Allscripts
Healthcare Solutions provides software and services that allows doctors to
enter prescription information, orders for lab tests, and medical
records and other medical workflows over computer networks. Allscripts software
includes tools that give doctors desktop and/or wireless handheld device access
to their patients’ drug history, drug interactions, and generic alternatives.
Full press
release about its new iPad app for EHRs is below.
SOURCE: Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
Allscripts
Introduces iPad Application for EHRs
Allscripts Wand Addresses
Demands of Mobile Clinicians
CHICAGO, April 5, 2012
/PRNewswire/ -- Allscripts announced the much-anticipated release of Allscripts Wand™, which provides users of
Allscripts Electronic Health Records a unique, native iPad application that
extends the most commonly used functions of Allscripts
Professional™ and Enterprise™
solutions.
iPad™ use in healthcare is
rising rapidly. A recent study in Archives of Internal Medicine found
that iPad use in hospitals could reduce delays and improve continuity of
patient care. And a poll of more than 5,000 physicians conducted by the Physicians Consulting Network revealed
that 27 percent of primary care and specialty physicians own an iPad or similar
device, a rate that is five times higher than the general population.
"Wand's patient
timeline enables me to see at-a-glance when and why patients last
visited," said Lisa Young, M.D., a physician with Pediatric Clinic LLC in
Auburn, Alabama. "I can show patients lab trends that are easy to pull up
and look elegant. And the quick view of immunizations is perfect for
pediatrics."
The latest in a long line
of mobility innovations from Allscripts, Wand breaks new ground in its
intuitive interface, which allows for ease of use with virtually no training,
translating into a better physician experience. Allscripts developers employed
Human Performance Modeling – the technique used by NASA to predict and improve
pilot performance, to ensure that user input translated into the final product.
The result is a streamlined workflow and quick access to information.
WAND provides clinicians
the ability to:
•
Review a chart quickly
before entering the exam room
•
Input real-time
information like vitals and medications from the exam room
•
Access EHR information
after hours
"Wand is where we
need to be. If we want to be paperless, and we do, we need to have something
that's quick and easy," said Chantal Guidi, R.N., a nurse at USF Health in
Tampa, Florida. "Now we don't have to write patient vital signs on a piece
of paper that could get lost, forcing us to go back and take the signs
again."
Wand's graphical interface
and intuitive workflow enables clinicians to:
•
View a timeline of key
patient information such as lab results, medications, vitals, and more
•
Review appointment lists
and current patient status
•
Retrieve patient data
quickly, with drill-down access to details
•
ePrescribe with electronic
transmission to pharmacies
•
Resolve tasks and respond
to messages with a quick swipe of the screen
"The idea behind
Allscripts Wand is to offer fast, easy access to the EHR features that
clinicians use most," said Stanley Crane, Chief Innovation Officer for
Allscripts. "Our native iPad application delivers up-to-date tablet
technology with a redesigned user experience into the hands of
clinicians."
In 2010, the company
released Sunrise Mobile
MD II™ for iPad giving hospital providers remote access to many
daily activities, expanding on Sunrise Mobile MD™ for iPhone. And with Allscripts
Remote™, available since 2009, ambulatory EHR users can access key
clinical features after hours on virtually any smartphone. Wand takes the next
step by adding more features and a native iPad interface.
Wand is available for
users of Allscripts Professional and Enterprise Electronic Health Records.
Users simply need to download the app from iTunes and install the necessary
components from Allscripts. No on-site training is required. Interested media
also can download the app to see features and functionality firsthand.
Multi-Media
View images and videos of
Wand by visiting http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0981688EF98905C6&feature=view_all
or clicking here.
About
Allscripts
Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX)
delivers the insights that healthcare providers require to generate world-class
outcomes. The company's Electronic Health Record, practice management and other
clinical, revenue cycle, connectivity and information solutions create a Connected Community of Health™ for
physicians, hospitals and post-acute organizations. To learn more about
Allscripts, please visit www.allscripts.com,
Twitter, YouTube and It Takes A Community: The Allscripts Blog.
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 our
security by third parties. See our Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2011 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.
CONTACT: Investors, Seth
Frank, +1-312-506-1213, seth.frank@allscripts.com, or Media, Ariana Nikitas,
+1-312-506-1236, ariana.nikitas@allscripts.com, or Claire Weingarden,
+1-312-447-2442, claire.weingarden@allscripts.com, all of Allscripts Healthcare
Solutions, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.allscripts.com
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