ATLANTA – The Eclipsys Corp. has announced plans to acquire Medinotes, a privately held physician software company based in Des Moines, Iowa.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Medinotes has practice management and electronic medical record software in more than 5,000 medical practices across the country, according to company executives.

Atlanta-based Eclipsys, which has traditionally focused on providing information software, clinical content and professional services for hospitals and hospital-based health systems, views the Medinotes acquisition as opening the clinic and physician practice market for Eclipsys.

“Studies have shown that over two-thirds of surveyed physicians in small to mid-sized practices do not yet have an EMR solution, and all of them plan to have one within the next two years,” said R. Andrew Eckert, Eclipsys’ president and CEO. “And almost a quarter of practices with an existing solution report they’re planning to replace it soon. So there’s a significant market opportunity here for both Eclipsys and our clients.”

Eckert said the MediNotes Clinician suite would be rebranded.

It “will complement our existing Sunrise Ambulatory Care outpatient clinic solution to meet the needs of physician practices, whether tightly aligned or loosely affiliated,” he said.