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Phoenix Children's Hospital Selects Allscripts Sunrise Product SuiteCHICAGO, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Phoenix Children's Hospital, ranked as one of U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals, has made significant new investments in the Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) Sunrise product suite. The addition of Sunrise Financial Manager, Sunrise Ambulatory and Allscripts Community Record will enable Phoenix Children's to connect its community with an integrated clinical and financial platform. Allscripts open architecture, integration and agility of its solutions, and care coordination are three of the reasons Phoenix Children's made the expanded commitment to Allscripts. "Allscripts open platform as a springboard for innovation will offer us the flexibility to develop the clinical initiatives that are important to our pediatric population," said David Higginson, chief information officer, Phoenix Children's Hospital. "Having a single, integrated view of every patient will enable us to provide better patient care for our community." Chief Medical Information Officer, Dr. Vinay Vaidya, said: "We did not want a garden variety EHR- we wanted an innovative partner to grow with us, one who is interested in focusing on safety, quality and regulatory outcomes specific to the needs of our organization. We found this in Allscripts." Phoenix Children's Hospital is Arizona's only licensed children's hospital, providing world-class inpatient, outpatient, trauma, emergency and urgent care to children and families in Arizona and throughout the Southwest. As one of the largest children's hospitals in the country with 465 licensed beds, Phoenix Children's provides care across more than 60 pediatric subspecialties. "Our goal is to help Phoenix Children's Hospital provide excellent and efficient pediatric care," said Paul M. Black, president and chief executive officer, Allscripts. "This expanded commitment will enable Phoenix Children's to leverage its Allscripts deployment and build upon it in an integrated environment." About Phoenix Children's Phoenix Children's Hospital, ranked in U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals, is Arizona's only licensed children's hospital, providing world-class inpatient, outpatient, trauma, emergency and urgent care to children and families in Arizona and throughout the Southwest. As one of the largest children's hospitals in the country with 465 licensed beds, Phoenix Children's provides care across more than 60 pediatric subspecialties. The Hospital is poised for continued growth in quality patient care, research and medical education. 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(TM) 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. © 2013 Allscripts Healthcare, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Allscripts, the Allscripts logo, and other Allscripts marks are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Allscripts Healthcare, LLC in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 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. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100901/CG58147LOGO) SOURCE Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. http://rt.prnewswire.com/rt.gif NewsItemId=CG63491&Transmission_Id=201302211601PR_NEWS_USPR_____CG63491&DateId=20130221 |
