Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ: ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, today announced that Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), New Brunswick, NJ, has completed a successful activation of Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager™s „ integrated modules Sunrise Acute Care„ and its integrated pharmacy information solution, Sunrise Pharmacy„.
With High Rate of Adoption for CPOE, RWJUH Already Achieving Real Value from Eclipsys Solutions
More than 4000 clinicians and support personnel were trained on Eclipsys solutions, who are currently processing more than 12,000 new medication orders daily. RWJUH™s physicians are already placing 75 percent of orders though Eclipsys computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system, the most widely used in the healthcare industry, helping to meet the organization™s goals for clinician satisfaction, high-quality and consistent care, and efficient resource utilization.
We are very excited about our successful deployment of Sunrise Clinical Manager, particularly having an integrated order entry and pharmacy information solution to help us deliver the safest possible patient care, said Dr. Josh Bershad, associate chief medical officer & chief quality officer for RWJUH. The Eclipsys team has been a great partner throughout the implementation process, and we are already achieving more value than we originally anticipated with such a high rate of physician adoption for CPOE.
With Sunrise Acute Care now live, RWJUH caregivers have access to up-to-date health records and unified views of clinical data, helping them better coordinate the complexities of acute care to help improve patient safety and care quality. Physicians also can make informed, timely decisions and clinical teams can deliver integrated care throughout the course of the patient™s treatment. Sunrise Knowledge-Based Charting is also helping RWJUH to facilitate information sharing among clinicians, while providing a foundation for clinical standardization. The solution helps to ensure a consistent documentation methodology that promotes superior care quality by decreasing variability.
With each activation, Eclipsys is committed to helping our clients achieve rapid time to value with our solutions and the spectacular team at RWJUH helped us achieve our goals, said Jay Deady, Eclipsys executive vice president, Client Solutions. It is very gratifying to see RWJUH™s physicians now placing the majority of orders through our CPOE solution so quickly following the activation. We look forward to taking the next step with RWJUH, including documenting how Eclipsys solutions are helping to contribute to outcome improvements.
Added Deady, With this activation at RWJUH and many others we™ve completed over the last few months, our professional services organization is building a track record for successful activations that is unmatched in our industry. In fact, since the start of 2008, we have doubled the number of live integrated Sunrise Pharmacy sites and expect to double that number again by the end of the year.
Eclipsys ˜Smart Selection™ Helps Make Medication Management Safer
Once an order is placed in the Eclipsys CPOE system, Sunrise Pharmacy enables RWJUH™s pharmacists to electronically review and verify orders to increase medication dispensing safety. In addition, the system will help RWJUH avoid medication errors by offering advanced clinical decision support for checking medication dosages and potential contraindications.
RWJUH is also taking advantage of Sunrise Pharmacy™s Smart Selection algorithm to automatically perfect the medication order to the best product fit, based on location, cost and waste. This helps reduce costs and waste and improve reimbursements, all while providing the most effective treatment for the individual patient.
Eclipsys Remote Hosting
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital decided to leverage Eclipsys™ remote hosting services to remove the cost and complexity of maintaining its clinical information systems. The Eclipsys software is remote hosted by the ISO 9001:2000-certified Eclipsys Technology Solutions Center in Mountain Lakes, NJ.
About Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Selected as one of three hospitals nationwide to offer the world’s first self-contained implantable artificial heart and named by Solucient as one of America™s top 15 teaching hospitals, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is a 600-bed academic medical center and the principal hospital of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ.
Robert Wood Johnson is an innovative leader in advancing state-of-the-art care in medicine. Its Centers of Excellence include cardiovascular care from minimally invasive heart surgery to transplantation, cancer care and women’s and children’s care including The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. The hospital is also a Level 1 Trauma Center and serves as a national resource in its ground-breaking approaches to emergency preparedness.
The hospital has earned significant national recognition for clinical quality and patient safety. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital was ranked number 26 in the nation for heart care according to U.S. News & World Report™s 2007 ranking of America™s Best Hospitals, as well as best in the state for Respiratory Disorders (#26) and Urology (#50), and among the nation™s best for Geriatrics (#40). The American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer has rated Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital among the nation’s best comprehensive cancer centers. The Leapfrog Group rated Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital as one of the 50 exceptional U.S. hospitals, as published in Consumers Digest magazine. Harvard University researchers, in a study commissioned by The Commonwealth Fund, identified Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital as one of the top 10 hospitals in the nation for clinical quality. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is also a recipient of the prestigious Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence for 10 consecutive years.
About Eclipsys
Eclipsys is a leading provider of advanced integrated clinical, revenue cycle and access management software, clinical content and professional services that help healthcare organizations improve clinical, financial, operational and client satisfaction outcomes. For more information, see www.eclipsys.com or email info@eclipsys.com.
Statements in this news release concerning the benefits provided by Eclipsys software and remote hosting services are forward-looking statements and actual results may differ from those projected due to a variety of risks and uncertainties. Implementation and customization of Eclipsys software is complex and time-consuming. Results depend upon a variety of factors and can vary by client. Each client™s circumstances are unique and may include unforeseen issues that make it more difficult than anticipated to document outcomes or implement or derive benefit from software and remote hosting services. The success and timeliness of the company™s services will depend at least in part upon client involvement, which can be difficult to control. Eclipsys is required to meet specified performance standards, and the contract can be terminated or its scope reduced under certain circumstances. More information about company risks is available in recent Form 10-Q and 10-K filings made by Eclipsys from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Special attention is directed to the portions of those documents entitled Risk Factors and Management™s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Eclipsys Corporation and The Outcomes Company are registered trademarks of Eclipsys Corporation. Sunrise Acute Care„ ,and Sunrise Pharmacy are trademarks of Eclipsys Corporation. Other product and company names in this news release are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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