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NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- From the floor of the 2007 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition, Allscripts , the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced today that Louisiana State University Healthcare Network (LSUHN) has selected the TouchWorks(TM) Electronic Health Record (EHR) to automate and connect its more than 500 physicians and transform healthcare in the region.
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In a broad-ranging response to the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina, which destroyed over 250,000 of LSUHN's medical charts and displaced thousands of its patients and providers, LSUHN will deploy the Electronic Health Record in their own clinics across Southeast Louisiana. The physician group also will lead the deployment of a free, web-based electronic prescribing to all physicians in the state as the regional sponsor of the National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative(SM) (NEPSI(SM)), a coalition of technology and healthcare companies led by Allscripts and Dell.
"LSU Healthcare, in partnership with Allscripts, is helping to rebuild Louisiana healthcare by providing...
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