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| Date of Publication: Friday, July 25, 2008 |
Eclipsys Hits Strong Pharmacy Benchmarks in 2008 |
| Meets Target to Double the Number of Clients Live on Sunrise Pharmacy™; Native Integration with Company’s CPOE System Promotes Highest Levels of Medication Safety |
ATLANTA -- Eclipsys Corporation®, (NASDAQ:ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, today announced it has hit strong pharmacy benchmarks in the first six months of 2008, with the company meeting its target to double the number of sites live on its Sunrise Pharmacy™ integrated pharmacy information system. Introduced to the marketplace two years ago, the solution is now used by more than 1,000 trained pharmacists and technicians to provide the highest levels of medication management and clinical outcomes.
A key factor to the market appeal of the pharmacy solution lies in its native integration with the Eclipsys’ market-leading computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system, Sunrise Acute Care™. Working in concert via a single database, the two systems enable integrated handoffs between clinicians and pharmacists to make for fewer errors and accelerated time to treatment. In fact, more than half of the Eclipsys clients live on Sunrise Pharmacy boast a physician adoption rate of greater than 75 percent for Eclipsys’ CPOE system.
“Having our CPOE and pharmacy system on the same platform as order entry and electronic medication administration record has helped our organization to make the medication process safer and more efficient,” said Laura Mark, director of Pharmacy, West Penn Allegheny Health System. “Automating the medication management process through the use of Eclipsys solutions supports our commitment to achieving the best possible patient care outcomes.”
“Eclipsys’ recent success with activating a large volume of Sunrise Pharmacy sites reflects the benefits of our solution’s superior integration,” said Jay Deady, executive vice president, Client Solutions, Eclipsys Corporation. “As we continue to demonstrate our ability to address client challenges and enable vastly improved safety in medication administration, we anticipate documenting additional client outcomes and achieving client satisfaction levels well above the industry average.”
Sunrise Pharmacy, a key component of Eclipsys’ Sunrise Medication Management™ solution, enables pharmacists to quickly and easily enter or review and verify physician orders. The single application screen view helps the pharmacist to effectively manage multiple tasks and save time. Shared real-time information enhances the pharmacist’s ability to deliver the patient’s medications with greater accuracy, and in less time, even when a physician goes back and modifies or cancels an order placed earlier. Advanced clinical decision support for checking medication contraindications helps to reduce adverse drug events.
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