altera-touchworks

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Company Name

Altera Digital Health

Product URL

https://www.alterahealth.com/solution/touchworks/

Company URL

https://www.alterahealth.com/

Categories

Summary

TouchWorks EHR is Altera Digital Health's scalable ambulatory electronic health record for medium-to-large single- and multi‑specialty practices, MSOs and IDNs, offering web/mobile access, documentation, ordering and analytics to support clinical workflows and interoperability.

Description

TouchWorks EHR is a web‑based, user‑centered ambulatory EHR platform designed to streamline clinician workflows, support documentation and orders (CPOE), enable mobile access, connect via open architecture/APIs to third‑party systems, and provide analytics and reporting to meet regulatory and value‑based care requirements. Recent additions include ambient listening/note generation (TouchWorks Note+).

Api Available

yes

Certifications

Company Founding

2022

Company Offices

Compliance

Customers

Data Residency

US, UK, Canada and APAC hosting/region options (regional deployment available)

Data Standards

Deployment Model

Features

Id

P0089

Integration Partners

Integrations

Languages Supported

Last Updated

2025-09-07

License

commercial / proprietary

Links

Market Segment

Optional Modules

Os Platforms

Pricing Details

Contact vendor for pricing, deployment and licensing tiers; enterprise sales/quote-based (no public list prices).

Pricing Model

enterprise_quote

Privacy Features

Ratings

Regions Available

Release Year

Security Features

Specialties

Support Channels

System Requirements

Altera Cloud (SaaS) or on-prem Windows Server with SQL Server

Target Users

Training Options

Type

product

User Reviews

Version

1.0

Canonical JSON

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  "company_name": "Altera Digital Health",
  "company_url": "https://www.alterahealth.com/",
  "company_offices": [
    "Australia",
    "India",
    "Israel",
    "United Kingdom",
    "United States",
    "Singapore"
  ],
  "company_founding": "2022",
  "product_url": "https://www.alterahealth.com/solution/touchworks/",
  "categories": [
    "clinical",
    "ambulatory EHR",
    "interoperability",
    "analytics",
    "mobile / patient-facing"
  ],
  "market_segment": [
    "enterprise",
    "mid-market",
    "smb"
  ],
  "links": [
    "https://www.alterahealth.com/",
    "https://www.alterahealth.com/solution/touchworks/",
    "https://www.alterahealth.com/about-altera/locations/",
    "https://www.alterahealth.com/legal/onc-reg-compliance/",
    "https://www.alterahealth.com/newsroom/altera-digital-health-and-harris-affinity-partner-to-strengthen-healthcare-organization-financials/",
    "https://elion.health/products/altera-touchworks",
    "https://klasresearch.com/review/altera-digital-health-touchworks-ehr/1614",
    "https://www.digitalhealth.net/2022/05/allscripts-re-branded-altera-digital-health/",
    "https://www.alterahealth.com/leadership/"
  ],
  "summary": "TouchWorks EHR is Altera Digital Health's scalable ambulatory electronic health record for medium-to-large single- and multi‑specialty practices, MSOs and IDNs, offering web/mobile access, documentation, ordering and analytics to support clinical workflows and interoperability.",
  "description": "TouchWorks EHR is a web‑based, user‑centered ambulatory EHR platform designed to streamline clinician workflows, support documentation and orders (CPOE), enable mobile access, connect via open architecture/APIs to third‑party systems, and provide analytics and reporting to meet regulatory and value‑based care requirements. Recent additions include ambient listening/note generation (TouchWorks Note+).",
  "target_users": [
    "physicians",
    "clinicians",
    "nurses",
    "practice administrators",
    "IT teams",
    "revenue cycle / billing staff",
    "MSO/IDN managers"
  ],
  "specialties": [
    "ambulatory care",
    "multi-specialty clinics",
    "primary care",
    "specialty outpatient practices"
  ],
  "regions_available": [
    "United States",
    "Canada",
    "United Kingdom",
    "Europe",
    "APAC",
    "Other regions (global availability via Altera)"
  ],
  "languages_supported": [
    "English"
  ],
  "pricing_model": "enterprise_quote",
  "pricing_details": "Contact vendor for pricing, deployment and licensing tiers; enterprise sales/quote-based (no public list prices).",
  "license": "commercial / proprietary",
  "deployment_model": [
    "SaaS (Altera Cloud)",
    "on_prem",
    "hybrid"
  ],
  "os_platforms": [
    "Web (responsive)",
    "iOS",
    "Android",
    "Windows"
  ],
  "features": [
    "Ambulatory EHR / clinical documentation",
    "Clinical decision support (CDS)",
    "Responsive web-based UI",
    "Mobile prescribing and refills",
    "Task and workflow management",
    "Structured content and order sets",
    "Medication e-prescribing",
    "Reporting and analytics / Practice Analytics",
    "Interoperability / open architecture",
    "Quality measure reporting",
    "Care gap identification and alerts",
    "User-centered workflow optimization",
    "Patient messaging / portal integration",
    "Remote provider access / mobile productivity"
  ],
  "optional_modules": [
    "TouchWorks Mobile",
    "TouchWorks Note+ (ambient note generation integration)",
    "Practice Analytics (advanced reporting)",
    "Ambient listening / AI note generation"
  ],
  "integrations": [
    "SureScripts (e-prescribing)",
    "Laboratory interfaces (lab vendors / HL7 lab feeds)",
    "Pharmacy systems",
    "Billing / revenue cycle management systems",
    "PACS / imaging viewers (via interfaces)",
    "Third-party apps via FHIR/SMART on FHIR",
    "Patient portal / messaging systems"
  ],
  "data_standards": [
    "FHIR R4",
    "SMART on FHIR",
    "HL7 v2",
    "US Core",
    "ICD-10",
    "SNOMED CT"
  ],
  "api_available": "yes",
  "system_requirements": "Altera Cloud (SaaS) or on-prem Windows Server with SQL Server",
  "compliance": [
    "HIPAA",
    "ONC 21st Century Cures / Certified FHIR R4 compliance",
    "HITECH"
  ],
  "certifications": [
    "ONC Health IT Certification (Cures / FHIR R4 compliance)"
  ],
  "security_features": [
    "Encryption at rest and in transit",
    "Role-based access control (RBAC)",
    "SSO / SAML support",
    "Audit logging",
    "Multi-factor authentication (MFA/2FA)"
  ],
  "privacy_features": [
    "Business Associate Agreement (BAA) available",
    "Consent management",
    "Patient data access controls"
  ],
  "data_residency": "US, UK, Canada and APAC hosting/region options (regional deployment available)",
  "customers": [
    "Coastal Carolina Healthcare",
    "UAB Huntsville",
    "Mankato Clinic",
    "Grand Lake Health System",
    "Jones Clinic"
  ],
  "user_reviews": [
    "TouchWorks is dying — feels like the product is being phased out after the Allscripts/Altera changes.",
    "We are switching from Altera/TouchWorks to Epic; the migration is a big change for analysts.",
    "Not very stable; we've been targeted by ransomware several times and support can be unresponsive.",
    "As a user it is easy to use with simple directions to get you where you need to go.",
    "Altera (formerly Allscripts) can feel slow and clunky compared with newer EHRs."
  ],
  "ratings": [],
  "support_channels": [
    "email",
    "phone",
    "ticketing",
    "onsite",
    "community"
  ],
  "training_options": [
    "documentation",
    "webinars",
    "live_online",
    "onsite",
    "certification"
  ],
  "release_year": "",
  "integration_partners": [
    "Health Gorilla",
    "MedAllies",
    "TouchWorks Note+ (Altera integration)",
    "Health information networks / QHIN partners"
  ],
  "id": "P0089",
  "slug": "altera-touchworks",
  "type": "product",
  "version": "1.0",
  "last_updated": "2025-09-07",
  "links_json": {
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  }
}