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Allscripts Professional EHR vs Philips IntelliSpace PACS

Allscripts Professional EHR logo

Allscripts Professional EHR

Healthcare

On-premise EHR solution for physician practices and hospitals

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Philips IntelliSpace PACS logo

Philips IntelliSpace PACS

Healthcare

Enterprise radiology PACS and diagnostic image viewing from Philips

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Allscripts Professional EHR allscripts moved its products to the Veradigm brand in 2022, so the Allscripts name is retired; Philips IntelliSpace PACS philips has consolidated its imaging marketing under Philips Enterprise Imaging and several IntelliSpace PACS regional pages now redirect to a generic medical imaging page, so a buyer signing a long PACS term should demand a written product lifecycle and version support statement before committing.
  • They diverge on capability: Allscripts Professional EHR covers Electronic Health Records, Philips IntelliSpace PACS covers Diagnostic reading client.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Allscripts Professional EHR and Philips IntelliSpace PACS actually diverge.

Attributes where Allscripts Professional EHR and Philips IntelliSpace PACS differ
AttributeAllscripts Professional EHRPhilips IntelliSpace PACS
PlatformsWeb, DesktopWeb, Windows
Founded1986Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Healthcare).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Allscripts Professional EHR

  • Electronic Health Records
  • Clinical Documentation
  • Order Management
  • Laboratory Integration
  • Patient Management
  • Reporting and Analytics
  • HL7
  • FHIR

Only in Philips IntelliSpace PACS

  • Diagnostic reading client
  • Zero footprint web viewer
  • Enterprise archive
  • Advanced visualisation
  • IntelliSpace Radiology on AWS
  • Worklist and workflow
  • AI results integration

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Allscripts Professional EHR

  • Patient Carenot Philips IntelliSpace PACS
  • Medical Recordsnot Philips IntelliSpace PACS
  • Practice Managementnot Philips IntelliSpace PACS
  • Telehealthnot Philips IntelliSpace PACS

Philips IntelliSpace PACS

  • A hospital replacing an end of life PACS that already runs a large Philips CT and MR estate and wants modality and reading integration in one support contractnot Allscripts Professional EHR
  • A radiology group consolidating several departmental archives into one enterprise archive with a single radiologist worklistnot Allscripts Professional EHR
  • A health system that wants to move diagnostic reading off local workstations into a cloud hosted environment via the AWS listingnot Allscripts Professional EHR
  • Sites that need server side advanced visualisation so radiologists can do 3D and vessel work without dedicated 3D workstationsnot Allscripts Professional EHR

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Allscripts Professional EHR

  • Allscripts moved its products to the Veradigm brand in 2022, so the Allscripts name is retired
  • Pricing is not published
  • The Veradigm site no longer names Professional EHR as a distinct product, which makes its current status hard to establish from the vendor

Philips IntelliSpace PACS

  • Philips has consolidated its imaging marketing under Philips Enterprise Imaging and several IntelliSpace PACS regional pages now redirect to a generic medical imaging page, so a buyer signing a long PACS term should demand a written product lifecycle and version support statement before committing.
  • Advanced visualisation is licensed by concurrent user separately from the base PACS, so a department that sizes concurrency from average use finds radiologists blocked at the morning peak and buys more licences after go live.
  • The deepest integration is with Philips modalities, so sites running mixed GE and Siemens scanner fleets get less of the workflow benefit than the demonstration environment implies.
  • Third party AI findings arrive through a results interface rather than natively in the hanging protocol, so radiologists context switch to see algorithm output and adoption of purchased AI is lower than expected.
  • Data migration from a legacy PACS is a separate, large and often underquoted professional services line, and migrations of a decade of priors routinely run longer than the go live plan allows.

Pricing, plan by plan

Allscripts Professional EHR

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Allscripts Professional EHR review.

Philips IntelliSpace PACS

On request
  • IntelliSpace PACS$undefined/year
    • Priced by annual study volume and concurrent diagnostic users
    • Advanced visualisation licensed separately by concurrent user
    • Storage and archive tiering priced by capacity

Which should you pick?

Choose Allscripts Professional EHR if

  • You need electronic health records.
  • You work on Web, Desktop.
  • You also want clinical documentation.
Allscripts Professional EHR review

Choose Philips IntelliSpace PACS if

  • You need diagnostic reading client.
  • You work on Web, Windows.
  • You also want zero footprint web viewer.
Philips IntelliSpace PACS review

Questions people ask

Is Allscripts Professional EHR or Philips IntelliSpace PACS better?
Neither clearly leads. Allscripts Professional EHR starts at On request and Philips IntelliSpace PACS at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Allscripts Professional EHR or Philips IntelliSpace PACS?
Allscripts Professional EHR starts at On request and Philips IntelliSpace PACS at On request.
Does Allscripts Professional EHR or Philips IntelliSpace PACS run on more platforms?
Allscripts Professional EHR runs on Web, Desktop. Philips IntelliSpace PACS runs on Web, Windows.
What is Allscripts Professional EHR best used for?
Allscripts Professional EHR is most often used for patient care, medical records, practice management, telehealth. Of those, patient care and medical records are not what Philips IntelliSpace PACS is typically brought in for.
What can Allscripts Professional EHR do that Philips IntelliSpace PACS cannot?
Allscripts Professional EHR covers Electronic Health Records, Clinical Documentation, Order Management, Laboratory Integration. Philips IntelliSpace PACS covers Diagnostic reading client, Zero footprint web viewer, Enterprise archive, Advanced visualisation.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Allscripts Professional EHR: What is the cost of Allscripts Professional EHR?

Allscripts Professional EHR uses quote-based pricing. Organizations must contact the vendor directly to receive customized pricing based on their specific requirements and implementation needs.

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Philips IntelliSpace PACS: Is IntelliSpace PACS being discontinued?

It is still sold and supported, but Philips has moved its marketing to Philips Enterprise Imaging and some regional IntelliSpace product pages now redirect. Ask Philips for the written lifecycle statement before signing a multi year term.

Philips IntelliSpace PACS: Can I run it in the cloud?

Yes. Philips lists IntelliSpace Radiology on AWS Marketplace, and Philips also offers a managed hosted deployment. Both are quoted rather than self service.

Philips IntelliSpace PACS: Does Philips publish pricing?

No. Pricing is by study volume, concurrent diagnostic users and storage, and is usually negotiated alongside modality capital.

Philips IntelliSpace PACS: Will it read images from non Philips scanners?

Yes, it is a standard DICOM archive and viewer. The gap is in advanced visualisation and modality workflow integration, which is deeper on Philips equipment.

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