Eclipsys Sunrise Ambulatory Care(TM) Receives CCHIT Certification
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT(SM)) Announces Eclipsys' Compliance with 100 Percent of the Functionality and Security Criteria Tested -
BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 23 / - Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ:ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, today announced that Eclipsys EHR solution Sunrise Ambulatory Care(TM) 4.5 meets CCHIT(SM) ambulatory Electronic Health Record (EHR) criteria for 2006. Ambulatory EHRs are designed for physician offices and clinics where most Americans get their healthcare. CCHIT is the recognized authority in the United States for certifying EHR products - an independent, nonprofit organization that sets the benchmark for healthcare information technology.
"Eclipsys is committed to helping its clients connect with their communities and provides solutions that enable the seamless flow of information across multiple care settings. This includes inpatient units that provide complex care for high-acuity patients, outpatient clinics, physician practices, and the patient's home," commented R. Andrew Eckert, president and chief executive officer, Eclipsys Corporation. "We believe Sunrise Ambulatory Care's certification by the CCHIT reflects this commitment and our determination to provide solutions that help our clients provide the best possible care."
Eclipsys will be demonstrating Sunrise Ambulatory care at Booth #218 at the MGMA 2006 Annual Conference from October 22-25.
As a CCHIT Certified(SM) product, Sunrise Ambulatory Care has been tested and passed inspection of 100 percent of a comprehensive set of criteria for:
o functionality (ability to create and manage electronic records for all patients, as well as automating workflow in a physician's office),
o interoperability (a first step in the ability to receive and send electronic data to other entities such as laboratories), and
o security (ability to keep patients' information safe).
The CCHIT Certified mark - a "seal of approval" for EHR products - provides the first consensus-based, consistent benchmark for ambulatory products. By looking to products with the CCHIT Certified seal, physicians and other providers can be assured they are making a reliable investment and insurers and other payers know the products meet expected industry standards.
"Physicians who purchase certified products have the assurance that they have been reviewed by a panel of judges, including practicing physicians, and that they are being evaluated against standards set by professionals in the field and successfully piloted with products from large and small companies," said Mark Leavitt, M.D., Ph.D., chair, CCHIT. "The quality and safety of EHR products can now be measured using certification criteria that were developed specifically for that purpose."
The goals of CCHIT product certification are to reduce the risk of HIT investment by physicians and other providers; ensure interoperability of HIT products; enhance the availability of HIT adoption incentives from purchasers and payers; and protect the privacy of personal health information.
CCHIT's certification compliance criteria and its design for a certification inspection process have been thoroughly researched, taking into account the state of the art of EHRs and available standards, and comparing certification processes in other industries and other countries. The inspection process is based on real-life medical scenarios designed to test products rigorously against the clinical needs of providers and the quality and safety needs of healthcare consumers and payers. One script, for example, recreates a scenario of an elderly man with poorly controlled diabetes, hypertension and other chronic conditions in order to test EHR functions such as potential adverse drug reactions, disease management and treatment plans.
About Sunrise Ambulatory Care
Sunrise Ambulatory Care supports the unique needs and workflow of outpatient care. Because nearly half of ambulatory workload comes from dealing with phone calls, messages and paperwork generated from previous visits, Sunrise Ambulatory Care provides a comprehensive overview of patient data, including both inpatient and outpatient orders, results, documentation, medications and allergies in a single view. In contrast to clinical records, patient financial data is often non-essential to the care process and many private physicians do not want to share it with the enterprise. Sunrise Ambulatory Care separates clinical and financial data, making it possible to choose whether or not to share financial information.
About Eclipsys
Eclipsys is a leading provider of advanced integrated information software, clinical content and professional services that help healthcare organizations improve clinical, financial, operational, and customer- satisfaction outcomes. For more information, see www.eclipsys.com/ or email info@eclipsys.com.
About CCHIT
CCHIT was founded in 2004 with support from three leading industry associations in healthcare information management and technology - The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and The National Alliance for Health Information Technology (Alliance). In September 2005, CCHIT was awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop, create prototypes for, and evaluate the certification criteria and inspection process for EHRs and the networks through which they interoperate. More information on CCHIT and CCHIT Certified products is available at http://www.cchit.org/.
Source: Eclipsys Corporation
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