- Integrated Electronic Health Record Spanning 150 Sites to Provide Foundation

for Improved Quality, Efficiency of Care -

    CLEVELAND and BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eclipsys
 Corporation(R) (Nasdaq:   ECLP), The Outcomes Company(R), and University
 Hospitals Health System (UHHS), Cleveland, the leading healthcare delivery
 system in northeast Ohio with more than 150 locations, today announced that
 the health system plans to contract for the Eclipsys Sunrise clinical
 information suite. Consistently ranked among America's best hospitals by U.S.
 News & World Report, UHHS plans to deploy Eclipsys' advanced clinical
 solutions as part of a strategic initiative to improve patient care, patient
 satisfaction and clinical workflow.
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     The Eclipsys Sunrise advanced clinical suite helps healthcare
 organizations save time, costs and lives by supporting best practices across
 the enterprise and the continuum of care on a single, integrated technology
 platform. As a result, the many individuals involved in a patient's care can
 share information seamlessly. This includes the Eclipsys integrated medication
 management solution, which provides the physician, pharmacist and nurse with a
 shared solution to ensure the safe management of a patient's medication
 therapy. Using integrated Sunrise solutions, information handoffs between
 providers, departments, shifts and facilities can be completed efficiently and
 accurately.
     An interdisciplinary team of UHHS physicians, nurses and senior management
 recommended Eclipsys after an extensive analysis of other clinical information
 solutions. UHHS plans to contract for and deploy: Sunrise Clinical
 Manager(TM), the award-winning foundation of the integrated Sunrise clinical
 suite; Eclipsys Medication Management Solutions(TM), an end-to-end medication
 management solution including the new Sunrise Medication Manager(TM) pharmacy
 system; Sunrise Ambulatory Care Manager(TM) and Sunrise ED Manager(TM),
 designed for the unique information needs of the fast-paced ambulatory and
 Emergency Department environments; Sunrise Clinical Manager with Critical Care
 Solutions(TM) for the information-intensive critical care environment; and
 Sunrise Discovery(TM), a leading-edge healthcare business intelligence
 solution.
     Along with the Sunrise clinical suite's advanced capabilities and embedded
 best-practice clinical content, UHHS also saw considerable advantages in the
 solutions' open, XA(TM) extended architecture. This enables any healthcare
 organization to quickly and easily extend and integrate Eclipsys solutions to
 communicate with other clinical, non-clinical and legacy systems.
     "Eclipsys is looking forward to expanding its long-standing relationship
 with University Hospitals Health System by providing a fully integrated
 electronic medical record across the entire UHHS enterprise," said R. Andrew
 Eckert, Eclipsys president and chief executive officer. "With evidence-based
 content integrated into the Sunrise clinical suite and uniquely delivered at
 the point of care and broadly across the enterprise wherever decisions are
 made impacting patient care, Eclipsys will help UHHS achieve its patient
 outcomes, satisfaction and research objectives, while continuing to save more
 lives."
     UHHS has utilized the Eclipsys Sunrise Decision Support Manager(TM)
 management information system for many years, as well as the company's
 heritage Eclipsys 7000(TM) clinical information system at its University
 Hospitals of Cleveland flagship facility.
 
     Improving Patient Access, Satisfaction and Care Quality Throughout the
 Region
     "After a comprehensive review and analysis, UHHS has determined that
 implementing electronic health record technology throughout our health system
 will help us achieve our strategic objectives of advancing clinical quality
 and enhancing patient satisfaction," said Thomas F. Zenty III, president and
 chief executive officer of University Hospitals Health System. "The new system
 will also enable UHHS to improve patient access and achieve greater
 operational efficiencies system-wide. We look forward to finalizing our
 contract with Eclipsys and moving into the implementation phase of this
 important effort."
     Nathan Levitan, MD, UHHS chief medical officer, said that "We look forward
 to our electronic health record solution. Eclipsys has a proven reputation
 with many major healthcare institutions and we see great benefit in leveraging
 Eclipsys' experience deploying clinical systems in the academic, community
 hospital, ambulatory, and primary care settings. The EHR will further enhance
 the already excellent care at UHHS."
 
     About University Hospitals Health System
     University Hospitals Health System's 947-bed, tertiary medical center,
 University Hospitals of Cleveland (UHC), is an affiliate of Case Western
 Reserve University (Case). Together, they form the largest center for
 biomedical research in the State of Ohio. The System provides the major
 clinical base for translational researchers at the Case Research Institute, a
 partnership between UHC and Case School of Medicine, as well as a broad and
 well-characterized patient population for clinical trials involving the most
 advanced treatments. Included in UHC are Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital,
 among the nation's best children's hospitals; Ireland Cancer Center,
 designated by the National Cancer Institute as a Comprehensive Cancer Center
 (the nation's highest designation); and MacDonald Women's Hospital, Ohio's
 only hospital for women.
     Committed to advanced care and advanced caring, University Hospitals
 Health System offers the region's largest network of primary care physicians,
 along with outpatient centers and hospitals.  The System also includes a
 network of specialty care physicians, skilled nursing, elder health,
 rehabilitation and home care services, managed care and insurance programs.
 For more information, go to http://www.uhhs.com .
 
     About Eclipsys
     Eclipsys is a leading provider of advanced clinical, financial and
 management information software and service solutions to more than
 1,500 healthcare facilities. Eclipsys empowers healthcare organizations to
 improve patient safety, revenue cycle management and operational efficiency
 through innovative information solutions. For more information, see
 http://www.eclipsys.com or email info@eclipsys.com .
 
     Statements in this news release regarding UHHS contracting for Eclipsys
 software and the benefits provided by Eclipsys software and services are
 forward-looking statements and actual results may differ from those projected
 due to a variety of risks and uncertainties.  The arrangement between UHHS and
 Eclipsys is subject to negotiation and documentation.  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 implement or derive benefit from software or
 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.  The
 parties may reduce the scope of the planned agreement or terminate contract
 negotiations.  More information about company risks is available in recent
 Form 10-K and other 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, Sunrise Clinical Manager, Eclipsys Medication
 Management Solutions, Sunrise Medication Manager, Sunrise Ambulatory Care
 Manager, Sunrise ED Manager, Sunrise Discovery, Sunrise Decision Support
 Manager, and Eclipsys 7000 are trademarks of Eclipsys Corporation. Other
 product and company names in this news release are trademarks and/or
 registered trademarks of their respective companies.
 
      Eclipsys:
 
      Michael E. Donner
      Chief Marketing Officer (media)
      (561) 322-4485
      michael.donner@eclipsys.com
 
      Robert J. Colletti
      Chief Financial Officer (investors)
      (561) 322-4655
      investor.relations@eclipsys.com
 
 
      University Hospitals Health System:
 
      Nathan Levitan, MD
      Chief Medical Officer
      (216) 844-3695
 
 

SOURCE  Eclipsys Corporation

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