Three hospitals achieve HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 status

HIMSS Analytics has recognized two academic medical centers and a rural hospital--a first for HIMSS Analytics--with its Stage 7 award.

These Stage 7 hospitals--Citizens Memorial Hospital in Boliver, Mo., Stanford Hospital & Clinics in Palo Alto, Calif., and University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics in Madison, Wis.--will be recognized at the 2010 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition this March in Atlanta, according to the Chicago-based society.

The EMR Adoption Model in 2005 was developed as a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of EMR systems for hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics Database.

According to the organization, Stage 7 (the final stage) hospitals:
  • Deliver patient care without the use of paper charts;
  • Are able to share patient information by sending secure standardized summary record transactions to other care providers;
  • Use their vast database of clinical information to drive improved care delivery performance, patient safety clinical decision support and outcomes using business intelligence solutions; and
  • Are best practice examples of how to implement sophisticated EMR environments that fully engage their clinicians.

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