Piedmont Hospital Improves Quality of Care with 100-Percent Physician Adoption of Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager(TM)
Hospital Achieves Impressive Outcomes by Transforming its Care Delivery Processes Through Use of Eclipsys Advanced Clinical Solution -
BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 30 // -- Eclipsys Corporation(R) (NASDAQ:ECLP), The Outcomes Company(R), today announced that Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, GA, a 2006 AMDIS Award Winner for excellence in applied healthcare informatics, has achieved 100-percent physician adoption of the Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager advanced information solution. As a result of this widespread adoption, Piedmont Hospital has been able to transform its care delivery process and document a number of positive outcomes leading to improved quality of care.
"We are proud to be recognized by AMDIS, the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems, for our work with Eclipsys," stated William McClatchey, MD, Piedmont Hospital's chief medical informatics officer. "It signals that we are a leader in utilizing information technology to improve the overall quality and effectiveness of care."
"All of our technology initiatives are implemented with one goal in mind- improving patient safety," McClatchey noted. "Sunrise Clinical Manager is a key component of our internal programs supporting the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 100,000 Lives Campaign. As a result of these programs, Piedmont Hospital has observed a six percent reduction in unadjusted mortality over a three-year period and a reduction in medication errors from 5.5 per 10,000 doses dispensed to 0.9 per 10,000 doses dispensed. What we've been able to accomplish thus far is only the beginning, as we continue to leverage the data made available to us by Sunrise Clinical Manager to constantly improve our processes and workflows."
Piedmont Hospital's physicians were engaged early on in the implementation process, with physician user groups established to help develop and implement Piedmont Hospital-specific system order sets, custom functionality and embedded clinical content. Sunrise Clinical Manager's easy configurability enabled development of order sets designed around how Piedmont Hospital physicians actually practice medicine, so the system was intuitive for them to use. Involving physicians in all phases of implementing a computerized physician order entry (CPOE)-based system has been shown to be essential in achieving high rates of adoption, maximizing gains in communication between caregivers, and enhancing patient safety and satisfaction.
Piedmont Hospital's 100-percent adoption rate for CPOE has resulted in improved efficiencies and workflows to achieve the following positive outcomes:
o 15 percent reduction in average length of stay for patients with hip
fractures when physicians utilize evidence-based clinical pathways in
Sunrise Clinical Manager;
o 81 percent increase in smoking cessation counseling (exceeds national
average) and 63-percent increase in use of deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
prophylaxis for patients presenting with stroke or congestive heart
failure;
o 42 percent reduction in overall time to administer antibiotics for
patients with community-acquired pneumonia; and
o 50 percent reduction in time to treatment for patients with critically
low potassium when using a clinical alert for patients with low
potassium.
"Piedmont Hospital has proven once again that a clinical information system such as Sunrise Clinical Manager is only of true value if physicians and other caregivers actually use it," said R. Andrew Eckert, Eclipsys president and chief executive officer. "And we're proud to note that, according to healthcare industry studies, Eclipsys solutions are used by more physicians for CPOE than any other vendor's. Piedmont Hospital's achievements are most noteworthy, because of the historic industry challenges of convincing a community-based, rather than an employed, medical staff to use a clinical information system for CPOE. Piedmont Hospital is a great example of what can be achieved when a collaborative approach is taken not only with the technology vendor but with all key constituents to ensure widespread system adoption and, thus, the best-possible outcomes."
About Sunrise Clinical Manager
Sunrise Clinical Manager is an enterprise-wide advanced information solution that provides immediate, secure access to patients' complete records, streamlines care processes and improves the quality and cost-efficiency of care. Its fully integrated solutions for the acute, ambulatory, critical care and Emergency environments share a state-of-the-art workflow engine, CPOE system, embedded evidence-based clinical content and sophisticated interdisciplinary clinical documentation capabilities.
About the AMDIS Awards
The AMDIS awards salute excellence and outstanding achievement in applied medical informatics. The awards program is presented by the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems, a non-profit organization representing over 1,700 physician leaders who have a high level of interest in and are responsible for information technology in their organization(s).
Physicians are taking on a much greater role in acquiring, installing and supervising the utilization of information technology. The AMDIS awards honor the individuals and/or organizations who have successfully applied information systems and computer technology into the practice of medicine. For more information, please visit www.amdis.com.
About Piedmont Hospital
Piedmont Hospital is part of the non-profit Piedmont Healthcare system which also includes; Piedmont Fayette Hospital, located south of Atlanta in Fayetteville; Piedmont Mountainside Hospital, located north of Atlanta in Jasper; the Piedmont Hospital Foundation; Piedmont Physicians Group; and the Piedmont Clinic. For details, see www.piedmont.org.
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.
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