eClinicalWorks Helps Community Health Centers Accomplish Electronic Health Records Initiatives

Unified EMR and PM Solution Enables Community Health Centers (CHCs) to Efficiently Manage Practices and Better Serve Patients

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.—June 19, 2006—eClinicalWorks™, a leading provider of unified ambulatory clinical information systems, today announced its initiative to make electronic health records a viable option for Community Health Centers (CHCs). Since beginning this initiative in late-2005, the company has modified its unified Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Practice Management (PM) solution to meet the unique billing and reporting requirements and has signed six separate CHCs with several additional agreements in progress.

“Urban Health Plan has multiple locations in the South Bronx providing numerous specialties, making it extremely difficult to centrally manage all of the patient data we receive,” said Alison Connelly-Flores, RPA-C, EHR project manager for Urban Health Plan. “Our federal funding is reliant on the reports we submit and the quality of that data. eClinicalWorks understands this and has worked closely with us to make sure our EMR has all of the reporting and data collection capabilities we need to ensure there are no interruptions in the services we are able to provide. The company has also had us quickly implemented and trained so providers could spend more time with patients instead of learning a new technology.”

CHCs are federally-funded health centers designed to provide high-quality care to patients with limited financial resources. Reliant on federal grant money, CHCs have stringent reporting and billing requirements that apply only to this type of center. eClinicalWorks has worked closely with CHCs to enhance its product according to these federal mandates, ensuring there is no interruption in the funding that supports their work. Using eClinicalWorks, CHCs will be able to streamline internal processes between multiple locations and promote patient safety while reducing costs.

“After extensive examination of White River Rural Health Center’s current processes, we realized that we needed to implement a unified EMR and PM solution to better streamline our practices,” said Greg Wolverton, CIO for White River Rural Health Center. “With 20 locations that are spread over 5600 square miles, eClinicalWorks provides a unified solution that is flexible enough to fit our specific requirements. That mixed with a superior level of customer service and the commitment shown by the entire eClinicalWorks team, made this an easy decision. Using eClinicalWorks increases the quality of care our patients already receive, bringing it to an even higher level.”

“Community Health Centers perform a very necessary function in our society with only a portion of the resources that private clinics possess,” said Girish Kumar Navani, president of eClinicalWorks. “It is a difficult situation. Those that can benefit most from streamlined processes are less able to implement the necessary technology without first proving the return on investment. As with all of our clients, eClinicalWorks is doing everything it can to make its integrated EMR and PM solution an important resource to meet the requirements for these centers.”

eClinicalWorks’ EMR solution enables CHCs to manage patient flow, immediately access patient records in-house or remotely, electronically communicate with the referring physicians and securely send consult notes and clinical data. Users can easily access and review complete patient histories, past visits, current medications, allergies, labs and charts. Integrated with EMR is eClinicalWorks Practice Management, designed to instantly streamline the medical billing process. The accompanying Patient Portal allows patients and physicians to communicate easily, safely, and securely over the Internet for aspects of their care including appointments, lab results and statements.

About Urban Health Plan
Urban Health Plan, Inc. (UHP) is a nonprofit 501(c) 3 federally qualified community health center licensed by New York State as an Article 28 Diagnostic and Treatment Center and certified by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). UHP has more than 30 years experience delivering quality health care services to the residents of the South Bronx communities of Hunts Point, Morrisania and Mott Haven. In 2005, UHP delivered care to over 26,000 patients who accounted for 143,000 visits. For more information, please visit www.urbanhealthplan.org.

About White River Rural Health
White River Rural Health Center, Inc. is the largest Federally Qualified Community Health Center system in Arkansas, with 18 Medical Clinics, 4 Dental Clinics and 2 Pharmacies that delivers medical care across 5600 square miles of Arkansas. More information is available at wrrhc-ar.org.

About eClinicalWorks
Founded in 1999, eClinicalWorks is an established, profitable private clinical information technology company. Its independent, investor-free structure provides the agility to quickly meet market requirements. The company’s Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Practice Management (PM) solutions are proven for solo, single/multi-specialty and single/multi-location practice networks, and designed to streamline a practices operations to ensure superior patient care. eClinicalWorks has an established customer base of more than 5,000 medical providers across all 50 states. eClinicalWorks has been awarded top industry honors including Best in KLAS’ Ambulatory EMR (1-5) in 2005 and 2004, a top EMR for small, medium and large practices, and pediatric specialty groups by TEPR 2006, the best EMR and EMR-e- prescription by TEPR 2005, the top Practice Management solution and Medical Records Document Imaging/Management System by TEPR 2004, the top EMR solution by TEPR 2003 and the 5-STAR rated EMR solution by AC Group in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Based in Westborough, Mass., eClinicalWorks has additional offices in Roswell, Ga. More information on eClinicalWorks can be found at www.eclinicalworks.com or by calling (866) 888-MY-CW.

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