NOA Supports Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager CPR System Activation at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
November, 2004NOA's Dar Sabatino, RN, Donna Welsh, RT, Cary Negley & Rod Walker, FACHE, FHFMA participated in supporting a go-live activation for the Eclipsys® Sunrise™ Clinical Manager CPR system at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

Subsequent to achieving advanced configuration certification from Eclipsys Corporation on the Sunrise Clinical Manager advanced clinical information system, NOA was engaged to participate in the go-live support as a sub-contracting consultant resource under Eclipsys.

This go-live encompassed a large scope for installing Sunrise Clinical Manager and included numerous modules for each of the inpatient and ambulatory clinical areas of CHOP as follows:

  • Orders and results

  • CPOE

  • Automated medication administration

  • Clinical documentation

  • Ancillary department processing

The activation was broad in scope, and the following statistics help depict the actual scope of the operational impact on CHOP:

  • 430 Inpatient acute care beds

  • 750,000 Outpatient visits annually

  • 62,000 ER visits annually

  • 20,000 Inpatient admissions annually

Congratulations to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Eclipsys for a successful activation and continued success at demonstrating high-quality care through leveraging advanced clinical integration of information via automation with a CPR system.

 

“The sub-contracting engagement at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was an excellent opportunity to allow NOA's newest certified consultants to solidify their technical knowledge on Sunrise Clinical Manager in support of best-demonstrated practices for a CPR activation. This activation is another example of how NOA and Eclipsys are leveraging our combined strengths and expertise for the benefit of customers...”
said Cary Negley, NOA President and CEO.

 

 

About Negley, Ott & Associates, Inc.
NOA was formed in 1992 by IS professionals with a desire to provide hospital information system and clinical professionals with best demonstrated practices in conjunction with implementing clinical software systems that focus on patient care. The issues, personalities, opportunities, challenges and solutions required by clinical system implementations require the ability to meld sensitivity to clinical processes with the realities of computing and patient care delivery. To date, NOA has provided services to over 40 hospitals installing clinical systems using an approach that stresses both outcomes and knowledge transfer. Supporting so many users, both during and after their installation, gives NOA the opportunity to understand the issues that make clinical systems work, and those that don't.

 

About Eclipsys   
 

Eclipsys is The Outcomes Company®,

founded with a mission of better healthcare through knowledge™.

Eclipsys is a leading provider of advanced clinical, financial and management information software and service solutions to more than 1,500 healthcare facilities. Eclipsys empowers healthcare organizations to improve patient safety, revenue cycle management and operational efficiency through innovative information solutions.

For more information, visit http://www.eclipsys.com or e-mail info@eclipsys.com.

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