Allscripts to Announce Fourth Quarter Results on February 17

    Business Editors/Healthcare Writers

    CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2005--Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, announced today that it will report its earnings for the three and six months ended December 31, 2004, after the market closes on Thursday, February 17, 2005. On that same day, at 4:30 PM eastern time, AHS management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the Company's earnings and other information.
    The earnings news release will be distributed via BusinessWire immediately after the market closes the afternoon of February 17, 2005. The release will also be available on the Company's Web site at www.allscripts.com. To listen to the conference call broadcast, participants may log onto www.allscripts.com. We suggest you log onto the web site approximately 15 minutes prior to the conference call to download and install any necessary software. The conference call can also be accessed by dialing 1-800-374-0526. A Microsoft Windows Media Player web replay will be available 3 hours after the conclusion of the call for a period of 2 weeks at www.allscripts.com or by calling 1-800-642-1687, ID # 3686443.
    (Minimum requirements to listen to broadcast: Microsoft Windows Media Player software, downloadable free from http://windowsmedia.com/download/download.asp, 28.8Kpbs modem Internet connection, and speakers/earphones.)

    About Allscripts Healthcare Solutions

    Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (AHS) is the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare. The Company's TouchWorks(TM) software is an Electronic Health Record (EHR) that enhances physician productivity by automating the most common physician activities including prescribing, dictating, capturing charges, ordering labs and viewing results, providing patient education, and documenting clinical encounters. TouchWorks is available on the latest Tablet PCs, wireless handheld devices, desktop workstations and over the Internet. AHS also offers electronic document imaging and scanning solutions through its Advanced Imaging Concepts subsidiary. Additionally, AHS provides healthcare product education and market research programs for physicians through its Physicians Interactive(TM) unit and medication fulfillment services through its Allscripts Direct(TM) unit. Visit AHS on the Web at www.allscripts.com.
    Strategic partners include IDX Systems; IMS Health; Microsoft; and Hewlett-Packard Company.

    This announcement may contain forward-looking statements about Allscripts Healthcare Solutions that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are developed by combining currently available information with Allscripts beliefs and assumptions. Forward-looking statements do not guarantee future performance. Because Allscripts cannot predict all of the risks and uncertainties that may affect it, or control the ones it does predict, Allscripts' actual results may be materially different from the results expressed in its forward-looking statements. For a more complete discussion of the risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may affect Allscripts, see the Company's 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K, available through the Web site maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.

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CONTACT: Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Dan Michelson, 847-680-3515, Ext. 4330 dan.michelson@allscripts.com

KEYWORD: ILLINOIS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MEDICAL MEDICAL DEVICES BIOTECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE NETWORKING EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALLS SOURCE: Allscripts Healthcare Solutions

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