NOA consultant provides product expertise support of Eclipsys Sunrise Knowledge-Based Charting™ in conjunction with Eclipsys Sunrise Critical Care™ at Catholic Medical Center

January 2008 – NOA’s Pelvia Woods, RN of NEGLEY, OTT & ASSOCIATES, INC. was previously selected to provide design expertise and support to during the design and development phase of implementing automated clinical documentation and Eclipsys Sunrise Knowledge-Based Charting at Catholic Medical Center (CMC), Manchester, NH.  In October 2007, CMC activated clinical documentation applications house-wide by deploying vital signs and I & O flow-sheets on all patient care areas.  Subsequent to completing the deployment of clinical documentation the hospital aggressively started the project for deployment of Eclipsys Sunrise Knowledge-Based Charting.

This deployment resulted in Catholic Medical Center becoming the first in the nation to implement Knowledge-Based Charting on version 2.0.  Within a record time period after installation, the inpatient units were being converted from paper to electronic documentation for the following disciplines:

  • Nursing

  • Therapies (PT, OT, SLP)

  • Nutrition

  • Social Work

  • Care Management

  • Respiratory Therapy

  • Pastoral Care

Catholic Medical Center, in addition to having multiple monitored/critical care areas, also has an inpatient Rehab Medical Unit and an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit.  Catholic Medical Center utilized a train-the-trainer approach by leveraging department and unit educators in training.  Prior to go-live, 100% of all users had completed training.  During implementation, 24-hour support for the user community was provided by a team of resources comprised of NOA (Pelvia Woods, RN), CPMRC, CMC Analysts, IT Technical Staff and CMC Super Users.  The intense level of support resulted in a quick and efficient conversion of all patient records to electronic documentation using Knowledge-Based Charting.  The activation was a huge success; according to NOA’s Pelvia Woods, RN, this was one of the best activations she has ever worked on.

NEGLEY, OTT & ASSOCIATES, INC. is a clinical systems consulting company with certification on multiple CPR systems and is rapidly moving forward towards aligning with Eclipsys Corporation, (NASDAQ: ECLP) as a business partner for implementation consulting and support with the Sunrise Clinical Manager product line. The business partner agreement between NOA and Eclipsys represents a strategic initiative which will leverage NOA’s clinical system expertise in improving care delivery workflow processes by using best demonstrated practices.

 

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 60 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 known as The Outcomes Company® for its ability to help customers improve clinical, financial, operational and satisfaction outcomes
Eclipsys helps healthcare organizations improve patient safety and quality, financial health, operational efficiency and customer and staff satisfaction through innovative information software and service solutions.  Sunrise Clinical Manager™ is an integrated, enterprise-wide electronic medical record solution spanning the acute, critical care, emergency, clinic and physician office environments that provides immediate, secure access to patients’ complete records, streamlines care processes and improves the quality and cost-efficiency of care.  It features a state-of-the-art workflow engine, embedded best-practice content presented within context, and sophisticated computerized physician order entry and interdisciplinary clinical documentation capabilities.
 
For more information, visit http://www.eclipsys.com or e-mail info@eclipsys.com.

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