BOCA RATON, Fla., July 23 /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, has successfully activated Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager(TM). Consistently named one of the top Psychiatric organizations by the U.S. News and World Report “Best Hospitals” publication, Sheppard Pratt implemented Sunrise Clinical Manager to enhance patient safety and quality by eliminating paper-based orders and records.
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“As the pre-eminent regional resource in behavioral health, Sheppard Pratt is committed to state-of-the-art patient care,” noted Steven S. Sharfstein, MD, president and chief executive officer, Sheppard Pratt Health System. “With Sunrise Clinical Manager, our clinicians finally have access to information technology that can help dramatically improve how we deliver care while also improving the patient experience. We look forward to continuing to work with Eclipsys and documenting patient-care outcome improvements.”
Eclipsys and Sheppard Pratt collaborated extensively to develop orders that met the unique requirements of a behavioral health facility. Sheppard Pratt’s clinicians using Sunrise Clinical Manager’s Knowledge-Based CPOE(TM) system now have real-time access to actionable knowledge, with multiple levels of clinical decision support, and expert levels of checking relative to changes in a patient’s condition, utilizing the full extent of electronic patient information available. By having 100 percent of its clinicians placing orders through the system, Sheppard Pratt can help improve care delivery while also reducing the number of medication administration errors by eliminating handwritten and phoned-in orders.
“As proven at our many pediatric, oncology and other specialty care clients, the flexibility of Sunrise Clinical Manager enables us to implement a solution that can help better manage patient care outside of the standard medical acute care and ambulatory environments,” said Jay Deady, Eclipsys executive vice president, Client Solutions. “It was great to see that Sheppard Pratt achieved 100 percent solution adoption for doctors placing orders as well as 100 percent of nurses and other care givers using the clinical documentation capabilities. The 2007 KLAS Nursing Adoption of IT study showed that Eclipsys is the only vendor helping its clients successfully achieve such balanced rates of clinician adoption, which is vital to achieving outcome improvements.”
Supporting a Complex Documentation Environment
Due to the volume, complexity, and redundancy of the requirements necessary to support regulatory compliance and billing support for a behavioral health facility, clinical documentation was a critical component of the successful activation. Documents for all key aspects of the care process along with flowsheets were designed to support the flow of information among all behavioral health disciplines to decrease redundant documentation. In the admission process alone, the number of documents decreased from 32 to 15. Since most patients have repeated admissions for long-term management, a combination of structured notes and flow sheets are also being used to track behavior over extended periods of time.
“Working in conjunction with our professional services team, Sheppard Pratt did an outstanding job of planning and executing the activation on- budget and in a timely manner,” said Frank Stearns, Eclipsys executive vice president, Client Operations. “Active participation by both physician and interdisciplinary clinical services teams was critical to designing a system that met the high standards for care delivery already established at Sheppard Pratt. The teams also generated tremendous excitement through innovative internal marketing programs and extensive training, which resulted in a well trained, enthusiastic staff and the ultimate goal of 100 percent clinician adoption.”
The Eclipsys software will be remote hosted by the ISO 9001:2000-certified Eclipsys Technology Solutions Center in Mountain Lakes, NJ.
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 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 http://www.eclipsys.com/ or email [email protected].
Statements in this news release concerning the implementation, usage and features of and 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. 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, implementation services and remote hosting services. The success 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 Clinical Manager and Knowledge-Based CPOE 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 Jason Cigarran Robert J. Colletti Director, Media Relations SVP & Chief Financial Officer (561) 322-4355 (investors) [email protected] (561) 322-4650 [email protected] Sheppard Pratt Health System Bonnie B. Katz VP, Corporate Business Development (410) 938-3150 [email protected]
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CONTACT: Jason Cigarran, Director, Media Relations, +1-561-322-4355,[email protected], or Robert J. Colletti, SVP & Chief FinancialOfficer (investors), +1-561-322-4650, [email protected], both ofEclipsys; or Bonnie B. Katz VP, Corporate Business Development, Sheppard PrattHealth System, +1-410-938-3150, [email protected]
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