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University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center Activates Sunrise Ambulatory Care, On-Time and On-Budget

Posted on: Thursday, 10 April 2008, 09:01 CDT

Eclipsys Corporation®, (NASDAQ:ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, today announced that University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center (UKCMC) completed a successful activation of Sunrise Ambulatory Care™ at two of its clinics. This is the first step towards implementing an electronic medical record at all of its clinics to fully connect its inpatient and outpatient facilities on the same Eclipsys clinical platform. UKCMC, consistently ranked as one of the nation's best hospitals, is already utilizing Eclipsys Sunrise Acute Care™ to help improve care delivery at its inpatient facility.

With Sunrise Ambulatory Care now live, UKCMC clinicians at its Bluegrass High Risk Obstetrics Clinic and North Fork Valley Community Health Center have instant access - from their home, office, clinics and other locations across the healthcare organization - to a concise overview of a patient's previous visits. Additionally, the display board of Sunrise Ambulatory Care, which tracks the status of the clinic's patients, has helped improve workflows and communications between staff and physicians, improving both coordination of care and the patient experience.

"We have had tremendous success with Eclipsys Sunrise Acute Care, achieving near 100-percent physician adoption for computerized physician order entry (CPOE), and we are excited that the first phase of our ambulatory implementation went so smoothly," said Carol Steltenkamp, MD, chief medical information officer, University of Kentucky. "Having our inpatient and outpatient clinics on the same platform gives our providers a superior user experience as they only have to learn one user interface."

Prescription Writer and ePrescribing Help Improve Medication Ordering Process

UKCMC is also using Eclipsys' Prescription Writer to help make prescribing medications safer, more efficient and easier for order reconciliation. Prescription Writer provides UKCMC with expert clinical decision support as physicians write prescriptions to help ensure safe, informed prescribing.

University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center is also using the ePrescribing capabilities of Sunrise Ambulatory Care to electronically send prescriptions for its patients. By eliminating all paper associated with prescription ordering, UKCMC has made the ordering process much safer and more efficient.

Added Steltenkamp, "We are very excited about our new ePrescribing capabilities, as we have virtually eliminated all of the headaches associated with the paper process such as repeated call backs and faxes from the Pharmacy, while improving patient safety and our reporting capabilities."

"Eclipsys clients continue to see the benefit of increased user adoption and costs savings from having their inpatient and outpatient facilities on Sunrise Clinical Manager," said Jay Deady, Eclipsys executive vice president of Client Solutions. "The dedication of the UKCMC team was critical in making this project such a success. We look forward to continued close collaboration as we activate Sunrise Ambulatory Care at more of its clinics and help drive outcome improvements across its enterprise."

About University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center

Established in 1957, on the Lexington campus of Kentucky's flagship university, the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center encompasses the Colleges of Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy, and the Kentucky School of Public Health, as well as University of Kentucky Hospital, UK Children's Hospital and the Centers of Excellence. With the establishment of the Kentucky School of Public Health, the Medical Center is one of only 10 academic health centers nationwide comprising all six schools of the health professions. The Medical Center also is home to world-renowned research programs and centers such as the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, the Markey Cancer Center, the Linda and Jack Gill Heart Institute and the UK Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery. For more information, see UKCMC's Web site at www.mc.uky.edu.

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, content, and implementation 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 implement or derive benefit from software, content 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. 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 Ambulatory Care and Sunrise Acute Care are trademarks of Eclipsys Corporation. Other product and company names in this news release are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Source: Business Wire

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