A4 Health Systems, Inc. provides community-based healthcare through healthcare information technology solutions for consolidated clinical, financial, and administrative patient information management. It offers solutions for physicians practices, which include HealthMatics Office, a patient information management system; HealthMatics EHR (Electronic Health Record), an EHR solution that simplifies patient chart management and enables practice-wide clinical workflow automation; and HealthMatics Ntierprise PMS (Practice Management System), a PMS that streamlines claims management, improves billing and collections, provides multiple resource scheduling, and offers reporting with drill down capability. The company also offers solutions for hospitals, such as HealthMatics ED, an emergency department information system (EDIS) that enables turnaround, enhanced billing, decreased liability through improved documentation, and reporting on ED volumes and activities; Canopy, a Web-based care management solution that automates and streamlines the case, utilization, and quality management processes; EmSTAT, an EDIS that ensures quality care, reimbursement, and department efficiency; and HealthMatics CDR, which provides clinicians with a single Web-based portal for accessing patient-specific clinical information that has been captured by disparate systems within care delivery network. It implements software and services in healthcare organizations, including physician groups and small practices, and emergency departments and hospitals. A4 Health Systems, Inc. was founded as Management Systems Associates, Inc. in 1970 and was renamed as A4 Health Systems, Inc. in 1996. The company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina. As of March 3, 2006, A4 Health Systems, Inc. is a subsidiary of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.