OCHIN/O-HITEC, Oregon's Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center, to Provide Allscripts Electronic Health Record and Practice Management to Oregon Physicians

PORTLAND, Ore. and CHICAGO, Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- OCHIN, one of the nation's most innovative non-profit providers of health information technology (HIT) and services to community based clinics (CHC) serving the medically underserved, will reach out to private providers through a partnership with Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of technologies essential to creating a connected community of health.

Today, OCHIN announced that it would immediately begin reselling the Allscripts Electronic Health Record and Practice Management solution to Oregon physicians. In 2010, the federal government named OCHIN to develop Oregon's Health Information Technology Extension Center (O-HITEC). O-HITEC is responsible for helping more than 3,000 Oregon primary care providers install certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems and meaningfully use them to improve the quality and reduce the cost of patient services.

Abigail Sears, OCHIN's Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Our partnership with Allscripts will enable us to expand our reach and provide even greater support to primary care providers in small practices serving Medicare and Medicaid patients in our targeted markets." OCHIN will continue to support its collaborative network of community clinics that started in Oregon over a decade ago and today is in seven states. "Continuing our commitment to serve the underserved, we will help small independent physician practices avoid the headaches of on-premise software by implementing the Allscripts solution, hosting it over the Internet, and providing excellent first-level support," said Sears.  

The OCHIN/O-HITEC and Allscripts partnership will begin with St. Charles Health System, a private not-for-profit corporation that operates four hospitals with an active medical staff of 350 physicians. Recently, St. Charles selected Allscripts to provide its Electronic Health Record and Practice Management solution for the health system's employed and affiliated physicians. St. Charles will receive O-HITEC's high-level support to effectively meet the federal Meaningful Use standards.

Making an Electronic Health Record available to the Central Oregon physician community represents an important first step in the St. Charles' plan to build an integrated health model across the communities it serves. The EHR data will eventually be pulled into a health information exchange, which will allow the health system's hospitals and physicians to securely exchange health information, including test results and other clinical information. Importantly, it will also allow for the aggregation and analysis of data, which will be a boon to clinical research and the practice of evidence-based medicine.

"This represents significant progress toward the creation of an integrated delivery system, and ultimately, toward helping achieve our goals of improving the patient experience, reducing per capita cost and improving the overall health of the population," said William Winnenberg, St. Charles' Chief Information Officer. "This is great news for physicians and patients."

In addition to OCHIN/O-HITEC's support, independent physicians with referring privileges to St. Charles facilities will have a portion of the cost of the Allscripts solution underwritten by the health system.

"Through this partnership, OCHIN is reducing the complexity around choosing an Electronic Health Record for Oregon physicians, while also simplifying the process of implementing and operating solutions provided by Allscripts," said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. "We look forward to working closely with OCHIN and St. Charles Health System to help Oregon's physicians improve both quality and safety in their delivery while at the same time eliminating waste and better managing costs."

The Allscripts Electronic Health Record and Practice Management solution is an easy-to-deploy, physician-centric solution. The Electronic Health Record provides caregivers instant and secure access to the complete patient record anytime and anywhere, while automating everyday clinical tasks and connecting physicians to pharmacies, laboratories and other healthcare stakeholders. The integrated Practice Management solution improves the productivity of administrative staff, simplifies patient record keeping, streamlines billing and improves cash flow, with the industry's most user-friendly interface and extensible design.

About St. Charles Health System

St. Charles Health System, Inc., headquartered in Bend, Oregon, owns and operates the St. Charles medical centers in Bend and Redmond, leases and operates Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Prineville and provides management services for Mountain View Hospital in Madras. SCHS is a private, not-for-profit Oregon corporation and is the largest employer in Central Oregon with more than 3,000 caregivers in Bend, Redmond and Prineville. In addition, there are more than 350 active medical staff members and nearly 200 visiting medical staff members who partner with SCHS to provide a wide range of care and service to our communities.

About OCHIN/O-HITEC

OCHIN is a national non-profit collaborative headquartered in Portland, Oregon that provides integrated HIT software products and services to community health clinics, mental health services and small practices serving the medically underserved. Oregon's Health Information Technology Extension Center (O-HITEC) is a division of OCHIN that provides education, outreach, and assistance to facilitate successful implementation, and meaningful use of certified electronic health records. OCHIN/O-HITEC strives to transform healthcare, improve quality and deliver value through effective use of information technology. For more information please visit www.ochin.org and www.o-hitec.org.

About Allscripts

Allscripts provides innovative solutions that empower all stakeholders across the healthcare continuum to deliver world-class outcomes. The company's clinical, financial, connectivity and information solutions for hospitals, physicians and post-acute organizations are the essential technologies that enable a connected community of health. To learn more about Allscripts, please visit www.allscripts.com, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements regarding future events or developments, our future performance, as well as management's expectations, beliefs, intentions, plans, estimates or projections relating to the future are forward-looking statements with the meaning of these laws. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, some of which are outlined below. As a result, no assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what impact they will have on our results of operations or financial condition.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among other things: the possibility that the expected synergies, efficiencies and cost savings of the merger with Eclipsys Corporation ("Eclipsys") will not be realized, or will not be realized within the expected time period; potential difficulties or delays in achieving platform and product integration and the connection and movement of data among hospitals, physicians, patients and others; the risk that the Allscripts and Eclipsys businesses will not be integrated successfully; competition within the industries in which we operate; failure to achieve certification under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act could result in increased development costs, a breach of some customer obligations and could put us at a competitive disadvantage in the marketplace; the volume and timing of systems sales and installations, the length of sales cycles and the installation process and the possibility that our products will not achieve or sustain market acceptance; the timing, cost and success or failure of new product and service introductions, development and product upgrade releases; competitive pressures including product offerings, pricing and promotional activities; our ability to establish and maintain strategic relationships; undetected errors or similar problems in our software products; the outcome of any legal proceeding that has been or may be instituted against us; compliance with existing laws, regulations and industry initiatives and future changes in laws or regulations in the healthcare industry, including possible regulation of our software by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; the possibility of product-related liabilities; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; the implementation and speed of acceptance of the electronic record provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; maintaining our intellectual property rights and litigation involving intellectual property rights; risks related to third-party suppliers and our ability to obtain, use or successfully integrate third-party licensed technology; and breach of ours security by third parties. See our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010 and other public filings with the SEC for a further discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties applicable to our business. The statements herein speak only as of their date and we undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future events or changes in expectations.

SOURCE Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.; OCHIN

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