Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center Swiftly Expands Use of Eclipsys Solutions to Create Nearly 100 Percent Electronic Environment

Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ:ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, announced today that Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center (Bronx Lebanon), the largest voluntary, not-for-profit healthcare system in south and central Bronx, NY, has quickly expanded its use of integrated clinical components of Eclipsys Sunrise Enterprise™ suite of solutions. In addition to a seamless "big bang” activation of Sunrise Emergency Care™ within its emergency department (ED), Bronx Lebanon has recently completed a successful, six-month accelerated activation of Eclipsys’ Sunrise Ambulatory Care™ solution within a 40-doctor multispecialty practice. The ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) implementation is the first step in a plan to roll out ambulatory EHRs to all 27 of Bronx Lebanon’s outpatient practice clinics in 2010. Both activations build upon the healthcare system’s use of Eclipsys’ access management and industry-leading computerized physician order entry (CPOE) solutions within its acute care environments.

A Scalable Template for Full Ambulatory EHR Rollout

"Because Eclipsys’ CPOE solution is integrated with Sunrise Ambulatory Care, we were able to utilize applications, such as orders, immunization manager and wellness manager, which are embedded in the structured notes of our ambulatory EHR,” said Eliot Heller, M.D., chief medical informatics officer, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center. "Amazingly, we completed the launch with only two IT staff dedicated to the project because of the expertise and planning assistance we received from our Eclipsys team. I believe we deployed the outpatient EHR faster than any of the other healthcare systems in our area.”

Added Heller, "This launch also has given us a scalable template for deploying an EHR solution in our remaining 27 ambulatory care practices.”

Bronx Lebanon utilized Eclipsys’ speed to value methodology to deploy Sunrise Ambulatory Care. The ambulatory EHR solution provides outpatient physicians with clinical decision support, web-based practice management and medical billing support and embedded connectivity to streamline healthcare data exchange with pharmacies and payers. This functionality not only increases operational efficiency, but also will help providers demonstrate meaningful use, a key requirement for hospitals that seek to qualify for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus funds. Sunrise Ambulatory Care v 5.0 is Surescripts certified for Prescription Benefit and Prescription History services and Prescription Routing with retail pharmacy.

ED Activation Eliminates Documentation Redundancies; Seamless to End-User Community

Bronx Lebanon further leveraged its Eclipsys’ technology platform with its recent "big bang” activation of electronic physician documentation of patient care in the emergency room setting. Steven Anderman, chief operating officer, stated, "Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, the combination of careful resource planning, physician leadership and execution, as well as strong Eclipsys support resulted in a very successful EHR implementation, with no loss of operational productivity and minimal problems in our busy ED.”

The activation, which involved 60 physicians, builds upon ED nurses’ use of Sunrise Emergency Care, as well as Eclipsys’ electronic tracking board. Now that both physicians and nurses are utilizing the same system, the hospital has significantly eliminated documentation redundancy among the care team for improved speed and accuracy of care notes and orders.

"The Eclipsys support people were instrumental in the ED activation going so smoothly,” said Thomas Boyd, M.D., assistant medical director, ER, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center. "They demonstrated strong knowledge of the applications and took the time to familiarize themselves with the specifics of what we wanted to achieve at Bronx Lebanon. From a benefits perspective, the Eclipsys solutions have provided our emergency physicians with a visible measure of increased charting accuracy and workflow efficiency. Laboratory and radiology results and past medical history are all automatically pulled into the chart. We’re no longer rewriting radiology interpretation, so rather than slowing work down as was feared, the new technology is providing us with data that is a great benefit to performing admission diagnosis and assessments.”

The ED activation was another large implementation for Bronx Lebanon to bring it to an almost 100 percent electronic world. In 2010, it will complete rolling out the EHR solution to most of the remaining 27 Bronx Lebanon practices, followed by a dedicated rollout of Eclipsys’ clinical documentation solution within inpatient settings at its two main hospitals. Once the IT projects are completed, the health system will have enabled bi-directional, enterprise-wide information sharing and access to patient records from any location.

"Our market leadership in CPOE provides health systems with a solid foundation for EHR deployment,” said Jay Deady, Eclipsys’ executive vice president of Client Solutions. "In combination with our speed to value methodology, we can enable any health system, regardless of size or resource constraints, to quickly deploy Eclipsys technologies for improved clinical, operational and financial outcomes.”

About Eclipsys’ CPOE Solution

With a client base that leads the industry in CPOE adoption, Eclipsys outperforms its peers in composite performance across all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quality measures. In addition, Eclipsys clinical information systems are used by 45 percent of the Magnet Recognition Program® hospitals, and Eclipsys clients represent 40 percent of the facilities that the U.S. News and World Report ranked among "America’s Best Hospitals” in 2009. According to the KLAS CPOE Digest 2009, Eclipsys leads the industry in total physicians live on CPOE and the percentage of its client base using the system. Eclipsys will showcase its CPOE solution, along with other integrated components of its Sunrise Enterprise system at HIMSS 2010 in Atlanta, March 1-4 (booth #5833).

About Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center

Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center is the largest voluntary, not-for-profit healthcare system serving the south and central Bronx, NY. The system includes 958 beds at two major hospital divisions; a major psychiatric facility; two specialized long-term care facilities; and an extensive network of 70 outpatient practices, including the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Health Center. For more information, see www.bronx-leb.org.

About the Magnet Recognition Program

The Magnet Recognition Program® was developed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANNC) to recognize healthcare organizations that provide nursing excellence. The program also provides a vehicle for disseminating successful nursing practices and strategies. Recognizing quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice, the Magnet Recognition Program provides consumers with the ultimate benchmark to measure the quality of care that they can expect to receive. For more information, go to www.nursingcredentialing.com.

About the KLAS CPOE Digest 2009

The KLAS CPOE Digest 2009 compiled data from healthcare executives, managers and clinicians. The study provided detailed information on several criteria including current CPOE usage at healthcare organizations, product capabilities and vendor performance.

About KLAS

KLAS is a research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare vendors. KLAS’ mission is to improve delivery, by independently measuring vendor performance for the benefit of its healthcare provider partners, consultants, investors, and vendors. Working together with executives from over 4,500 hospitals and over 2,500 clinics, KLAS delivers timely reports, trends, and statistics, which provide a solid overview of vendor performance in the industry. KLAS measures performance of software, professional services, and medical equipment vendors. For more information, go to www.KLASresearch.com, or email marketing@KLASresearch.com, or call 1-800-920-4109 to speak with a KLAS representative.

About Surescripts

Surescripts – the Nation’s E-Prescription Network – gives healthcare providers secure, electronic access to prescription and health information that can save their patients’ lives, improve efficiency and reduce the cost of healthcare for all. Available during emergencies or routine care, the Surescripts network connects prescribers in all 50 states through their choice of e-prescribing software to the nation’s leading payers, chain pharmacies and independent pharmacies. Through its network in standards, certification, education and collaboration at the national, regional and state levels, Surescripts and its network have become the backbone that facilities e-prescribing. For more information, go to www.surescripts.com.

About What is Meaningful

The HITECH portion of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has set the HIT industry on a quest for answers to many questions. Eclipsys is sponsoring a new web site to solicit opinions on these questions. The site, www.whatismeaningful.com, was created to promote, educate and provide a valuable resource that informs and delivers best practices. This web site will go beyond the government definitions of meaningful use and explore how providers can drive improved outcomes through the use of healthcare information technology. Visit this web site to keep informed of the latest information being shared about ARRA.

About Eclipsys

Eclipsys is a leading provider of advanced integrated clinical, revenue cycle and performance management software, clinical content and professional services that help healthcare organizations improve clinical, financial and operational outcomes. For more information, see www.eclipsys.com or email info@eclipsys.com.

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