[{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core\/freeform","postId":1959,"blockType":{"name":"core\/freeform","keywords":[],"attributes":{"content":{"type":"string","source":"raw"},"lock":{"type":"object"}},"providesContext":[],"usesContext":[],"selectors":[],"supports":{"className":false,"customClassName":false,"reusable":false},"styles":[],"variations":[],"apiVersion":3,"title":"Classic","description":"Use the classic WordPress editor.","category":"text"},"originalContent":"As consolidation continues to shape the healthcare industry, the health IT vendor market is following suit, and Allscripts\u2014which provides physician practices, hospitals and other providers with practice management and electronic health record technology\u2014insists that it will not be left behind.

\u201cWe believe that consolidation is going to continue to happen in the market, and there\u2019s probably only going to be three, maybe four players left in the space when it\u2019s all done,\u201d says Jim Hewitt, solutions development executive vice president at Allscripts. \u201cWe are making sure that we\u2019re going to be one of those three or four players.\u201d

Allscripts has been on a major buying spree of late. Last year, Allscripts announced plans to acquire the Enterprise Information Solutions division of McKesson, which operates its hospital and health system IT business, for $185 million. Earlier this year, the company announced an agreement to acquire physician practice vendor Practice Fusion for $100 million.

However, Hewitt emphasizes that Allscripts is not just an EHR vendor. In May, the company bought HealthGrid Holding Company, a mobile enterprise patient engagement platform business, in a $60 million acquisition designed to expand the capabilities of the Allscripts FollowMyHealth platform portfolio\u2014the vendor\u2019s patient engagement solution.

He contends that, thanks to the HealthGrid acquisition, \u201cnobody has the capabilities we do for the empowered healthcare consumer,\u201d including appointment confirmation and waitlist notification functionality, as well as the ability to conduct post-discharge surveys.

Also See<\/b>: Allscripts looks to expand patient engagement line with HealthGrid buy<\/a>

Allscripts has closed the acquisition and expects to have the first combined release by the end of August that will tightly integrate the HealthGrid capabilities into its FollowMyHealth platform, according to Hewitt, who says the offering will enable providers to reach 100 percent of their patient populations without requiring patients to sign up for a portal and instead will leverage existing patients\u2019 contact information.

\u201cFollowMyHealth was built to sit on any practice management system or EHR\u2014it is completely EHR agnostic,\u201d adds Hewitt, noting that Allscripts acquired cloud-based patient and consumer engagement vendor Jardogs in 2013 and the rights to its patient portal that was called FollowMyHealth.

Overall, he says Allscripts has made \u201cextraordinary investments\u201d into the company\u2019s existing and future solutions. Earlier this year, the vendor announced the launch of its Avenel mobile-first and cloud-based electronic health record, which Hewitt claims is the industry\u2019s first machine learning EHR.","saveContent":"As consolidation continues to shape the healthcare industry, the health IT vendor market is following suit, and Allscripts\u2014which provides physician practices, hospitals and other providers with practice management and electronic health record technology\u2014insists that it will not be left behind.

\u201cWe believe that consolidation is going to continue to happen in the market, and there\u2019s probably only going to be three, maybe four players left in the space when it\u2019s all done,\u201d says Jim Hewitt, solutions development executive vice president at Allscripts. \u201cWe are making sure that we\u2019re going to be one of those three or four players.\u201d

Allscripts has been on a major buying spree of late. Last year, Allscripts announced plans to acquire the Enterprise Information Solutions division of McKesson, which operates its hospital and health system IT business, for $185 million. Earlier this year, the company announced an agreement to acquire physician practice vendor Practice Fusion for $100 million.

However, Hewitt emphasizes that Allscripts is not just an EHR vendor. In May, the company bought HealthGrid Holding Company, a mobile enterprise patient engagement platform business, in a $60 million acquisition designed to expand the capabilities of the Allscripts FollowMyHealth platform portfolio\u2014the vendor\u2019s patient engagement solution.

He contends that, thanks to the HealthGrid acquisition, \u201cnobody has the capabilities we do for the empowered healthcare consumer,\u201d including appointment confirmation and waitlist notification functionality, as well as the ability to conduct post-discharge surveys.

Also See<\/b>: Allscripts looks to expand patient engagement line with HealthGrid buy<\/a>

Allscripts has closed the acquisition and expects to have the first combined release by the end of August that will tightly integrate the HealthGrid capabilities into its FollowMyHealth platform, according to Hewitt, who says the offering will enable providers to reach 100 percent of their patient populations without requiring patients to sign up for a portal and instead will leverage existing patients\u2019 contact information.

\u201cFollowMyHealth was built to sit on any practice management system or EHR\u2014it is completely EHR agnostic,\u201d adds Hewitt, noting that Allscripts acquired cloud-based patient and consumer engagement vendor Jardogs in 2013 and the rights to its patient portal that was called FollowMyHealth.

Overall, he says Allscripts has made \u201cextraordinary investments\u201d into the company\u2019s existing and future solutions. Earlier this year, the vendor announced the launch of its Avenel mobile-first and cloud-based electronic health record, which Hewitt claims is the industry\u2019s first machine learning EHR.","order":0,"get_parent":{},"attributes":[],"attributesType":{"content":{"type":"string","source":"raw"},"lock":{"type":"object"}},"dynamicContent":""}]

Allscripts embraces consolidation in health IT market

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