**Exhibit 31.1**CERTIFICATIONSI, Eugene V. Fife, certify that:1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Eclipsys Corporation; 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statementof a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statementswere made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by thisreport; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financialinformation included in this report, fairly present in all materialrespects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows ofthe registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internalcontrol over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,or caused such disclosure controls and proceduresto be designed under our supervision, to ensurethat material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by otherswithin those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this report is being prepared;  (b) Designed such internal control over financialreporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under oursupervision, to provide reasonable assuranceregarding the reliability of financial reportingand the preparation of financial statements forexternal purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles;  (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presentedin this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period coveredby this report based on such evaluation; and  (d) Disclosed in this report any change in theregistrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’smost recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’sfourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annualreport) that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financialreporting; and5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed,based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the auditcommittee of the registrant’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent functions): (a) All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect theregistrant’s ability to record, process, summarizeand report financial information; and  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting.        Date: August 05, 2005 /s/ Eugene V. Fife   Eugene V. Fife   President and Chief Executive Officer