May 25, 2006

Today's Headlines:
HITS@TEPR Product award winners announced

Joseph Conn
Software developer eClinicalWorks, Chicago-based Allscripts Health Solutions and Seattle-based Practice Partner (formerly Physician Micro Systems) each took two honors for their software products in the 2006 TEPR Awards competition in Baltimore held this week in conjunction with the 22nd annual Towards the Electronic Patient Record trade show sponsored by the Medical Records Institute. Westborough, Mass.-based eClinicalWorks took first-place honors in the category of EMR systems for medium-size and large practices, and second-place honors in the category of EMR Systems for office practices of one to five physicians. Allscripts was awarded first place for stand-alone electronic prescribing systems and took second place for EMRs in medium-size to large physician office practices. Practice Partner took top honors in the EMR Systems for Small Practices category and placed third in the EMR for Medium and Small Practices group. A complete list of award winners follows:

Document Imaging 1 SRS Software - Freedom Chart Manager 2 (tie) e-MDs - DocMan Medical Communication Systems - mMD.Net DIM

Stand-alone e-Prescribing Systems 1 Allscripts - TouchScript eRx 2 Purkinje - ePrescribe 3 Dr. First - Rcopia

EMR Systems for Small Practices (1 to 5 physicians) 1 Practice Partner - Patient Records 2 eClinical Works - eClinical Works 3 Medical Communication Systems - mMD.Net EMR

EMR Systems for Medium and Large Practices 1 eClinicalWorks - eClinicalWorks 2 Allscripts - TouchWorks EHR 3 Practice Partner - Patient Records

Medical Transcription Businesses 1 (tie) MedQuist - DoQment Enterprise Platform Spheris

Hot Products 1 Misys - Homecare PDA Solution 2 Synamed (an ASP-based EMR)

Personal Health Record Systems 1 CapMed - Personal Health Key 2 Medical Communications Systems - mMD.Net PHR 3 Cerner - IQ Health