Allscripts User Conference Draws 2,700, Sets Attendance Record
July 30 2009 - 7:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Allscripts 'Client Experience' Focused on Education, Stimulus, and
Introduction of Products Key to Vision of Interoperable and
Connected System of Health ORLANDO, Fla., July 30
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With a full agenda of events, education
sessions, new product introductions and a wide range of networking
opportunities, Allscripts (NASDAQ:MDRX) today launched its annual
Allscripts Client Experience (ACE) user conference for physicians
and healthcare professionals nationwide. A record 2,700 attendees
registered for the conference, driven by strong interest in
Electronic Health Record stimulus funding provided by the federal
government, and by client interest in the full suite of solutions
offered by Allscripts following its October 2008 merger with Misys
Healthcare. (Logo:
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Stimulus payments authorized by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act fast approaching, the Allscripts Client Experience
provides attendees a first-hand view of innovation from Allscripts,
as well as the chance to share best practices on systems,
deployments and utilization. This includes previews of upcoming
versions of Allscripts Electronic Health Records, Practice
Management, Electronic Prescribing, Revenue Cycle Management,
Emergency Department Information, Care Management, Home Care,
Document Management, and Post-Acute solutions. Additionally,
Allscripts will feature innovations such as the recently-launched
Allscripts Patient Kiosk, enabling physician practices to reduce
the costs and overhead associated with patient check-in, and
helping patients take control of their own healthcare with a
dashboard view of their personal information, including a complete
health maintenance plan. Attendees also will experience Allscripts
Remote(TM), providing physicians virtually anytime, anywhere access
to and control of Allscripts Electronic Health Records. Allscripts
Remote is available now for the iPhone(TM), and later this year for
Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices. "The significant increase in
attendance at ACE this year indicates to me that our clients not
only are interested in finding out more about the federal stimulus
funding for electronic health records, but also more about the
company itself and the new solutions we have available as a result
of the merger," said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of
Allscripts. "This week, we'll highlight all of those solutions and
the opportunity for healthcare organizations of all sizes, whether
physician groups, hospitals or post-acute facilities, to connect to
health with Allscripts." The conference features more than 300
educational sessions designed to help attendees increase their
knowledge and efficiency around the applications they use on a
daily basis; general sessions in which Allscripts executives will
outline product strategy and vision; and the Expo Hall, where
attendees will have the chance to interact with more than 50
Allscripts business partners and expert Allscripts employees for a
demonstration of the latest innovative products and services
Allscripts has to offer. In addition to the official agenda, ACE is
about networking. "Over the years, it's the face-to-face
interactions that are the cornerstone of ACE," said Dan Michelson,
Chief Marketing Officer of Allscripts. "This is the ideal forum for
customers to meet with Allscripts team members, fellow clients,
business partners, and vendors who truly understand the challenges
they face in trying to improve the quality and lower the cost of
healthcare today." While the primary beneficiaries of the
conference are customers, Michelson said that Allscripts benefits
as well. "Clients who use our systems every day are the ultimate
authority on what works, and what doesn't," Michelson said. "The
feedback clients share with us at ACE helps determine where we
invest and how we enhance our solutions." About Allscripts
Allscripts uses innovation technology to bring health to
healthcare. More than 160,000 physicians, 800 hospitals and nearly
8,000 post-acute and homecare organizations utilize Allscripts to
improve the health of their patients and their bottom line. The
company's award-winning solutions include electronic health
records, electronic prescribing, revenue cycle management, practice
management, document management, medication services, hospital care
management, emergency department information systems and homecare
automation. Allscripts is the brand name of Allscripts-Misys
Healthcare Solutions, Inc. To learn more, visit
http://www.allscripts.com/. This news release may contain
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal
securities laws. Statements regarding future events, developments,
the Company's future performance, as well as management's
expectations, beliefs, intentions, plans, estimates or projections
relating to the future are forward-looking statements within 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, actual results may vary materially from those
anticipated by the forward-looking statements. Among the important
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those indicated by such forward-looking statements are: the volume
and timing of systems sales and installations; length of sales
cycles and the installation process; the possibility that 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;
compliance with existing laws, regulations and industry initiatives
and future changes in laws or regulations in the healthcare
industry; possible regulation of the Company's software by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration; the possibility of product-related
liabilities; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel;
our ability to identify and complete acquisitions, manage our
growth and integrate acquisitions; the ability to recognize the
benefits of the merger with Misys Healthcare Systems, LLC ("MHS");
the integration of MHS with the Company and the possible disruption
of current plans and operations as a result thereof; maintaining
our intellectual property rights and litigation involving
intellectual property rights; risks related to third-party
suppliers; our ability to obtain, use or successfully integrate
third-party licensed technology; breach of our security by third
parties; and the risk factors detailed from time to time in our
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including our 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K available through the
Web site maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at
http://www.sec.gov/. The Company undertakes no obligation to update
publicly any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
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