CHICAGO, May 8, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grand Lake Health System of St. Marys, OH, U.S.A., selected the Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX) SunriseTM platform as the core electronic health record (EHR) for its community of medical centers.

Grand Lake Health System, which has selected the Allscripts Sunrise suite to further its commitment to community health strategy by creating a comprehensive single patient record that supports acute, ambulatory, clinical, emergency, surgical care and post-acute home care. The organization will also use Sunrise to support enhancement of the patient-care management processes. Grand Lake Health System intends to use the comprehensive Sunrise suite for all venues of care along with Sunrise's enhanced revenue cycle management solution to support today's value based reimbursement model.

"With Sunrise, we are committed to delivering an integrated community of care based on industry best practices and protocols," said Lori Miller, CIO of Grand Lake Health System. "Sunrise will help enable our care providers to deliver value-based care with access to data that can help drive continuous enhancements to our ability to provide the Grand Patient Experience."

Allscripts Sunrise is an integrated suite of solutions for emergency, acute, post-acute, ambulatory, and revenue cycle. Used by many of the leading hospitals and health systems in the world, Allscripts Sunrise is a highly configurable solution that offers clinician-specific workflows that help drive adoption of clinical decision support that can lead to improved outcomes.

"The flexibility and robustness of Allscripts Sunrise will help empower Grand Lake Health System to better serve its patient population in a way that best fits its community," said Senior Vice President of Field Sales Steve Holmquist. "Our partnership with Grand Lake Health System will help bring a more seamless and enhanced experience for the Grand Lake clinicians and patients to whom they provide service."

About Grand Lake Health System

Proudly committed to serving the community with compassionate care, advanced technology and expertise, Grand Lake Health System is a comprehensive health system offering a wide range of primary, acute and therapy services to the people of the Grand Lake region. Joint Township District Memorial Hospital offers: modern facilities, state-of-the-art equipment; caring medical professionals; highly qualified, experienced physicians; the widest array of medical services and specialties – all with quality and convenience. Joint Township District Memorial Hospital and Grand Lake Health System remain committed to our long tradition of serving with skill, expertise, quality, care and compassion.

About Allscripts

Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX) is a leader in healthcare information technology solutions that advance clinical, financial and operational results. Our innovative solutions connect people, places and data across an Open, Connected Community of Health™. Connectivity empowers caregivers to make better decisions and deliver better care for healthier populations. To learn more, visit www.allscripts.com, Twitter, YouTube and It Takes A Community: The Allscripts Blog.

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