
that allows Allscripts to quickly meet client needs by enabling over 70
different third-party devices and applications to "plug-in" to the
Electronic Health Record through a standard interface. With UAI, any vendor
can quickly and easily connect their software and hardware products to
Allscripts, providing Ochsner with a virtually unlimited choice of medical
devices and specialty applications to connect to their Electronic Health
Record.
Witherspoon also noted that Allscripts has the proven ability to build
custom integrations, such as incorporating the billing and scheduling
elements of the Allscripts practice management solution into Ochsner's
existing system. And the modular architecture of the Allscripts Electronic
Health Record enables Ochsner to first deploy just the Note module, which
streamlines the documentation of patient visits with unprecedented levels
of ready-to-use clinical content, advanced health management tools, and an
intuitive, physician-friendly user interface.
"We are proud that Ochsner Health System, one of the premier healthcare
systems in the Gulf Coast region, has selected Allscripts," said Glen
Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. "This partnership between
Ochsner and Allscripts comes, in part, from our commitment to
interoperability, which we believe is the only way to build a truly
interconnected healthcare system that delivers better care at lower cost
for all Americans."
About Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Health System (http://www.ochsner.org) is a non-profit,
academic, multi-specialty, healthcare delivery system dedicated to patient
care, research and education. The system includes seven hospitals, a
sub-acute facility, and 33 health centers located throughout Southeast
Louisiana. Through its unique coordinated system, Ochsner provides
healthcare with peace of mind because they put the needs of all patients
first. Ochsner employs over 600 physicians in 80 medical specialties and
subspecialties and conducts over 700 ongoing clinical research trials
annually. Ochsner was ranked No. 1 "Best Place to Work" by New Orleans
CityBusiness Magazine in 2005 and 2006 and received the Consumer Choice for
Healthcare in New Orleans for 12 consecutive years.
About Allscripts
Allscripts is the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity
and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare. The
Company's business units provide unique solutions that inform, connect and
transform healthcare. Allscripts award-winning software applications
include Electronic Health Records, practice management, e-prescribing,
document imaging, emergency department, and care management solutions, all
offered through the Company's Clinical Solutions units. Additionally,
Allscripts provides clinical product education and connectivity solutions
for physicians and patients through its Physicians Interactive(TM) unit,
and medication fulfillment services through its Medication Services unit.
To learn more, visit Allscripts on the Web at http://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 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K, available
through the Web site maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission
at http://www.sec.gov.
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