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Chicago and Sunnyvale, CA, April 6 — From the floor of the HIMSS09 Annual Conference & Exhibition, Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) and Products of America, Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products including hard disk drives, peripherals and biometric security solutions, today unveiled the next generation of patient kiosk technology for physician practices.

The new Allscripts Patient Kiosk^T with integrated Fujitsu PalmSecure^T solves one of the biggest complaints of patients — the seemingly endless stream of paperwork they must fill out every time they register for an appointment. At the same time, the kiosk helps physician practices weather the economic downturn by reducing the costs and overhead associated with traditional patient check-in, while maintaining patient confidentiality and information security. And through its integration with Allscripts Electronic Health Records (EHR), the kiosk helps patients take control of their own healthcare with a dashboard view of all their information including a complete health maintenance plan.

"We're always on the lookout for ways to lower costs while improving patient satisfaction and the Allscripts Patient Kiosk is a home run on both counts," said James Hewitt, Chief Information Officer of Springfield Clinic, a 195-physician multi-specialty physician group with 24 locations in Springfield, Ill. Hewitt co-developed the kiosk with Allscripts and Fujitsu, and pilot-tested its use at Springfield Clinic, where Allscripts and Fujitsu plan to complete full deployment of 50 kiosks to all facilities later this month. "Patients love it because they're in control — they can walk up to the kiosk, put their palm on the Fujitsu reader, check themselves in, pay their co-pay, correct any mistakes in their information and get an alert about an overdue colonoscopy — all within about two minutes."

Innovations such as the Allscripts Patient Kiosk with integrated Fujitsu PalmSecure technology are vital to ensuring that physician groups not only implement but fully utilize Electronic Health Records, a key goal of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, signed by President Barack Obama on February 17, 2009. PalmSecure technology ensures patient privacy with a highly reliable identification system that scans the unique vein patterns in a person's hand. The solution uses a near infrared light to capture a patient's palm vein pattern, generating a unique biometric template that is matched against a database of enrolled users' palm-vein patterns. This advanced, vascular-pattern recognition technology provides a highly accurate type of authentication — The PalmSecure false acceptance ratio is just 0.00008 percent — in a form factor that is non-intrusive, easy to use and that generates extremely fast comparisons. The system ensures that only patients have access to their medical records and information, complying with strict HIPAA patient privacy guidelines.

"Patients and physician practices want nothing more than to find better, faster, more effective ways to communicate with each other, and the Allscripts Patient Kiosk delivers," said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. "The kiosk is the latest example of Allscripts ability to partner with our clients and great companies like Fujitsu to quickly deliver highly innovative new products that transform and improve the delivery of healthcare in America."

The secure Allscripts Patient Kiosk delivers real-time updates to Practice Management databases for patient billing information, including the option to make co-payments using a credit card. The system also seamlessly updates the patient's Allscripts Electronic Health Record, taking a picture to verify their identity and documenting office visits, including procedures undergone by the patient at that time. While accessing the patient's medical record, reminders can be sent to the kiosk screen for future annual exams and other periodic checkups.

"The integration of PalmSecure into the Allscripts Patient Kiosk is a step forward in helping to protect electronic health records, while speeding up check in processes that save physician clinics time and money," said Josh Napua, vice president, healthcare solution group, Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. "We believe that Springfield Clinic can be an example to the healthcare industry with regards to how delivery of patient services can be more streamlined and secure, providing a better experience for administrators, nurses, doctors and most importantly, the patient."

Additional features of the secure medical kiosk system include a camera, credit card reader, printer and optional card scanner creating a complete full-service kiosk solution. Allscripts is the exclusive source of the Allscripts Patient Kiosk for physician practices. As the single point of contact for the kiosk, Allscripts delivers a full service package from initial design, through development, deployment and maintenance.

About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of IT-based business solutions for the global marketplace. With approximately 160,000 employees supporting customers in 70 countries, Fujitsu combines a worldwide corps of systems and services experts with highly reliable computing and communications products and advanced microelectronics to deliver added value to customers. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5.3 trillion yen (US$53 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com.

About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. conducts engineering and marketing activities in Sunnyvale, CA and sales operations throughout the United States. Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. currently offers products and services including hard disk drives, scanners and scanner maintenance, palm vein recognition technology and 10Gb Ethernet switches. Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. is located at 1255 East Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA, 94085. For more information about Fujitsu products and services, call us at 800-626-4686 or 408-746-7000. For more information, please see: http://us.fujitsu.com/fcpa.

About Allscripts
Allscripts uses innovation technology to bring health to healthcare. More than 150,000 physicians, 700 hospitals and nearly 7,000 post-acute and homecare organizations utilize Allscripts to improve the health of their patients and their bottom line. The company's award-winning solutions include electronic health records, electronic prescribing, revenue cycle management, practice management, document management, medication services, hospital care management, emergency department information systems and homecare automation. Allscripts is the brand name of Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. To learn more, visit www.allscripts.com.