BOCA RATON, Fla., July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eclipsys Corporation(R) , The Outcomes Company(R), today announced that Sheppard Pratt Health System, Maryland’s largest provider of behavioral health and special education services, will implement Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager(TM) and other Sunrise(TM) clinical solutions. Sheppard Pratt, recognized as one of the nation’s top psychiatric organizations, selected Eclipsys software because of its flexibility to meet the specialized needs of a complex regional behavioral health system.
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In addition to Sunrise Clinical Manager, an enterprise-wide clinical information solution, Sheppard Pratt will implement the solution’s rules authoring capability, Physician Solutions, Nursing Care Solutions, Sunrise Remote Access Services(TM), and Sunrise Secure Health Messaging(TM). The software will be remote hosted by the ISO 9001:2000-certified Eclipsys Technology Solutions Center in Mountain Lakes, NJ. As part of the contract, Sheppard Pratt will also leverage clinical transformation services provided by the Eclipsys Consulting Group to maximize value and speed to value.
Sunrise Clinical Manager provides healthcare organizations such as Sheppard Pratt with secure, real-time access to comprehensive patient health records and streamlines the processes of ordering, providing and managing patient care. With the addition of Sunrise Remote Access Services(TM), clinicians at Sheppard Pratt will have anywhere, anytime access to complete, up-to-date patient information at all times. Along with a sophisticated rules and alerts engine with rules authoring capabilities, Eclipsys solutions will help Sheppard Pratt clinicians make better, more informed clinical decisions.
“Prestigious specialty organizations such as Sheppard Pratt are implementing Eclipsys solutions in hospital, residential treatment and physician practice settings to improve communication, workflow, patient safety and overall care delivery,” said Eugene V. Fife, Eclipsys chairman, president and chief executive officer. “More and more organizations are discovering that Eclipsys solutions improve outcomes outside of the standard medical acute care and ambulatory environments.”
Steven S. Sharfstein, MD, Sheppard Pratt president and chief executive officer, noted, “The Eclipsys Vision of Health fits well with our vision of Sheppard Pratt as the pre-eminent regional resource in behavioral health. Our commitment to state-of-the-art patient care carries on the great vision of Moses Sheppard, who challenged us to ‘lead the way’ as care providers. We will continue to lead the way and improve patient care through our use of Eclipsys solutions.”
The only solution
“We performed a thorough search for an integrated clinical software solution that could meet the specialized needs of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health. This environment is very different than medical acute or ambulatory care,” said Greg Merkle, director of Information Systems at Sheppard Pratt. “Eclipsys really had the only solution with the depth and flexibility to support our clinicians and our growing organization.”
Since psychiatric clinicians must routinely complete detailed assessments and documentation, Sheppard Pratt selected Sunrise Clinical Manager for its highly customizable clinical documentation capabilities.
“Documenting patient care with Clinical Manager will enable our clinicians to spend more time providing care and less time on repetitive documentation,” said Robert Roca, MD, vice president and medical director at Sheppard Pratt.
System implementation activities at Sheppard Pratt are scheduled to begin later this year, with activations beginning in mid-2006. Current plans call for the solutions to be deployed in Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Hospital, a 322-bed psychiatric hospital in Towson; Residential Programs located on the Towson Campus; Sheppard Pratt at Ellicott City, an inpatient psychiatric facility serving adults and adolescents; The Jefferson School and Residential Treatment Center, Jefferson, a full day and residential special education school and a licensed residential treatment center serving children and adolescents with emotional and other disabilities; and Sheppard Pratt Physicians, PA, the faculty practice of Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Foundation, Inc., located on the Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Health System campus.
About Sheppard Pratt Health System
The non-profit Sheppard Pratt Health System, in operation since 1891, is Maryland’s largest provider of behavioral health and special education services and is recognized as one of the nation’s top psychiatric facilities in an annual poll conducted by U.S. News and World Report. In addition to its flagship hospital in Towson, just outside of Baltimore, Sheppard Pratt and its affiliates operate a second hospital, Sheppard Pratt at Ellicott City, as well as a premiere unit for self-funded stays; special education schools; residential treatment centers; day hospital programs; outpatient mental health centers; a clinical trials program; and community housing and rehabilitation programs. Sheppard Pratt and its affiliates also contract manage psychiatric services for 10 general hospitals in Maryland and Virginia. Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Foundation, Inc., acts as the parent corporation for the Sheppard Pratt Health System and its affiliates and for the Sheppard Pratt Physicians, PA. For more information, visit http://www.sheppardpratt.org .
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 concerning the scope of the agreement, the timing of implementation, and the benefits provided by Eclipsys software, outsourcing and consulting 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 implement or derive benefit from software, outsourcing or consulting services. The success and timeliness of the company’s services often depends 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-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.” The Eclipsys logo and The Outcomes Company are registered trademarks of Eclipsys Corporation. Sunrise Clinical Manager, Sunrise, Sunrise Remote Access Services and Sunrise Secure Health Messaging 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 SVP & Chief Marketing Officer (media) (561) 322-4485 michael.donner@eclipsys.com Robert J. Colletti SVP & Chief Financial Officer (investors) (561) 322-4650 investor.relations@eclipsys.com Sheppard Pratt Health System Bonnie B. Katz VP, Corporate Business Development (410) 938-3150 bkatz@sheppardpratt.org
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CONTACT: media, Michael E. Donner, SVP & Chief Marketing Officer,+1-561-322-4485, or michael.donner@eclipsys.com; or investors, Robert J.Colletti, SVP & Chief Financial Officer, +1-561-322-4650, orinvestor.relations@eclipsys.com, both of Eclipsys; or Bonnie B. Katz, VP,Corporate Business Development, Sheppard Pratt Health System,+1-410-938-3150, or bkatz@sheppardpratt.org