Health First Implementing Eclipsys' Sunrise Clinical Manager as Foundation of System-Wide Patient-Safety Initiative.

MELBOURNE & DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2001

Leading-Edge Clinical Solution Being Installed

Across Health First's Hospitals

As an integral part of the commitment to enhance patient safety, Health First, Inc., a Melbourne-based not-for-profit regional community healthcare system, is implementing Eclipsys(R) Corporation's (Nasdaq:ECLP) Sunrise(TM) Clinical Manager advanced clinical information system.

"Like other leading healthcare organizations, Health First is always carefully examining its process of providing care, and searching for innovative yet proven methods for enhancing how we serve our communities," said Rich Rogers, Health First vice president and chief information officer. "Increasingly, studies from such prestigious organizations at the Institute of Medicine have shown that expanded use of knowledge-driven information systems can have a dramatic impact on improving the care-delivery process -- reducing avoidable errors, improving overall care delivery and its resultant cost and patient satisfaction. Health First is committed to being on the vanguard of implementing these new methods to ensure that we are always providing the highest-quality, most-effective care possible."

Health First is adding Sunrise Clinical Manager as part of the foundation of its existing information network, which already includes the advanced clinical-documentation capabilities of Delray Beach-based Eclipsys' Sunrise Critical Care application. Sunrise Critical Care is in use in the Intensive Care Units of Health First's three hospitals -- Cape Canaveral Hospital, Cocoa Beach; Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne; and Palm Bay Community Hospital, Palm Bay -- and is being rolled out across other units throughout the hospitals. Also already in use is Eclipsys' Sunrise Enterprise Person Identifier(TM), a system that simplifies information. Eclipsys' Web-based eWebIT(TM) systems-integration solutions will be used in conjunction with the Clinical Manager project to further integrate Health First's various information systems.

"This system's clinical-alerting capabilities, coupled with its order-entry, results reporting and clinical data repository capabilities, will provide our physicians, nurses and other members of the Health First team with an unparalleled scope of essential information," said James V. Palermo, MD, chairman of the Health First Board of Directors' Quality Committee. "We are extremely excited to bring these advanced capabilities to the citizens of the Brevard County area."

The Clinical Manager project already has begun and will be implemented in a phased approach throughout Health First's facilities. "Our first step will be to implement the system's physician-view capabilities, providing our doctors with access to comprehensive information not only within the `four walls' of the hospitals but remotely from their offices or homes," Rogers said. Subsequent steps will bring online the system's Knowledge-Based Orders capabilities.

"We are fully committed to exceeding the stated goal of healthcare providers, by having these systems in place by January 2003," stated Michael D. Means, FACHE, Health First president and chief executive officer. "It's a vital part of our commitment to serve our population, and we're taking it extremely seriously."

About Health First

In addition to its three hospitals, Health First includes Health First Health Plans, Brevard County's only local health plan; the Health First Heart Institute, an affiliate of the University of Florida College of Medicine; Holmes Regional Trauma Center, the county's only trauma center and an affiliate of the UF Health Science Center in Jacksonville; Health First Physicians, a network of area primary-care and specialty physicians; HOPE (Health Outreach Prevention & Education), a collaboration of organizations operating under the leadership of Health First to provide primary care, immunizations, health screenings and treatment for thousands of persons without health insurance; the Health First Healthplex and related Pro-Health & Fitness Center, providing comprehensive diagnostic, rehabilitative, exercise and wellness services; a pain-management clinic, two diagnostic centers, four medical rehabilitation facilities, three pediatric rehabilitation facilities, a women's and children's resource center, home care, hospice and private-duty services. For more information, see http://www.health-first.org.

About Eclipsys

With a mission of "better healthcare through knowledge(TM)," Eclipsys Corporation delivers advanced, knowledge-driven information solutions used by more than 1,450 healthcare organizations worldwide to balance and improve clinical, financial and customer-satisfaction outcomes. Sunrise(TM), Eclipsys' clinically focused enterprise solution set, is built on a single, open, component-based Web architecture based on Microsoft .NET. Products are complemented by Web-based enterprise application integration, ASP delivery options, full IT outsourcing, wireless access smart devices and network solutions, and business-transformation services to provide comprehensive, enterprise-wide solutions. For more information, see http://www.eclipsys.com or email [e-mail].

Statements in this news release concerning future results, performance or expectations are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based upon information available to Eclipsys as of the date hereof and Eclipsys assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Because such statements involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks include potential financial constraints and other factors faced by the healthcare industry, changing customer requirements and other risks described in the filings of Eclipsys with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2000. Eclipsys, Eclipsys Corporation and The Outcomes Company are registered trademarks and Sunrise, Enterprise Person Identifier, eWebIT and the phrase "better healthcare through knowledge" are trademarks of Eclipsys Solutions Corp. Other product and company names in this news release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.