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LISLE, IL, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - SXC Health Solutions Corp. ("SXC" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SXCI, TSX: SXC), today announced it has entered into a strategic relationship with Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) to enhance the electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) options available to SXC's healthcare benefits management customers.

The SXC-Allscripts arrangement enables SXC clients - health plans, employers, government agencies, pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies - to seamlessly and securely exchange authorized eligibility, formulary, medication history, and pharmacy information with physicians or other prescribers who use Allscripts stand-alone e-prescribing or Electronic Health Record (EHR) solutions. The prescribers can then use the transmitted, patient-specific information during the prescribing process to make safer, more cost-effective decisions with their patients.

"As the industry's Technology-enabled PBM(TM), SXC is committed to driving e-prescribing across the many markets we serve," said Mark Thierer, President and Chief Executive Officer, SXC Health Solutions. "Delivering actionable information to the provider at the point-of-care is central to our operating principles. We are pleased to partner with Allscripts, the market leader with the most widely used e-prescribing and EHR solutions in the U.S. today. Beyond e-prescribing, we look forward to additional joint efforts with Allscripts to share patient-specific, clinically rich insights with prescribers where and when they need them."

Electronic prescribing offers significant advantages to payers, patients and physicians either as a stand-alone solution or as part of an EHR. Through industry-standard transactions, physic
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