IntelliDose expands Allscripts partnership

Six oncology centers across the country are adding IntelliDose software for oncology-specific functions to their Allscripts EHR systems.

The list of Allscripts customers that use the integrated system now includes:

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center Kingsbury Pavilion, of Hanover, N.H.
  • Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene, in Keene, N.H.
  • California Cancer Specialists Medical Group, in Duarte, Calif.
  • Joe Arrington Cancer Research and Treatment Center, of Lubbock, Texas

Cornerstone HealthCare, of High Point, N.C., and Summit Medical Group, in Berkeley Heights, N.J., are among the customers poised to launch their IntelliDose systems this year, according to Burlington, Mass.-based IntelliDose, a provider of medical oncology clinical information systems.

Allscripts partnered with IntelliDose last year.

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