Microsoft Corp. and Eclipsys Corporation today announced that more of the nation's foremost healthcare organizations are deploying Eclipsys healthcare information solutions based on the Microsoft� .NET Framework. Leading healthcare providers are looking for information technology (IT) to address patient safety, quality of care and workflow issues, while providing them with a lower total cost of ownership in terms of maintenance and ability to integrate with legacy applications.

"Our decision to partner with Eclipsys was the result of several key factors," said Charles B. Miner, president and CEO of the Cleveland Clinic Health System-Eastern Region. "On a site visit during the selection process, we saw Eclipsys' advanced clinical solution being actively used by physicians and nurses, confirming that the product returned demonstrable improvements. Eclipsys' commitment to long-term success, including its strategic alignment with Microsoft and the .NET Framework, also indicated to us that we were choosing the best clinical information system available now with the foundation to maintain that lead in the future."

Healthcare organizations' decisions to implement Eclipsys' advanced information solutions based on Microsoft technology underscores the importance of integrating care delivery across a variety of venues, including private physicians' offices, clinics, and emergency department and inpatient units. Because Eclipsys' advanced information solutions automate the information exchange between the ambulatory and acute care settings, physicians, nurses and clinicians have immediate access to medical content and patient medical records to aid them in decision-making.