Ariz. medical center attains Stage 7

Jeff Byers | | Health Exec | EMR/EHR
Tucson Medical Center in Ariz., has received its Stage 7 Award, Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics announced.

The award represents attainment of the highest level of the EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM), which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems, the Chicago-based HIMSS Analytics stated.

As of June 15, Tucson Medical Center is one of 57 hospitals, or 1 percent of the more than 5,000 hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics Database, recognized by HIMSS Analytics with its Stage 7 Award, the organization added.

Jeff Byers

Related Content

Christmas ransomware exposed over 300K patient records to dark web
Private equity-backed cardiology group puts cloud-based technology in hands of its cardiologists
AI helps cardiologists deliver personalized healthcare—but there is still plenty of work to do
Indiana hospitals reduce nuisance alerts by 77% with medication decision support software
Leveraging machine learning to rapidly create clinical AI algorithms
How medication reconciliation data consolidation in the EHR enables better patient care

Around the web

Cardiovascular Business
Reimbursement update: What hospitals need to know about new Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS finalized a significant policy change when it increased the Medicare payments hospitals receive for performing CCTA exams. What, exactly, does the update mean for cardiologists, billing specialists and other hospital employees?

Cardiovascular Business
Stryker acquires Inari Medical for $4.9B

Stryker, a global medtech company based out of Michigan, has kicked off 2025 with a bit of excitement. The company says Inari’s peripheral vascular portfolio is highly complementary to its own neurovascular portfolio.

Radiology Business
The biggest obstacles facing radiology business managers in 2025

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.