<PAGE>   1


     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 1999
                                                  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)

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<S>                                                              <C>

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


</TABLE>

                      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
                                       AND
                            1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plans)

                                HARVEY J. WILSON
          PRESIDENT, 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>
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Number of              Proposed maximum             Proposed maximum            Amount of
      Title of securities          Shares to               offering price             aggregate offering         registration
        to be registered       be Registered (1)           per share (2)                    price                     fee
     <S>                          <C>                       <C>                         <C>                        <C>
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Common Stock $.01 par        2,666,667                 $ 28.31(2)                  $75,493,343                $19,931
             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 and the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan of Eclipsys Corporation (the
         "Registrant").
(2)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee,
         and based upon the average of the high and low sale prices of the
         Registrant's Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on March 24,
         2000 in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act
         of 1933, as amended.
<PAGE>   2

         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 and the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan of Eclipsys Corporation
(the "Registrant"). This Registration Statement also amends 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, the 1998
Stock Incentive Plan, to provide that shares registered under such Registration
Statement may be issued under the Registrant's 1999 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
and the 1999 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.

         Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

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         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 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

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<PAGE>   4


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.

         Item 8.  Exhibits.

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

         Item 9.  Undertakings.

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<PAGE>   5

         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 29th day of March, 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 Donald L. Toker 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.


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Signature                           Title                                               Date
---------                           -----                                               ----
<S>                              <C>                                                <C>
/s/ Harvey J. Wilson             Chief Executive Officer and Director               March 29, 2000
------------------------
Harvey J. Wilson                 (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Gregory L. Wilson            Chief Financial Officer                            March 29, 2000
-------------------------
Gregory L. Wilson                (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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<S>                              <C>                                                <C>
/s/ STEVEN A. DENNING
---------------------            Director                                           March 29, 2000
Steven A. Denning

/s/ G. FRED DIBONA               Director                                           March 29, 2000
---------------------
G. Fred DiBona

/s/ EUGENE V. FIFE               Director                                           March 29, 2000
---------------------
Eugene V. Fife

/s/ WILLIAM E. FORD              Director                                           March 29, 2000
---------------------
William E. Ford

/s/ JAY B. PIEPER                Director                                           March 29, 2000
---------------------
Jay B. Pieper

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number             Description
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<S>                <C>
4.1*               Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.
4.2*               Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant.
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).

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*    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.

                                     -8-
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1

     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 1999
                                                  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 incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
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
                                       AND
                            1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plans)

                                HARVEY J. WILSON
          PRESIDENT, 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
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                                   Number of              Proposed maximum             Proposed maximum            Amount of
      Title of securities          Shares to               offering price             aggregate offering         registration
        to be registered       be Registered (1)           per share (2)                    price                     fee
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Common Stock $.01 par        2,666,667                 $ 28.31(2)                  $75,493,343                $19,931
             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 and the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan of Eclipsys Corporation (the
         "Registrant").
(2)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee,
         and based upon the average of the high and low sale prices of the
         Registrant's Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on March 24,
         2000 in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act
         of 1933, as amended.
2

         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 and the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan of Eclipsys Corporation
(the "Registrant"). This Registration Statement also amends 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, the 1998
Stock Incentive Plan, to provide that shares registered under such Registration
Statement may be issued under the Registrant's 1999 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
and the 1999 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.

         Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

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3

         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 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

                                      -3-
4

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.

         Item 8.  Exhibits.

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

         Item 9.  Undertakings.

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5

         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 29th day of March, 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 Donald L. Toker 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
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/s/ Harvey J. Wilson             Chief Executive Officer and Director               March 29, 2000
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Harvey J. Wilson                 (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Gregory L. Wilson            Chief Financial Officer                            March 29, 2000
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Gregory L. Wilson                (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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/s/ STEVEN A. DENNING
---------------------            Director                                           March 29, 2000
Steven A. Denning

/s/ G. FRED DIBONA               Director                                           March 29, 2000
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G. Fred DiBona

/s/ EUGENE V. FIFE               Director                                           March 29, 2000
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Eugene V. Fife

/s/ WILLIAM E. FORD              Director                                           March 29, 2000
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William E. Ford

/s/ JAY B. PIEPER                Director                                           March 29, 2000
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Jay B. Pieper
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number             Description
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4.1*               Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.
4.2*               Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant.
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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