New
York-Based Orthopedic and Pain Management Practices to Deploy
Allscripts for Electronic Health Record and Practice Management
Syracuse
Orthopedics Specialists, PC and New York Spine
& Wellness Centerto automate and connect 54 providers
CHICAGO,
IL and SYRACUSE, NY – May 4, 2010 –
Allscripts
(Nasdaq: MDRX) today announced that Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists
(SOS) and the New York Spine and Wellness Center (NYS&WC)
have jointly selected the Allscripts Electronic
Health Record (EHR) and Practice
Management solution to enhance the quality of patient
care, improve physician and patient communications, and better
manage the cost of care delivery for their providers in 11
locations across the Syracuse area.
“It is becoming increasingly difficult to consistently
deliver the high quality patient care in the most efficient
manner without an Electronic Health Record,” said C.
Perry Cooke, MD, President of SOS. The group’s 24 orthopedic
surgeons and 14 mid-level providers treat sports and work-related
injuries and provide overall orthopedic care in seven clinics
and an ambulatory surgery center. “We believe our partnership
with Allscripts, the industry leader for orthopedic practices,
not only will help us deliver enhanced patient care but will
improve our operational efficiency while ensuring we meet
future regulatory and quality measurement requirements,”
Dr. Cooke added.
The physician groups, which share many patients and coordinate
patient care, will take advantage of government subsidies
for Electronic Health Records under the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
“We had been looking at EHRs for years, but the passage
of ARRA made us accelerate the process and select a company
with the resources and staying-power to help us qualify for
the incentives,” said Robert Tiso, MD, of NYS&WC.
The group’s six physicians and 10 wellness care mid-level
providers deliver state-of-the-art interventional pain management
and medical treatment in three clinics.
Both
groups will use the Allscripts Electronic
Health Record solution to automate many daily clinical
tasks, such as prescribing medications and documenting clinical
encounters, while connecting providers to each other and to
key healthcare stakeholders including labs, pharmacies and
insurers. The Allscripts solution provides extensive orthopedic-specific
clinical content, enabling orthopedic and pain-management
practices to adapt existing documentation templates for common
problems and injuries. It also captures clinical images directly
into the patient’s chart, and interfaces with Picture
Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) – capabilities
that are critical in providing orthopedic care.
The Allscripts Practice
Management solution is fully integrated with the Electronic
Health Record and features sophisticated scheduling and revenue
cycle solutions to improve productivity and bottom-line performance.
Both groups will use Allscripts
Remote to provide their physicians with virtually anytime-anywhere
access to the Electronic Health Record via iPhone™, BlackBerry®
and Windows® smart phones.
“Orthopedic and pain management practices need technology
solutions that optimize the orthopedic workflow and best practices,”
said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts.
“When they are connected and provided with real-time
information at the point of care, physicians are empowered
to make better decisions and ultimately improve the health
of their patients. We are grateful that both Syracuse Orthopedic
Specialists and the New York Pain & Wellness Center selected
Allscripts to help them realize that vision.”
About Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists
Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists, PC (SOS) is a group of 24
"specialty" trained and focused orthopedic surgeons
and 14 mid-level providers committed to helping people lead
active lives, treating sports and work-related injuries, detecting
osteoporosis, replacing joints, and relieving chronic and
acute pain. SOS’s dedicated healthcare team provides
customized care to patients at seven conveniently located
offices in and around the Syracuse area. Office locations
include Camillus, Cicero, Liverpool and Fayetteville along
with our own Specialists One-Day Surgery Center. The SOS surgeons
service three private hospitals in Syracuse: St. Joseph's
Hospital Health Center, Crouse Hospital and Community General
Hospital and treat patients from Onondaga, Cayuga, Oswego,
Madison, Oneida, Cortland and Jefferson Counties.
About the New York Spine and Wellness Center
The New
York Spine and Wellness Center is the Syracuse region's
premier pain-management center, offering state-of-the-art
interventional pain management and medical treatment by board
certified pain medicine specialists, nurse practitioners,
physician assistants, chiropractors, acupuncturists, and massage
therapists. NYS&WC’s physicians and staff devote
their efforts exclusively to the needs of their patients and
the common goal of pain reduction, pain control, and functional
improvement. With treatments such as spinal injections, rehabilitation
and chiropractic therapies, acupuncture and massage, NYS&WC
can tailor a pain management plan suited to each patient’s
unique problem to improve their quality of life.
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, care management,
emergency department information systems and homecare automation.
Allscripts is the brand name of AllscriptsMisys Healthcare
Solutions, Inc. To learn more, visit www.allscripts.com.
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