- Industry-Recognized Integrated Performance Management Solutions More than Doubled Revenues in 2008; Market Traction due to Optimization Focus, Integrated Platform and Quick ROI -
Atlanta --April 7, 2009 -- Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ: ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, today announced that the combination of swift sales and activations is producing substantial market traction for its newly acquired patient flow solutions, Sunrise Patient Flow™. Recognized as the industry’s most intuitive system for bed management, bed turnover and patient transport, the integrated and clinically focused software solution realized a 70 percent year-over-year growth rate in new business in 2008, doubling revenues from the prior year. Eclipsys cites strong demand for the Sunrise Patient Flow solution stems in large part from its advanced integrated platform—a step up from competitive legacy applications—to quickly and effectively help health systems optimize the utilization of existing resources—a popular business strategy in a tough economic climate.
“Optimized patient flow has always been a necessity for providing the highest quality care without delays, waste or inefficiencies,” said Eric Rosow, Eclipsys’ vice president and general manager of Patient Flow Solutions. “Current economic challenges only highlight the critical need to maximize health system capacity while sustaining quality and patient safety. Our newer, integrated platform, combined with clinical visibility, extensive workflow capabilities and a disciplined activation methodology for quick return on investment that gives hospitals the ability maintain quality and to do more with less, from arrival to discharge, through efficient bed turnover.”
The following clients have recently joined the list of world-renowned healthcare providers—including five of the top eight “America’s Best Hospitals”—to have selected Sunrise Patient Flow to support reduced length of stay, nursing and housekeeping costs, while improving revenue, quality of care and patient satisfaction:
· Banner Health System (Phoenix, AZ)
o Banner Gateway Medical Center (Gilbert, AZ)
o Banner McKee Medical Center (Loveland, CO)
· Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System(Baton Rouge, LA)
o Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center (Lafayette, LA)
o Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center (Baton Rouge, LA)
o St. Elizabeth Hospital (Gonzales, LA)
o St. Francis Hospital (Monroe, LA)
· Meridian Health System (Red Bank, NJ)
· St. Joseph’s Hospital (Syracuse, NY)
“We had a vision for our patient flow—how we wanted to centralize bed management, manage bed turnover and support process improvements—and Sunrise Patient Flow was clearly the solution to help us accomplish this vision,” said Gary Jump, vice president of Clinical and Support Services for Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, the largest hospital in Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, a 1,619-bed health system serving multiple communities across the state of Louisiana. “Sunrise Patient Flow integrates everything we need—patient placement, transport, environmental services—into one system for a single streamlined process. We felt Sunrise Patient Flow had an advantage for the wide range of users in our large and complex organization. Its Web-based displays are designed to be very intuitive, providing ‘big picture’ views to clinicians and staff without being overwhelming.”
Leading Rankings, Significant Benefits, Rapid ROI
Another facet to the popularity of Sunrise Patient Flow is a strong activation methodology that supports clients in realizing in a matter of months return on investment (ROI) in the form of reduced length of stay, faster patient placements and improved resource utilization.
“Our implementation timeframe was less than four months, enabling us to go live before our surge months,” says Jay Raman, vice president and CIO at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center. “We were able to see improvements and ROI very quickly while optimizing bed occupancy during our busiest, highest census time of the year.” Raman indicates that the implementation was a highly collaborative effort between the Reading process owners, IT team and Sunrise Patient Flow team. “We adhered to a very aggressive timeframe, but more importantly, we’ve streamlined patient flow via a system that helps nursing, bed management, environmental services and transport share information and increase efficiency from patient arrival through discharge and bed turnover.”
In addition to Reading Hospital, other hospitals to recently activate Sunrise Patient Flow include:
· Community Hospital South (Indianapolis, IN)
· Children’s Hospital Boston (Boston, MA)
· Englewood Hospital and Medical Center (Englewood, NJ)
· Ochsner Health System (New Orleans, LA)
“Reading’s activation success illustrates our structured project methodology,” added Rosow. “Our expertise and strong partnership approach enables us to implement our solutions quickly and aggressively, but not at the expense of a clients’ unique organizational needs and long-term success. It’s a key component to our success in helping organizations yield substantial financial, clinical and operational outcomes through optimized patient flow.”
Advanced Platform for Real-Time Clinical Visibility
As the exclusively endorsed bed management and patient throughput solution of the American Hospital Association (AHA), Sunrise Patient Flow also is a consistent leader in KLAS market surveys. According to the 2008 “Top 20 Best in KLAS Award: Software and Professional Services” report issued by KLAS Enterprises, Inc., Sunrise Patient Flow solutions earned a “No. 2” ranking in the Other Software category.
Sunrise Patient Flow, together with the Sunrise EPSi™ decision support and analytic solutions and the company’s clinical analytics solution, comprise the Eclipsys Performance Management™ solution suite. Its platform is built with Microsoft technologies and leverages the latest .NET, WPF, and SQL Server technologies to facilitate rapid and flexible client deployments as well as significant usability advantages. With the recent release of Sunrise Patient Flow v4.1 and new Sunrise Care Visibility™ module, Sunrise Patient Flow is the industry’s only solution that provides both automated workflow and communications combined with real-time clinical visibility, yielding advantages such as greater patient safety, improved clinical workflow and enhanced clinician/staff utilization.
Eclipsys is showcasing Sunrise Patient Flow and other components of its expanded performance management solution suite, along with its integrated acute and ambulatory systems that drive performance in its booth (No. 2603 in Hall A) at the 2009 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, April 4-8. The solutions also will be featured at the AONE 42nd Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Antonio, TX April 15-19.
About Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is the dominant institution in healthcare in the Greater Baton Rouge area. It is also the largest private medical center in Louisiana, with 852 licensed beds. Opened in 1923, the Lake has grown from its modest beginning to a major player in healthcare, with an outreach spanning geographical and political boundaries. In a given year, Our Lady of the Lake treats approximately 25,000 patients in the hospital, and services about 350,000 persons through outpatient locations. It has a complement of almost 900 physicians and 3,000 staff members. The Lake also operates two nursing homes, has an affiliated cancer facility adjacent to the main hospital, and operates a number of outpatient services on its campus as well as in outlying locations. Additionally, on its campus, the Lake also operates Our Lady of the Lake College. Stemming originally from its nursing school, the College now offers training in a broad range of ancillary health disciplines and general studies on its campus. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is part of The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, a 1,619-bed health system serving multiple communities across the State of Louisiana. For more information, see www.fmolhs.org.
About Reading Hospital and Medical Center
The Reading Hospital and Medical Center is a not-for-profit healthcare center providing comprehensive acute care, post-acute rehabilitation, behavioral and occupational health services to Berks County and the surrounding area. Established as The Reading Dispensary in 1867, the hospital has since expanded to an 800-bed, 22-building complex, leading the region in tertiary care and perennially ranking among the top four Pennsylvania hospitals in patient admissions, surgical procedures, emergency care volume and outpatient services. For more information, see www.readinghospital.org.
About KLAS
KLAS is a research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare vendors. KLAS' mission is to improve delivery, by independently measuring vendor performance for the benefit of our healthcare provider partners, consultants, investors, and vendors. Working together with executives from over 4500 hospitals and over 2500 clinics, KLAS delivers timely reports, trends, and statistics, which provide a solid overview of vendor performance in the industry. KLAS measures performance of software, professional services, and medical equipment vendors. For more information, go to www.KLASresearch.com , or email marketing@KLASresearch.com , or call 1-800-920-4109 to speak with a KLAS representative.
About Eclipsys
Eclipsys is a leading provider of advanced integrated clinical, revenue cycle and performance management software, clinical content and professional services that help healthcare organizations improve clinical, financial and operational outcomes. For more information, see www.eclipsys.com or email info@eclipsys.com.
For details on the Sunrise Patient Flow Solutions, see www.premiseusa.com or call 800-396-5578 .
Forward-looking Statements
Statements in this news release concerning the timing of implementation and features and benefits provided by Eclipsys software, evidence-based 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 Eclipsys software 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. Eclipsys Sunrise Patient Flow, Sunrise EPSi, Sunrise Care Visibility and Eclipsys Performance Management are trademarks of Eclipsys Corporation. Other product and company names in this news release are or may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.