<PAGE>   1
     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2000.
                                                Registration No. 333-________
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D. C. 20549

                                    Form S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                            THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                               ECLIPSYS CORPORATION
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            DELAWARE                                     06-0632092
 (State or other jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 incorporation or organization)

                       777 EAST ATLANTIC AVENUE, SUITE 200
                            DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA 33483
                     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                                 1996 STOCK PLAN
              AMENDED AND RESTATED 1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                                       AND
                            2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plans)

                                HARVEY J. WILSON
                 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
                              ECLIPSYS CORPORATION
                       777 EAST ATLANTIC AVENUE, SUITE 200
                           DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA 33483
                      (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (561) 243-1440
           (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Title of
     securities       Number of      Proposed maximum   Proposed maximum     Amount of
        to be         Shares to       offering price    aggregate offering registration
     registered   be Registered (1)   per share (2)          price              fee
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                   <C>               <C>                <C>              <C>
   Common Stock,      5,000,000         $13.72              $68,600,000      $18,110
   $.01 par value
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

(1)   Consists of shares issuable under the 1996 Stock Plan, the Amended and
      Restated 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan,
      1999 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan of Eclipsys
      Corporation.


<PAGE>   2

(2)   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, and
      based upon the average of the high and low sale prices of Eclipsys
      Corporation's Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on September 7,
      2000 in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of
      1933, as amended.

      The shares registered hereby may be issued pursuant to any of the 1996
Stock Plan, the Amended and Restated 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the 1998
Stock Incentive Plan, 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2000 Stock Incentive
Plan of Eclipsys Corporation (the "Registrant"). This Registration Statement
also amends (i) the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-62791), relating to the 1996 Stock Plan, the Amended and Restated 1998
Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, and (ii) the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-33536), relating
to the 1996 Stock Plan, the Amended and Restated 1998 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan and the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, to
provide that shares registered under such Registration Statements may be issued
under the Registrant's 2000 Stock Incentive Plan.

      PART I. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

            The information required by Part I is included in documents the
      Registrant sends or gives to participants in the 1996 Stock Plan, the
      Amended and Restated 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the 1998 Stock
      Incentive Plan, 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2000 Stock Incentive
      Plan of the Registrant, pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities
      Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

      PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

            Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

      The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements
      of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
      amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports,
      proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission. The following documents, which are on file with the Securities
      and Exchange Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement
      by reference:

            (a) The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section
      13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the Registrant's latest prospectus
      filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, that contains
      audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for
      which such statements have been filed.

            (b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
      the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document
      referred to in (a) above.

            (c) The description of the common stock of the Registrant, $.01 par
      value per share (the "Common Stock"), which is contained in a registration
      statement filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
      filed for the purpose of updating such description.

      All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
      13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
      post-effective amendment which indicates that all shares offered hereby
      have been sold or which deregisters all shares then remaining unsold,
      shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by
      reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
      documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to
      be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
      superseded for the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent a
      statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document
      which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies
      or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
      shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
      part of this Registration Statement.


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<PAGE>   3

      Item 4.  Description of Securities.

      Not applicable.

      Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

      Not Applicable.

      Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides
that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the
corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in
connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be
made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in
the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no
indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is
proper under the circumstances.

Article EIGHTH of the Registrant's Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation") provides that no director of
the Registrant shall be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders
for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to
the extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits the elimination
or limitation of liability of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty.

Article NINTH of the Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director or
officer of the Registrant (a) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding
(other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant) brought, or
threatened to be brought, against him by virtue of his position as, or agreement
to become, a director or officer of the Registrant or by virtue of his serving,
or agreeing to serve, at the request of the Registrant, as a director, officer,
or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, a corporation, trust or other
enterprise, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to
be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
his conduct was unlawful and (b) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against
all expenses (including attorneys' fees) and amounts paid in settlement incurred
in



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<PAGE>   4

connection with any action by or in the right of the Registrant brought, or
threatened to be brought, against him by virtue of his position as, or agreement
to become, a director or officer of the Registrant or by virtue of his serving,
or agreeing to serve, at the request of the Registrant, as a director, officer,
or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, a corporation, trust or other
enterprise, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to
be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, except that no
indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant, unless a court
determines that, despite such adjudication but in view of all of the
circumstances, he is entitled to indemnification of such expenses.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a director or officer has been
successful, on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation, the
dismissal of an action without prejudice, he is required to be indemnified by
the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in
connection therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to a director or officer at his
request, provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it is
ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for such
expenses.

The Registrant is required to provide the indemnification described herein
unless the officer or director has not met the applicable standard of conduct
required for indemnification. Whether the applicable standard of conduct has
been met shall be determined in each instance by (a) a majority vote of the
directors of the Registrant consisting of persons who are not at that time
parties to the action, suit or proceeding in question ("disinterested
directors"), whether or not a quorum, (b) a majority vote of a committee of
disinterested directors designated by majority vote of disinterested directors,
whether or not a quorum, (c) a majority vote of a quorum of the outstanding
shares of stock of all classes entitled to vote for directors, voting as a
single class, which quorum shall consist of stockholders who are not at that
time parties to the action, suit or proceeding in question, (d) independent
legal counsel (who may, to the extent permitted by law, be regular legal counsel
to the Registrant), or (e) a court of competent jurisdiction. In the event of a
determination that the director or officer did not meet the applicable standard
of conduct required for indemnification, or if the Registrant fails to make a
disposition within 60 days after written request for indemnification or
advancement of expenses to the Registrant is made by such person, such person is
permitted to petition the court to make an independent determination as to
whether such person is entitled to indemnification. As a condition precedent to
the right of indemnification, the director or officer must give the Registrant
notice of the action for which indemnity is sought and the Registrant has the
right to participate in such action or assume the defense thereof.

Article NINTH of the Certificate of Incorporation further provides that the
indemnification provided therein is not exclusive, and provides that in the
event that the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended to expand the
indemnification permitted to directors or officers, the Registrant must
indemnify those persons to the fullest extent permitted by such law as so
amended.

      Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

      Not applicable.




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<PAGE>   5

      Item 8.  Exhibits.

      The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is attached hereto
and incorporated herein by reference.

      Item 9.  Undertakings.

      1.    The Registrant hereby undertakes:

        (a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.

        (b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

        (c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

      2. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

      3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Delray
Beach, Florida on the 8th day of September, 2000.

                                    ECLIPSYS CORPORATION



                                    By:   /s/ GREGORY L. WILSON
                                          ------------------------------
                                             Gregory L. Wilson
                                             Chief Financial Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Eclipsys Corporation, hereby
severally constitute Harvey J. Wilson, Gregory L. Wilson and Brent B. Siler and
each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and
each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated
below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all
such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors
to enable Eclipsys Corporation to comply with all requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they
may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Signature               Title                                           Date
<S>                    <C>                                              <C>

/s/ HARVEY J. WILSON   Chief Executive Officer and Director             September 8, 2000
---------------------
Harvey J. Wilson       (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ GREGORY L. WILSON  Chief Financial Officer                          September 8, 2000
---------------------
Gregory L. Wilson      (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>                              <C>                                              <C>
/s/ STEVEN A. DENNING             Director                                         September 8, 2000
---------------------
Steven A. Denning

/s/ G. FRED DIBONA                Director                                         September 8, 2000
---------------------
G. Fred DiBona

/s/ EUGENE V. FIFE                Director                                         September 8, 2000
---------------------
Eugene V. Fife

/s/ WILLIAM E. FORD               Director                                         September 8, 2000
---------------------
William E. Ford


/s/ JAY B. PIEPER                 Director                                         August 31, 2000
---------------------
Jay B. Pieper
</TABLE>


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit
Number      Description
------      -----------

<S>         <C>
4.1*        Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
            Registrant.
4.2*        Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant.
4.3*        Specimen certificate for shares of Common Stock.
5.1         Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP.
23.1        Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2        Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1        Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this
            Registration Statement).
</TABLE>



*     Incorporated by reference herein from Exhibits to the Registrant's
      Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-50781) as declared
      effective by the Commission on August 6, 1998.

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1
     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2000.
                                                Registration No. 333-________
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D. C. 20549

                                    Form S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                            THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                               ECLIPSYS CORPORATION
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            DELAWARE                                     06-0632092
 (State or other jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 incorporation or organization)

                       777 EAST ATLANTIC AVENUE, SUITE 200
                            DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA 33483
                     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                                 1996 STOCK PLAN
              AMENDED AND RESTATED 1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                                       AND
                            2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plans)

                                HARVEY J. WILSON
                 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
                              ECLIPSYS CORPORATION
                       777 EAST ATLANTIC AVENUE, SUITE 200
                           DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA 33483
                      (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (561) 243-1440
           (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Title of
     securities       Number of      Proposed maximum   Proposed maximum     Amount of
        to be         Shares to       offering price    aggregate offering registration
     registered   be Registered (1)   per share (2)          price              fee
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,      5,000,000         $13.72              $68,600,000      $18,110
   $.01 par value
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)   Consists of shares issuable under the 1996 Stock Plan, the Amended and
      Restated 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan,
      1999 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan of Eclipsys
      Corporation.
2

(2)   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, and
      based upon the average of the high and low sale prices of Eclipsys
      Corporation's Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on September 7,
      2000 in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of
      1933, as amended.

      The shares registered hereby may be issued pursuant to any of the 1996
Stock Plan, the Amended and Restated 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the 1998
Stock Incentive Plan, 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2000 Stock Incentive
Plan of Eclipsys Corporation (the "Registrant"). This Registration Statement
also amends (i) the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-62791), relating to the 1996 Stock Plan, the Amended and Restated 1998
Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, and (ii) the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-33536), relating
to the 1996 Stock Plan, the Amended and Restated 1998 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan and the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, to
provide that shares registered under such Registration Statements may be issued
under the Registrant's 2000 Stock Incentive Plan.

      PART I. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

            The information required by Part I is included in documents the
      Registrant sends or gives to participants in the 1996 Stock Plan, the
      Amended and Restated 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the 1998 Stock
      Incentive Plan, 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2000 Stock Incentive
      Plan of the Registrant, pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities
      Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

      PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

            Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

      The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements
      of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
      amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports,
      proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission. The following documents, which are on file with the Securities
      and Exchange Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement
      by reference:

            (a) The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section
      13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the Registrant's latest prospectus
      filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, that contains
      audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for
      which such statements have been filed.

            (b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
      the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document
      referred to in (a) above.

            (c) The description of the common stock of the Registrant, $.01 par
      value per share (the "Common Stock"), which is contained in a registration
      statement filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
      filed for the purpose of updating such description.

      All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
      13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
      post-effective amendment which indicates that all shares offered hereby
      have been sold or which deregisters all shares then remaining unsold,
      shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by
      reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
      documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to
      be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
      superseded for the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent a
      statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document
      which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies
      or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
      shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
      part of this Registration Statement.

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3

      Item 4.  Description of Securities.

      Not applicable.

      Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

      Not Applicable.

      Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides
that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the
corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in
connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be
made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in
the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no
indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is
proper under the circumstances.

Article EIGHTH of the Registrant's Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation") provides that no director of
the Registrant shall be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders
for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to
the extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits the elimination
or limitation of liability of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty.

Article NINTH of the Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director or
officer of the Registrant (a) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding
(other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant) brought, or
threatened to be brought, against him by virtue of his position as, or agreement
to become, a director or officer of the Registrant or by virtue of his serving,
or agreeing to serve, at the request of the Registrant, as a director, officer,
or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, a corporation, trust or other
enterprise, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to
be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
his conduct was unlawful and (b) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against
all expenses (including attorneys' fees) and amounts paid in settlement incurred
in

                                     - 3 -
4

connection with any action by or in the right of the Registrant brought, or
threatened to be brought, against him by virtue of his position as, or agreement
to become, a director or officer of the Registrant or by virtue of his serving,
or agreeing to serve, at the request of the Registrant, as a director, officer,
or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, a corporation, trust or other
enterprise, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to
be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, except that no
indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant, unless a court
determines that, despite such adjudication but in view of all of the
circumstances, he is entitled to indemnification of such expenses.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a director or officer has been
successful, on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation, the
dismissal of an action without prejudice, he is required to be indemnified by
the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in
connection therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to a director or officer at his
request, provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it is
ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for such
expenses.

The Registrant is required to provide the indemnification described herein
unless the officer or director has not met the applicable standard of conduct
required for indemnification. Whether the applicable standard of conduct has
been met shall be determined in each instance by (a) a majority vote of the
directors of the Registrant consisting of persons who are not at that time
parties to the action, suit or proceeding in question ("disinterested
directors"), whether or not a quorum, (b) a majority vote of a committee of
disinterested directors designated by majority vote of disinterested directors,
whether or not a quorum, (c) a majority vote of a quorum of the outstanding
shares of stock of all classes entitled to vote for directors, voting as a
single class, which quorum shall consist of stockholders who are not at that
time parties to the action, suit or proceeding in question, (d) independent
legal counsel (who may, to the extent permitted by law, be regular legal counsel
to the Registrant), or (e) a court of competent jurisdiction. In the event of a
determination that the director or officer did not meet the applicable standard
of conduct required for indemnification, or if the Registrant fails to make a
disposition within 60 days after written request for indemnification or
advancement of expenses to the Registrant is made by such person, such person is
permitted to petition the court to make an independent determination as to
whether such person is entitled to indemnification. As a condition precedent to
the right of indemnification, the director or officer must give the Registrant
notice of the action for which indemnity is sought and the Registrant has the
right to participate in such action or assume the defense thereof.

Article NINTH of the Certificate of Incorporation further provides that the
indemnification provided therein is not exclusive, and provides that in the
event that the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended to expand the
indemnification permitted to directors or officers, the Registrant must
indemnify those persons to the fullest extent permitted by such law as so
amended.

      Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

      Not applicable.

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      Item 8.  Exhibits.

      The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is attached hereto
and incorporated herein by reference.

      Item 9.  Undertakings.

      1.    The Registrant hereby undertakes:

        (a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.

        (b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

        (c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

      2. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

      3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Delray
Beach, Florida on the 8th day of September, 2000.

                                    ECLIPSYS CORPORATION

                                    By:   /s/ GREGORY L. WILSON
                                          ------------------------------
                                             Gregory L. Wilson
                                             Chief Financial Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Eclipsys Corporation, hereby
severally constitute Harvey J. Wilson, Gregory L. Wilson and Brent B. Siler and
each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and
each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated
below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all
such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors
to enable Eclipsys Corporation to comply with all requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they
may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature               Title                                           Date
/s/ HARVEY J. WILSON   Chief Executive Officer and Director             September 8, 2000
---------------------
Harvey J. Wilson       (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ GREGORY L. WILSON  Chief Financial Officer                          September 8, 2000
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Gregory L. Wilson      (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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/s/ STEVEN A. DENNING             Director                                         September 8, 2000
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Steven A. Denning

/s/ G. FRED DIBONA                Director                                         September 8, 2000
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G. Fred DiBona

/s/ EUGENE V. FIFE                Director                                         September 8, 2000
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Eugene V. Fife

/s/ WILLIAM E. FORD               Director                                         September 8, 2000
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William E. Ford

/s/ JAY B. PIEPER                 Director                                         August 31, 2000
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Jay B. Pieper
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number      Description
------      -----------
4.1*        Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
            Registrant.
4.2*        Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant.
4.3*        Specimen certificate for shares of Common Stock.
5.1         Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP.
23.1        Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2        Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1        Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this
            Registration Statement).
*     Incorporated by reference herein from Exhibits to the Registrant's
      Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-50781) as declared
      effective by the Commission on August 6, 1998.

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