Oct. 26, 2009 (Business Wire) -- Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ: ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, today announced that The Brooklyn Hospital Center (Brooklyn, NY) has selected multiple clinical components of the company’s Sunrise Enterprise™ suite of solutions to maximize stimulus payment opportunities expected from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The extensive technology initiative expands The Brooklyn Hospital Center’s use of Eclipsys clinical solutions and is designed to create a single electronic health record (EHR) ― from the bedside to the hospital pharmacy, to hospital-owned outpatient clinics. Expected clinical benefits include improved speed and accuracy of carrying out physician orders, improved coordination of care across the care continuum, along with improved system interoperability — all which supports improved patient outcomes and meeting the expected “meaningful use” definition of ARRA.

Expanded Use of Technology for a Single EHR from Bedside to Outpatient Clinics

The agreement calls for The Brooklyn Hospital Center to enhance and expand its use of Sunrise Acute Care™, Eclipsys’ computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system, Sunrise Surgery™ (powered by Surgical Information Systems), along with implementation of Eclipsys’ integrated pharmacy information system, the company’s clinical documentation solution, Knowledge-Based Charting™ , and Sunrise Radiology™, Eclipsys’ Web-based radiology management system. These solutions will serve as the clinical technology foundation to transform care delivery processes and support qualifying for ARRA stimulus dollars.

Because ARRA is expected to require healthcare organizations to significantly expand Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Measures reporting requirements by the years 2013 and 2015, The Brooklyn Hospital Center also has selected Eclipsys’ Sunrise Clinical Analytics™ business intelligence tool. Part of what is slated to be Eclipsys’ ARRA 2011 Certified EHR Technology, Sunrise Clinical Analytics intelligently extracts and transforms data at the right time from Eclipsys’ Sunrise Clinical Manager™ EHR solution to automate quality reporting. To further meet key ARRA requirements for reporting and interoperability, a National Order Item Catalog (NORIC) platform will be deployed to accelerate the hospital’s ability to incorporate evidence-based guidelines from a multitude of publishers and support health information exchange.

In a later phase, Sunrise Patient Portal™ will be activated to provide The Brooklyn Hospital Center patients with self-service functionality, such as Internet access to updated health information and to view scheduled doctor appointments. The solution integrates with HealthVault™, the Microsoft® consumer health platform.