Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust launches Allscripts Sunrise(TM)

CHICAGO, July 18, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) has deployed the Allscripts (NASDAQ:MDRX) Sunrise as the foundation for its new health information system across five sites. The solution helps the organization to transform the way it delivers care by enabling an integrated patient record from admission to discharge.

"Our organization has made a huge leap forward in driving greater patient and clinical engagement with successful deployment of the Sunrise solution," said Andrew Foster, Chief Executive of WWL. "At WWL, patients are our top priority, and the Sunrise solution will help provide safer and more effective care, while giving us the flexibility to continually evolve to meet the needs of the communities we serve."

Sunrise is an integrated suite of clinical solutions used by leading hospitals and health systems in the U.K. Highly configurable, Sunrise offers clinician-specific workflows to help drive adoption of clinical decision support, which can lead to improved patient outcomes.

"WWL and Allscripts executed this successful transformation journey thanks to the strong collaborative partnership we both forged, and the exceptional engagement and enthusiasm of the clinical team," said Steven Brain, Allscripts UK Managing Director. "With Allscripts, WWL has a partner with proven solutions that will support the organization as health care inevitably evolves to a more integrated, personalized and prevention-oriented model. We look forward to a long relationship supporting our partners at WWL."

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