OptumCare Selects Allscripts to Provide its Physicians a Connected Health IT Platform

OptumCare signs strategic 10-year agreement to deploy Allscripts TouchWorks® suite as its exclusive electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) solution for physicians

CHICAGO, Aug. 04, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Health services company OptumCare, which is a part of Optum, selected the Allscripts (NASDAQ:MDRX) TouchWorks suite – which includes its electronic health record and practice management solution – as the platform for its physician practices. Implementation will begin later this year. OptumCare, a national health care delivery organization serving more than 8 million people in 49 geographic markets, supports doctors and other clinicians in improving care and creating a better experience for their patients.

Allscripts will integrate its electronic health record and practice management software with the technology OptumCare currently provides to its physicians. The combined technology and single platform will make it easier for OptumCare to integrate information about a patient’s care across the ambulatory care continuum. For the full article click here 

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