Allscripts

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. is a publicly traded American company that provides physician practices, hospitals, and other healthcare providers with practice management and electronic health record technology. Allscripts also provides solutions for patient engagement and care coordination, as well as financial and analytics technology. The company has more than 180,000 physician users and has solutions in 2,700 hospitals and 13,000 extended care organizations.[7]

Allscripts
Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
Public
Traded as
IndustryInformation Technology
Founded1982 (as Medic Computer Systems)
1986 (as Allscripts)
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Key people
Paul M. Black (CEO)
Products[1]Analytics and Insights
[2]Care Coordination
[3]Clinical
[4]Financial
[5]Patient Engagement
Revenue US$1.81 billion (FY 2017)[6]
US$59.8 million (FY 2016)[6]
US$−25.7 million (FY 2016)[6]
Total assets US$3.832 billion (FY 2016)[6]
Total equity US$1.232 billion (FY 2016)[6]
Number of employees
7,500 (2016)[6]
Websiteallscripts.com

Allscripts was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. An additional key operations office is located in Raleigh, North Carolina.[8]

In 2008, Allscripts merged with the healthcare systems operations of its rival, Misys. In 2010, Allscripts-Misys merged with another major healthcare information technology competitor, Eclipsys. In March 2013, Allscripts acquired dbMotion, Ltd., a supplier of community health solutions and Jardogs LLC, a patient engagement solution provider, both privately held.[9]

In February 2020, Allscripts Sunrise™ was named as 2020 Best in KLAS - Global Acute Care EMR by KLAS Research[10] In same month Allscripts and Manorama Infosolutions partnered to deliver a Health Information Exchange and population health management services in India and other emerging markets.[11]

MyWay complications

In October 2012, Allscripts announced plans to discontinue their small practice software, MyWay.[12] The solution fell short of meeting federal requirements for EHR incentives and some practices experienced issues after implementing the software. Allscripts offered a free upgrade to their Professional Suites platform as well as training for the new platform.[13][14]

In December 2012, four physician practices brought about a class-action suit against Allscripts due to selling the "buggy" MyWay EHR and later discontinuing it. It is believed to be a first-of-its-kind case.[15] The parties reached a joint settlement agreement that received final approval from the trial court judge.[16][17] With this first lawsuit of this nature it has become a reference for future cases in this industry.[18]

Eclipsys merger

Allscripts and Eclipsys merged in June 2010 to form one company, creating the industry's largest network of clients on one product platform, resulting in a single patient record.[19]

Allscripts is set to pay nearly $9.75 million to the proposed class to settle claims of securities fraud, after the company allegedly overstated its ability to integrate its Microsoft.NET and SQL Server with those of Eclipsys following their $1.3 billion merger.[20]

In 2018, Allscripts acquired Practice Fusion, a San Francisco-based electronic health records company.[21] The acquisition was intended to expand Allscripts' business with independent physicians.

In 2019, Practice Fusion, then owned by Allscripts, agreed to settle with the Department of Justice over "potential issues with the EHR vendor’s health IT certification and Practice Fusion’s compliance with the Anti-Kickback Statute and HIPAA."[22] As part of the settlement, Practice Fusion paid $145 million dollars.

In 2020, the Department of Justice released a press release detailing the $145 million settlement. In the press release, U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont Christina E. Nolan stated:

“Practice Fusion’s conduct is abhorrent. During the height of the opioid crisis, the company took a million-dollar kickback to allow an opioid company to inject itself in the sacred doctor-patient relationship so that it could peddle even more of its highly addictive and dangerous opioids."

Allscripts chief administrative officer Brian Farley said that Practice Fusion's behavior had known to Allscripts prior to Allscripts purchase of Practice Fusion.[23] Farley also noted that Allscripts was working to help combat the opioid epidemic.

Ransomware attack

On Jan 18, 2018, Allscripts was hit with a ransomware attack. This caused a massive outage which lasted nearly a week and affected clients all over the globe. The attack was a new strain of a known bug, SamSam.[24] Since then, clients have filed a class action lawsuit alleging Allscripts should have taken better steps to protect their data.[25]

Personal health record

FollowMyHealth[26] is Allscripts' cloud- and Web-based electronic health record (EHR) and personal health record (PHR) offering.[27][28][29] The software is a Universal health record that allows patients to access their files, as long as the user's medical center uses FollowMyHealth Software.[30] FollowMyHealth is compatible with multiple platforms (e.g., the Linux, Mac, and Windows operating systems), and its mobile app can run on Android and iOS devices.[31]

ZappRx

In 2019, Allscripts acquired ZappRx, a Boston, MA-based prescription drug start-up company, which provides a secure online platform used by patients, physicians, and pharmacists for the management of specialty medications.[32][33] ZappRx was founded in 2012 by Zoe Barry, and works with pharmaceutical companies to help fast-track the prescription process for patients affected by severe or life-threatening diseases who need access to specialty drugs.[34][35][36][37][38]

ZappRx has raised $42M in funding. In 2017, Qiming US Healthcare Fund, a venture capital firm based in Seattle that is part of a broader family of Qiming Venture Partners led the company's Series B round of funding. This round included participation from SR One, who led ZappRx's Series A round in 2014, and GV (formerly Google Ventures).[39][40]

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