CHICAGO, Feb. 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Allscripts (NASDAQ:MDRX) earned top honors as an electronic health record (EHR) vendor with a comprehensive population health solution from Black Book 2017 Rankings™.

Black Book collected nearly 7,000 responses on eighteen key performance, satisfaction and usability indicators from physicians practice, hospitals, health systems and chains, ACOs, IDNs and IPAs in the first quarter of 2017.

In addition to receiving top overall honors in the survey, Allscripts earned the highest rank in 10 of the 18 individual criteria, including:

• Strategic alignment
• Training
• Trust, transparency, accountability
• Breadth of offerings, client types, delivery excellence
• Deployment and implementation
• Integration and interfaces
• Reliability
• Brand image and marketing communications
• Data security and backup services
• Best of breed technology and process improvement

“Population health management is one of the fastest-growing areas in health IT, and providers need innovative solutions to meet the needs of their communities,” said Doug Brown, Managing Partner of Black Book. “Allscripts’ leading population health solutions deliver a truly single harmonized view of patient data, enabling clinicians to create and execute dynamic care plans for their patients.”

Allscripts CareInMotion is a population health management platform that helps healthcare organizations better deliver patient-centered and value-based care. It is a comprehensive, adaptable framework that helps organizations address their specific population health priorities, such as connectivity, care coordination, analytics and patient engagement.

“Allscripts is committed to empowering our clients to successfully manage the health of their patient populations,” said Paul Black, Allscripts Chief Executive Officer. “These results reflect our substantial multiyear focus on optimizing our population health offerings and driving an open, connected community of health. We are proud of these results, as our success is a reflection of our client’ success.”

Black Book's comprehensive methodology is crowd-sourced and represents a broad spectrum of population health management solutions users. Survey responses go through both internal and external audits, ensuring completeness, accuracy and validity. For more information, visit www.blackbookmarketresearch.com.

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 Health™. Connectivity empowers caregivers to make better decisions and deliver better care for healthier populations. To learn more, visit www.allscripts.com, Twitter, YouTube and It Takes A Community: The Allscripts Blog.

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For more information contact:

Investors:
Seth Frank
312-506-1213
seth.frank@allscripts.com

Media:
Concetta Rasiarmos
312-447-2466
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