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Ottawa, ON, May 6, 2022 — N. Harris Computer Corporation (“Harris”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc. (TSX:CSU), announced that it has completed the purchase of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions’ Hospitals and Large Physician Practices business segment. The segment will now operate as Altera Digital Health, a business unit of Harris Healthcare.
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About Altera Digital Health
A global healthcare IT innovator, Altera Digital Health develops and elevates technology to connect and inspire healthier communities. Our platform approach to our solutions is changing the way healthcare is delivered. By keeping the human user at the center of our design methodology, we are supporting caregivers and helping patients meet and exceed their wellness goals. Together, with our clients, we’re driving a new era of healthcare. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com.
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January 2022: Medway NHS Foundation Trust has successfully deployed phase one of its electronic patient record (EPR) programme with Allscripts, going live across all 24 adult inpatient wards. Collaboration between clinical, operational and IT teams enabled the trust to go live in record time.
Medway is now the first healthcare organisation in the world to be using the latest version (version 21.1) of the Allscripts Sunrise EPR. The project began in July and the trust officially went live on 16th November, meaning the entire process took less than five months. The deployment of phase one was timed to avoid the peak of intense pressures that winter brings on health services.
The collaborative approach from clinical, operational and IT teams, all of whom were aligned to EPR delivery as a strategic objective, meant the trust was still able to roll out the new system to schedule. Clinicians are already noticing major benefits, such as improved communication and time released to care.
In the three weeks after go-live, more than 115,000 clinical documents were created in the system that is now being used by more than 1,000 clinical, nursing, and administrative staff.
Suzanne O’Neil, EPR Director, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, said: “EPR has been a strategic priority for the trust throughout the pandemic, and clinical buy-in was imperative to keep the wheels turning. Being able to build an EPR to fit their bespoke needs meant there was a passion to deliver it right and on time. I can’t imagine it going much better than it did.”
Although the solution has only been live for a few weeks, clinical benefits are already being realised, for example being able to access patient notes remotely. Previously, an on-call consultant would need to phone the hospital and take someone away from their clinical work to read through patient notes and relay observations. Now, clinicians can access them from anywhere through the Sunrise portal. This is saving 20-30 minutes of time per patient that would otherwise have been spent on the phone talking through paper notes.
The trust chose to take a phased approach to the roll out, introducing less functionality across more areas. Suzanne said: “We only implemented our PAS five years ago, so we needed to make sure there was appetite for digital and motivation to see the project through. Staff were encouraged by the shorter timeline to delivery, which enabled us to all align to the goal of deploying as quickly as we could.”
As well as clinical benefits, patient experience has also improved. Dr Nabeel Qureshi, Consultant Surgeon and Clinical Lead for EPR, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, said: “The EPR is transforming our workflows, and is already having a positive impact on patient safety. Having electronic clinical documents all but eradicates human error. Notes are easy to read and can be completed at the bedside on a computer, meaning we spend more time caring for our patients and less time checking handwriting. We also have access to the GP record, so there’s less repetition for the patient or reliance on them remembering their care history, meaning the care journey is more joined up.”
The EPR is also providing benefits on a strategic scale by supporting the trust with data and evidence to deliver on the recommendations from their recent CQC inspection.
Suzanne said: “We now have access to a rich data set that is informing best practice across the wards, and gives us evidence to prove we’re delivering on the CQC’s expectations. All that information is in a single tab in Sunrise and can be transferred into the Shared Care Record for Kent and Medway. The position we’re in to use this data in an ICS setting is very promising.”
The trust was able to deploy at speed, without disrupting workflows. “The project was clinically driven from start to finish”, said Suzanne. “It was so encouraging to see so many clinicians and operational colleagues engaged with the training process leading up to go live. We took a modular approach, so staff only completed training that was necessary for their specific workflows. This streamlined the process and played a huge part in sticking to our timeline for roll out, as did having such a supportive partner in the Allscripts team throughout the project.”
With EPR being a central component to Medway’s digital and operational strategies, next it plans to expand the functionality of Sunrise to include ePMA in 2022. The trust is also working with other neighbouring acute trusts to develop the region’s shared care record.
Paula Ridd, General Manager UK and Ireland, Allscripts, said: “Seeing what Medway has achieved in such a short space of time is nothing short of remarkable. The resilience, determination and innovative nature of the team has enabled them to achieve a rapid deployment in less than five months. With other acute trusts in Kent now live with Allscripts’ Sunrise EPR, there’s increased possibilities for truly joined up care at an ICS level.”
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clinical, financial and operational results. Our innovative solutions connect people, places and data across an Open, Connected Community of HealthTM. Connectivity empowers caregivers to make better decisions and deliver better care for healthier populations. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com, Twitter, YouTube and It Takes A Community: The Allscripts Blog.
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About Altera Digital Health
A global healthcare IT innovator, Altera Digital Health develops and elevates technology to connect and inspire healthier communities. Our platform approach to our solutions is changing the way healthcare is delivered. By keeping the human user at the center of our design methodology, we are supporting caregivers and helping patients meet and exceed their wellness goals. Together, with our clients, we’re driving a new era of healthcare. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com.
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Paula Ridd has taken on a new role at Allscripts as the General Manager for UK and Ireland.
14 December, 2021: Delivery and implementation have always been central to Paula’s career. She has spent more than 20 years in these areas, first at CSC (now Dedalus) and more recently at Allscripts. Having been with Allscripts for six years as Director of Professional Services, on 1 December, Paula took on a new role as General Manager for UK and Ireland, consolidating Allscripts commitment to the UK market. In her new role, she will report into Richard Strong, Managing Director EMEA.
During her tenure at Allscripts, Paula has been key in helping the company grow in the UK, as Allscripts has expanded the number of NHS clients and positioned the company as a trusted EPR supplier. Also in this time, she has been instrumental in developing the Allscripts EPR Blueprint. This has enabled less digitally mature trusts to learn from more advanced organisations as they embark upon their digital transformation journeys. This includes Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust which deployed its Allscripts Sunrise™ EPR in less than six months, as well as Medway NHS Foundation Trust which was able to deploy in less than five months.
In her new role, Paula will oversee business development in the UK and Ireland, and be accountable for the implementation of all projects in the region. As one of her first priorities, she intends to set out an inclusive, transparent and client-led business strategy for the next five years, calling on her experience of implementing a wide range of projects. Paula is also a keen advocate for Allscripts inclusive and empowering culture, as the international lead for Allscripts Women’s Engagement (AWE) programme.
“I’ve had the pleasure of working for Allscripts for some time now, and I’m excited for a fresh challenge,” says Paula. “I am passionate about healthcare delivery and making a difference to people working in our healthcare system. Being a part of a company that prioritises clinically driven digital maturity means I get to work on delivering transformational projects every day. In my new role I will partner with our NHS clients to tackle national challenges such as the backlog, and will work to inspire the kind of leadership needed to build a robust health and care system.”
Paula is available for interviews to talk about the following:
- The importance of a client-led business strategy for suppliers
- Why digital transformation/maturity should be clinically driven
- Getting more women into tech leadership roles
- Fighting imposter syndrome and navigating complex environments
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About Allscripts
Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) is a leader in healthcare information technology solutions that advance
clinical, financial and operational results. Our innovative solutions connect people, places and data across an Open, Connected Community of HealthTM. Connectivity empowers caregivers to make better decisions and deliver better care for healthier populations. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com, Twitter, YouTube and It Takes A Community: The Allscripts Blog.
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About Altera Digital Health
A global healthcare IT innovator, Altera Digital Health develops and elevates technology to connect and inspire healthier communities. Our platform approach to our solutions is changing the way healthcare is delivered. By keeping the human user at the center of our design methodology, we are supporting caregivers and helping patients meet and exceed their wellness goals. Together, with our clients, we’re driving a new era of healthcare. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com.
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Healthcare IT vendor and Canadian integrated health organization collaborate to support the creation of a network of innovators
CHICAGO – September 15, 2021 –Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) is pleased to have been selected as one of Eastern Health’s innovation partners. As a result, Allscripts and Eastern Health have partnered to advance health-care services and programs while maximizing health system efficiencies and general economic development in Newfoundland and Labrador. The goal of this partnership is to improve health care and better serve its patients and their family members. Eastern Health is the largest health authority in Newfoundland and Labrador, serving residents on the Avalon, Burin and Bonavista Peninsulas.
Eastern Health and Allscripts will proactively seek out ideas and initiatives to enhance the development of innovative solutions while also creating the opportunity to generate revenue for Eastern Health. As part of this joint initiative, Allscripts’ Open Development Program will be accessible through Eastern Health’s Living Lab where researchers, developers, local start-ups, andestablishedfirmswillbeabletodevelopnewsolutionsintheAllscriptsecosystem. Further, Eastern Health will support focused health-care information technology advancement and collaboration with Allscripts.
“We are pleased to welcome Allscripts as an innovation partner under our innovation strategy. We hope that by working together that we will be able to develop innovation solutions that focus on improving care for our patients while at the same time increasing value,” said David Diamond, President and CEO of Eastern Health. “We look forward to learning more about how Allscripts Open Platform can help co-design solutions to improve health care for our patients.”
“Eastern Health is a leader in healthcare innovation for Newfoundland and Labrador,” said Paul M. Black, Allscripts Chief Executive Officer. “Through this partnership, we are helping create an environment of collaboration to help drive healthcare information technology forward. We are committed to continuous innovation as we provide an Open Platform to meet the needs of providers and patients in Canada as well as across the globe.”
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About Allscripts
Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) is a leader in healthcare information technology solutions that advance
clinical, financial and operational results. Our innovative solutions connect people, places and data across an Open, Connected Community of HealthTM. Connectivity empowers caregivers to make better decisions and deliver better care for healthier populations. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com, Twitter, YouTube and It Takes A Community: The Allscripts Blog.
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About Altera Digital Health
A global healthcare IT innovator, Altera Digital Health develops and elevates technology to connect and inspire healthier communities. Our platform approach to our solutions is changing the way healthcare is delivered. By keeping the human user at the center of our design methodology, we are supporting caregivers and helping patients meet and exceed their wellness goals. Together, with our clients, we’re driving a new era of healthcare. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com.
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14 September 2021 – Allscripts’ Sunrise has gone live at the Flinders Medical Centre, the second largest hospital and health facility in South Australia after the Royal Adelaide Hospital. This is part of a multi-stage rollout at Flinders that began with the replacement of the previous patient administration system in March, followed by the hospital’s outpatient areas in the second phase. This third phase implemented in July enables clinical activation across the entire hospital including inpatient areas, the Emergency Department and remaining outpatient areas. The final stage that is to be implemented will see the activation of maternity and neonatal areas in the Women’s and Children’s division of the hospital.
Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) provides an extensive range of medical services for communities in the southern metropolitan area of Adelaide, approximately 15 kilometres south of the city. The hospital is co-located with the Flinders University School of Medicine and Flinders Private Hospital, which supports the public hospital through the provision of contracted services, presenting some unique challenges for configuration and workflows in the implementation planning process.
Allscripts’ general manager for Australia and New Zealand, Todd Haebich, said that steady progress is being made in the delivery of SA Health’s goal – to establish a connected community of health across the state supported by a contemporary electronic medical record.
“The roll out at Flinders Medical Centre is a significant step forward in the ambitious rollout of a statewide integrated PAS and EMR in South Australia and particularly meaningful considering how large and busy the hospital and associated sites are, combined with the additional pressures of the Covid pandemic,” Mr Haebich said.
“Now the same system is in use across four South Australian Local Health Networks in metropolitan and regional areas, South Australians will benefit from improved consistency in administrative and clinical processes as they move between sites.”
FMC is regarded as one of Australia’s finest public teaching hospitals and a centre for research excellence. More than 5,000 skilled staff work at FMC and it is one of two major trauma centres in the state with around-the-clock emergency retrieval service bringing patients to the hospital by road or helicopter.
In November 2019, Sunrise went live in the Mt Gambier Hospital in regional South Australia.
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About Allscripts
Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) is a leader in healthcare information technology solutions that advance clinical, financial and operational results. Our innovative solutions connect people, places and data across an Open, Connected Community of HealthTM. Connectivity empowers caregivers to make better decisions and deliver better care for healthier populations. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com, Twitter, YouTube and It Takes A Community: The Allscripts Blog.
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For more information contact:
Investors:
Stephen Shulstein
312-386-6735
[email protected]
Media:
Concetta Rasiarmos
312-447-2466
[email protected]
About Altera Digital Health
A global healthcare IT innovator, Altera Digital Health develops and elevates technology to connect and inspire healthier communities. Our platform approach to our solutions is changing the way healthcare is delivered. By keeping the human user at the center of our design methodology, we are supporting caregivers and helping patients meet and exceed their wellness goals. Together, with our clients, we’re driving a new era of healthcare. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com.
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20 August 2021 – Allscripts has won a competitive tender to deliver an electronic chemotherapy prescribing solution to SA Health. The solution, which will be integrated with SA Health’s Sunrise EMR, will be rolled out to more than 20 hospitals and facilities across SA Health sites that offer cancer treatment services across South Australia.
The solution being implemented by Allscripts is the cloud-based iQemo solution by UK company iQHealthTech. iQemo is a specialist platform which provides a complete end-to-end chemotherapy prescribing solution that includes predefined regimens, prescribing, scheduling, dispensing, through to chemotherapy administration and reporting.
iQemo was designed and perfected with practicing oncologists and is used by several NHS Trusts and private healthcare groups in the UK, including those where Allscripts SunriseTM is the EMR platform of choice. SA Health will be able to access iQemo within Sunrise EMR enabling a more complete patient record.
SA Health partners with Allscripts Australia to deliver its state-based Sunrise EMR and PAS. Sunrise is deployed in many of the state’s public hospitals and healthcare facilities including its flagship Royal Adelaide Hospital, Flinders Medical Centre, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Noarlunga Health Service, Mt Gambier and Districts Health Service and many others as part of a statewide rollout to create a connected community of health in the state of South Australia.
Todd Haebich, General Manager for Allscripts ANZ said that iQemo drastically reduces the risk of dosing errors and meets SA Health’s need for coordinated care of cancer patients.
“The combination of our relationship with iQHealthTech, and the power and capability of Microsoft Azure, allows us to deliver an exceptional SaaS product to SA Health that has been tried and tested in the UK and that enhances both efficiency and patient safety associated with the prescribing and administration of chemotherapy,” explained Mr. Haebich.
“It provides many features that improve patient safety such as comprehensive chemotherapy regimen management, automatic dose calculations, allergy & sensitivity alerting, decision support linked to pathology & toxicity, drug-to-drug interaction support and much more.”
SA Health ECPS Project Director, Paul Thomas, said that during the procurement process, suppliers had to demonstrate how they would deliver the desired clinical outcomes, with the evaluation led by the doctors, nurses and pharmacists who treat cancer patients and the technical teams who will be part of the planning and design stage.
“The Evaluation Team recognised the importance of a supplier with the right skill set in Australia when selecting a UK-based system,” he said.
“Local on-the-ground support is crucial to the implementation and working with clinical and technical experts in SA Health.”
“Allscripts has a detailed understanding of SA Health’s clinical, business and technical environment and will deliver the iQemo solution in partnership with iQemo experts working alongside them from the UK. This approach provides SA Health with the confidence that a safe and timely delivery of the iQemo solution will be achieved.”
iQemo reduces the risk of error by providing a clear, easy to read electronic drug administration chart with all the drugs displayed in the correct order based on the treatment protocol.
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About Allscripts
Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) is a leader in healthcare information technology solutions that advance clinical, financial and operational results. Our innovative solutions connect people, places and data across an Open, Connected Community of HealthTM. Connectivity empowers caregivers to make better decisions and deliver better care for healthier populations. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com, Twitter, YouTube and It Takes A Community: The Allscripts Blog.
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For more information contact:
Investors:
Stephen Shulstein
312-386-6735
[email protected]
Media:
Concetta Rasiarmos
312-447-2466
[email protected]
About Altera Digital Health
A global healthcare IT innovator, Altera Digital Health develops and elevates technology to connect and inspire healthier communities. Our platform approach to our solutions is changing the way healthcare is delivered. By keeping the human user at the center of our design methodology, we are supporting caregivers and helping patients meet and exceed their wellness goals. Together, with our clients, we’re driving a new era of healthcare. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com.
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Electronic acute medical list dramatically reduces waiting times for clinical review and is contributing to a projected operational saving of more than £3 million
1 August, 2021: Clinicians at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust have dramatically reduced patient waiting times, decreased hospital length of stay and improved patient safety after developing an electronic acute medical list solution to manage patient referrals.
The configuration was initially set-up to track referrals and admissions to the Acute Medicine Unit (AMU) Team from multiple sources. Operationally, the solution is contributing towards a projected annual saving in excess of £3 million. The solution will now also be deployed to other teams trust-wide which manage acute admissions.
Dr Nithin Narayan, a consultant in AMU, who recognised the opportunity to configure the solution within the trust’s existing Allscripts Sunrise Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system, said: “Our patients are admitted through multiple referral routes and can be in any number of locations across the hospital with varying degrees of serious illness. Each admission has its own process relying on unintegrated, complex systems and non-automated tracking boards. Consultants were previously unsure about who to see as they moved between three or four clinical areas.
“During the Covid-19 waves, this was exacerbated, and we often spent valuable minutes trying to track down Covid patients who were admitted directly to dedicated Covid wards bypassing the AMU. We were all walking around with little pieces of paper to try and keep on top of our patient lists. I’ve lost track of how many times people asked me where a patient was, or when a patient would be seen. It was incredibly inefficient, and issues were arising.”
Dr. Narayan said the flexibility of the trust’s Allscripts EPR enabled them to replace numerous non-integrated systems such as pagers, verbal referrals, handwritten referral lists and manually updated tracking boards with a single, unified electronic list detailing all patient information including those that have outstanding clinical assessments, as well as the live location of patients as they move through hospital.
Since implementation, audits have shown that the average waiting time for patients to be reviewed by a medical consultant has decreased by 34%. In addition, 74% of medical referrals are now seen within target compared to 49% previously. The clinical improvements were especially evident over the weekends, with significant reductions in the average waiting time for review by a junior doctor and a medical consultant.
The solution has also rectified ongoing issues of delayed and/or missed clinical reviews when patients were transferred to another clinical area. On average, the waiting for a review for this cohort of patients has reduced by 74% as their presence, location and status of ‘not yet reviewed’ is visible to all.
Dr. Huw Skiplorne, a junior doctor working in the Clinical Assessment Unit added: “The list not only shows you where a patient is, but provides oversight of teams and who is doing what – it actually doubles up as a workflow tool and can be used for workforce planning.”
The trust has seen a positive impact on measurable clinical outcomes across the hospital. It has provided bed managers and discharge teams with more information and resulted in a 19% reduction in hospital length of stay and a 5% reduction in 30 day re-admissions. Annualised for 12,000 admissions, this is a reduction of 15,600 total occupied bed days and a potential financial saving of £3.12 million.
Outside of the measurable benefits of the list, clinical teams have also recognised the impact on their personal workplace experience.
Dr. Narayan adds: “The data speaks for itself, but the qualitative benefits need to be emphasised too. We can now manage our workload without constant interruptions. We no longer need to regularly repeat clinical information and our pagers don’t go off as often. This means our workflows are less interrupted and clinicians spend less time worrying about delays in patient care.”
The list is now being deployed trust-wide across all speciality units admitting acute referrals and has been nominated by the trust for several awards with the hope that the implementation will motivate other NHS trusts to create similar systems, leading to a system- wide culture change and improvement in patient safety and care.
Dr. Anna Bayes, Medical Director for Allscripts, added: “Bolton has really shown how sometimes the simplest applications of configuration make the biggest difference. Sunrise EPR gives clinicians the flexibility to create tools to optimise their workflows. Sharing these tools across teams will amplify the benefits. They have evidence that the time lag for crucial decision making has been reduced significantly – improving outcomes and freeing up beds faster, enhancing patient flow and speed to diagnosis for patients.”
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About Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provides patient care in the community, at health centres and clinics as well as district nursing and intermediate care services in the North West Sector of Greater Manchester. They provide services at the Royal Bolton Hospital, which is a major hub within Greater Manchester for women’s and children’s services and is the second busiest ambulance-receiving site in Greater Manchester, as well as a wide range of community services from locations across the city.
Last year, the trust was shortlisted in the HSJ Awards in 2020 for Acute Sector Innovation of the Year, and the Homeless Outreach Nursing Team was also highly commended for Best Partnership Solution Improving Patient Safety.
In February 2020, it was announced that the plans to form an Integrated Care Alliance were approved. Work is now underway on the development of an Integrated Care Partnership, to transform the way that care is delivered in Bolton.
About Allscripts
Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) is a leader in healthcare information technology solutions that advance
clinical, financial and operational results. Our innovative solutions connect people, places and data across an Open, Connected Community of HealthTM. Connectivity empowers caregivers to make better decisions and deliver better care for healthier populations. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com, Twitter, YouTube and It Takes A Community: The Allscripts Blog.
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For more information contact:
Investors:
Stephen Shulstein
312-386-6735
[email protected]
Media:
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[email protected]
About Altera Digital Health
A global healthcare IT innovator, Altera Digital Health develops and elevates technology to connect and inspire healthier communities. Our platform approach to our solutions is changing the way healthcare is delivered. By keeping the human user at the center of our design methodology, we are supporting caregivers and helping patients meet and exceed their wellness goals. Together, with our clients, we’re driving a new era of healthcare. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com.
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7 July 2021 – Allscripts has announced a rebrand and relaunch of its BOSSnet Digital Health Record (DHR) to Allscripts Opal which is now available with a suite of new feature enhancements in the form of Allscripts Opal 21.2.
BOSSnet, initially developed as a blood ordering software system (BOSS) was the flagship DHR platform of Adelaide company Core Medical Solutions, which was acquired by Allscripts in 2016. As a digital health record, it is operational in over 100 sites in Australia whilst it is also deployed as a document management solution as part of the Sunrise™ platform of health in Australia and the United Kingdom. It is also currently being deployed in the US, Canada, Singapore and the Philippines but as General Manager for Allscripts Australia and New Zealand Todd Haebich explains, the company felt the time was right to rebadge BOSSnet and in doing so, renew its commitment to promote the software to a global market.
“From a branding perspective, our main objective is to ensure that it has a cohesive identity within the Allscripts portfolio – an easily recognisable name that is unambiguous across cultures whilst at the same time pays homage to Australia as the country of its origin.”
“Australian opals account for 95% of the world’s supply and are therefore synonymous with Australia. Likewise, this platform has undergone continuous development and digital maturation as part of the Allscripts stable and is now a polished product that can be introduced to hospitals and healthcare systems worldwide with renewed confidence,” added Mr. Haebich.
Allscripts Opal 21.2, to be released on June 30, will feature a suite of feature enhancements offering users an enhanced user experience, up-to-date platform support, improved maintainability as well as performance and security improvements. Features include:
- Scanning workflow enhancements – new capabilities to streamline batch and point-of care scanning workflows improving throughput and productivity of end-users. Release and approve tools have been integrated into the process to provide better visibility of completion of tasks throughout the process. Images can also be uploaded with ease directly into the solution.
- eForms functionality enhancements – facilitates the ease of documentation by presenting needed information from other areas of the chart within the clinical eForms and workflows, providing quick buttons to complete assessment and treatment plans, leading to a reduction in charting time.
- New Mobile App – leverages mobile device capabilities to easily upload multi-media files enabling users to “scan on the go”, completing document capture from any iOS device.
Other enhancements include a Watchlist support in DHR, which allows personal and public watchlists to be created and managed in Allscripts Opal DHR, bringing functionality currently available in Results Review to the DHR.
Allscripts Opal also offers Upgraded platform support in Windows 2019, SQL Server 2019, .NET Framework 4.8, TLS 1.2 Support and Chromium-based browsers improving reliability maintainability, security and performance.
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About Allscripts
Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) is a leader in healthcare information technology solutions that advance clinical, financial and operational results. Our innovative solutions connect people, places and data across an Open, Connected Community of HealthTM. Connectivity empowers caregivers to make better decisions and deliver better care for healthier populations. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com, Twitter, YouTube and It Takes A Community: The Allscripts Blog.
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For more information contact:
Investors:
Stephen Shulstein
312-386-6735
[email protected]
Media:
Concetta Rasiarmos
312-447-2466
[email protected]
About Altera Digital Health
A global healthcare IT innovator, Altera Digital Health develops and elevates technology to connect and inspire healthier communities. Our platform approach to our solutions is changing the way healthcare is delivered. By keeping the human user at the center of our design methodology, we are supporting caregivers and helping patients meet and exceed their wellness goals. Together, with our clients, we’re driving a new era of healthcare. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com.
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MELBOURNE – July 2021 – Phase 3 of the Gippsland Health Alliance’s (GHA) EMR Community Health activation has gone live with the Sunrise Emergency Care module (within the Allscripts SunriseTM EMR platform of health) having been successfully extended to the emergency department facilities of the Central Gippsland Health Service, Bairnsdale Regional Health Service (servicing east Gippsland), West Gippsland Healthcare Group and Bass Coast Health.
Todd Haebich, General Manager of Allscripts Australia and New Zealand said that GHA deserves great credit for their vision and achievement, especially considering the complexities and challenges brought about by COVID-19.
“GHA has firmly established itself as one of the pioneers of connected communities of health in Australia and we are enthusiastic about the success that we help them achieve in rolling out SunriseTM across a very sizeable geography and in four EDs simultaneously,” explained Mr. Haebich.
“Gippsland residents can be proud of what GHA has accomplished and it inspires great confidence in the next phase of the rollout which will see SunriseTM go live across inpatient services at the four hospitals,” added Mr. Haebich.
Jon Millar, Chief Information Officer of the Gippsland Health Alliance said that access to the Sunrise Emergency Care module gives ED clinicians an information edge in the dynamic environment of an emergency department.
“Introducing a world-class EMR into our emergency departments supercharges the traditional tracking board by giving clinicians a powerful and intuitive interface which allows them to access vital patient information in only a few clicks,” explained Mr. Millar.
“Every second counts in an Emergency Department so it’s vital the local teams are able to access patient information quickly. All of our staff have been trained and clinician feedback has been very positive,” Mr Millar said.
In October 2020, Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) completed the rollout of its Sunrise EMR platform at the Latrobe Regional Hospital (LRH). The EMR went live in the Latrobe 30-bed ED in April 2019 and is fully functional across inpatient services at LRH and Community Mental Health services across the region. LRH is Gippsland’s specialist referral and trauma centre, located 150km east of Melbourne, and is one of the region’s largest employers with more than 2,100 staff. It is a purpose-built 300-plus-bed teaching hospital caring for a population of more than 260,000 people.
Latrobe is the health IT company’s first implementation of its EMR solution in Victoria and is also one of the first EMRs in Australia to use Microsoft Azure. The cost efficiency, cyber security, infrastructure flexibility and resilience associated with cloud-based systems was a driving force behind the decision by other members of the alliance to extend the Sunrise EMR platform across Gippsland.
The Gippsland Health Alliance (GHA) is a consortium of publicly funded health services in the Gippsland region of Victoria, east of Melbourne, covering some 41,556 square kilometres (16,045 sq mi). Allscripts won the competitive tender to deliver an EMR solution to the Gippsland Health Alliance in late 2017 and Latrobe Regional Hospital (LRH) was selected as the first site in the Alliance to implement the Sunrise EMR clinical suite.
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June 2021 – Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHT) will receive £6m funding as part of the second wave of the Digital Aspirant programme.
The funding will support its five-year digital strategy, which aims to take the trust from a HIMSS rating of around 0.02 to level 6 in five years, as well as supporting its involvement in the region’s shared care record.
The trust’s bid was underpinned by the successful implementation of its Allscripts Sunrise Electronic Patient Record (EPR), which was delivered using a first-of-kind EPR blueprint – a flexible delivery framework developed with NHS partners to deploy the system quickly as a ‘clinical wrap’ eliminating the need to do a full ‘rip and replace’ of all existing solutions, many of which are fit for purpose. The approach brings operational and clinical benefits and helps to switch off expensive clinical legacy systems sooner. This ensured greater value for money and a system already developed, used, and trusted by clinicians at multiple digitally advanced NHS trusts.
Mark Hutchinson, Executive Chief Digital & Information Officer at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said that the blueprint helped implement the system in just five months and has led to rapid and increased benefits realisation and staff engagement, which has demonstrated the art of the possible.
“Our digital strategy sets out the journey which began with us choosing Allscripts as our EPR partner. The pace at which we’ve been able to deploy and prove the benefits has massively improved confidence levels in digital across the Trust. It will have undoubtedly played a big part in NHSX’s decision to award us a place on the Digital Aspirant programme,” said Hutchinson.
“On top of investment in infrastructure required to run an EPR, we’ve recruited people with the expertise to help us deliver significant change at pace. We’re now able to embrace the opportunities that digital transformation presents and see our digital journey as a key enabler to us becoming a CQC Outstanding trust and a future Digital Exemplar. Being part of the Digital Aspirant programme is not only a testament to our commitment, but it will accelerate our journey and help us to continue to deliver at pace.”
Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19, the trust has been able to realise benefits earlier than planned, with the EPR returning up to £10 of savings for every £1 invested and increasing patient care time by 19%.
Paul Downie, Chief Clinical Information Officer at the trust said: “Our two-year plan to deliver clinical functionality that would improve care for the majority of our patients included nursing documentation, electronic observations and order communications. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the first part of the project has delivered more than we could have imagined and has only increased demand for further digital improvements.”
In addition, the trust’s initial digital advancements have improved its reputation within the ICS and underpinned its involvement in delivering shared care records.
“Both GHT and the wider ICS aspire to deliver long-term strategies that are reliant on digital technology. The model for urgent and elective care requires high quality clinical, capacity and demand information to flow across care settings, sites and providers in as near to real- time as possible. We know we can deliver and help GHT and the ICS to maximise limited resources.”
It will use the Digital Aspirant funding to support its next phase of digital transformation which includes ePrescribing; becoming paper-lite across all outpatients; utilising ED and maternity clinical functionality; implementing RFID; creating digital intelligence to improve quality, outcome and research; and ensuring systems are interoperable to enable staff to access shared health and care records.
Richard Strong, Vice President and Managing Director of Allscripts EMEA, said: “Two out of the seven second-wave trusts that received full Digital Aspirant funding are using Allscripts’ Sunrise EPR to demonstrate significant progress and forward momentum in their transformation programmes. We look forward to continuing to support them on their journey as they utilise new technology that integrates, compliments and extends their existing systems.”
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About Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHT)
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest hospital trusts in the country and provides high quality acute, elective and specialist health care for a population of more than 640,000 people. Our population is expected to rise to 698,600 by 2035, of which 27.9% will be over 65 and of this group, 46.8% will be living with one or more limiting long-term conditions. Our hospitals provide high quality services; some specialist departments are concentrated at either Cheltenham General Hospital or Gloucestershire Royal Hospital so that we can make the best use of our expertise and specialist equipment.
The trust operates within the Gloucestershire health and social care system alongside partner organisations including Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (GCCG), Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (created during 2019 from the former Gloucestershire Care
Services NHS Trust and 2Gether NHS Foundation Trust), South West Ambulance Trust (SWAST), approximately 80 GP surgeries, and Gloucestershire County Council. Collectively these partner organisations form the One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS).
About Allscripts
Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) is a leader in healthcare information technology solutions that advance
clinical, financial and operational results. Our innovative solutions connect people, places and data across an Open, Connected Community of HealthTM. Connectivity empowers caregivers to make better decisions and deliver better care for healthier populations. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com, Twitter, YouTube and It Takes A Community: The Allscripts Blog.
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Allscripts, the Allscripts logo, and other Allscripts marks are trademarks of Allscripts Healthcare, LLC and/or its affiliates. All other products are trademarks of their respective holders, all rights reserved. Reference to these products is not intended to imply affiliation with or sponsorship of Allscripts Healthcare, LLC and/or its affiliates.
For more information contact:
Investors:
Stephen Shulstein
312-386-6735
[email protected]
Media:
Concetta Rasiarmos 312-447-2466
[email protected]
About Altera Digital Health
A global healthcare IT innovator, Altera Digital Health develops and elevates technology to connect and inspire healthier communities. Our platform approach to our solutions is changing the way healthcare is delivered. By keeping the human user at the center of our design methodology, we are supporting caregivers and helping patients meet and exceed their wellness goals. Together, with our clients, we’re driving a new era of healthcare. To learn more, visit www.alteradigital.com.
Copyright 2026 Altera Digital Health Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.