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QLIMG Expands Electronic Medical Record from Allscripts Healthcare Solutions
More Physicians To Have Real-Time Paperless Access to TouchWorks EMR

Queens-Long Island Medical Group, P.C. (QLIMG), one of the largest medical groups in the New York metropolitan area, will expand its use of TouchWorksô electronic medical record (EMR) software, adding additional physicians and more functionality. Currently, 100 physicians at QLIMG use TouchWorks Chargeô to increase the accuracy and efficiency of their billing and reduce paperwork. With this agreement, QLIMG has committed to provide TouchWorks Noteô to 150 physicians and document imaging, dictation management, clinical notation, and computerized physician order entry (CPOE) functionality for 250 of their physicians over the next twelve months.

The expanded use of the TouchWorks EMR will enhance the safety and the efficiency of care for patients. Currently, TouchWorks streamlines billing processes for QLIMG physicians, so they can spend less time on paperwork and more time with their patients. Physicians at QLIMG will use handheld, wireless Pocket PC devices (the iPAQô from HP) to order tests, view test results, and dictate clinical notes into the patient's record directly at the point of care. These same handheld devices will also allow physicians to electronically prescribe medications and automatically check for potentially harmful drug interactions or allergic reactions. Physicians will also use technology including the new Microsoft-designed, wireless Tablet PC's, to electronically access the patient's entire file, including paper forms that will be scanned electronically and included as a digital image in the patient record, providing better access to information with less paperwork and less cost.

"With the growing demands of patient care, QLIMG believes that technology is the only solution to provide higher quality patient care while containing costs and the TouchWorks EMR is the best tool for us to accomplish these goals," said Michael Sparacino, Chief Operating Officer of Queens-Long Island Medical Group, P.C. "The modular approach of TouchWorks helped QLIMG physicians to get on and get going along our path to full clinical automation."