SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Bond David A (Last) (First) (Middle) 5501 DILLARD DRIVE (Street) CARY NC 27511 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/02/2006	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ALLSCRIPTS HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS INC [ MDRX ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President, SMB Solutions	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. Common Stock	43,867(1)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The reporting person acquired 43,867 shares of issuer common stock pursuant to the Agreement of Merger, dated as of January 18, 2006, by and among the issuer, Quattro Merger Sub Corp., A4 Health Systems, Inc. and John P. McConnell, as representative of the shareholders (the "Agreement of Merger"). Of the 43,867 shares, 24,015 were issued to LaSalle Bank National Association, as escrow agent, pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2006, by and among the issuer, John P. McConnell, as representative of the shareholders, and the escrow agent (the "Escrow Agreement"). The 24,015 shares are being held in escrow, subject to forfeiture for a period of time following the merger, to indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse the issuer, among others, for certain losses and expenses as specified in the Agreement of Merger.

	Gina Nienberg for David A. Bond by Power of Attorney	03/24/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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							   EXHIBIT 24
                     LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned hereby appoints William Davis, Kathie Kittner, Gina
Nienberg and Greg Swanson as his/her attorney-in-fact to act for
him/her and in his/her name solely to do all or any of the following:
     1. To execute and file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission all statements regarding his/her beneficial ownership
of securities of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. filed pursuant
to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
     2. To execute all necessary instruments to carry out and perform
any of the powers stated above, and to do any other acts requisite to
carrying out such powers.
     Neither the above mentioned nor any attorney-in-fact substituted
under this power shall incur any liability to the undersigned for
acting or refraining from acting under this power, except for such
attorneys own willful misconduct or gross negligence.
     Any reproduced copy of this signed original shall be deemed to be
an original counterpart of this Power of Attorney.
     This Power of Attorney is governed by Illinois law.
     This Power of Attorney shall terminate upon receipt by any of the
above mentioned from the undersigned of a written notice of revocation
of this Power of Attorney. The undersigned shall have the right to
revoke this Power of Attorney at any time.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 17th day of March, 2006.


                     By:         _____/s/ David A. Bond_____

                                          David A. Bond