Emory-Adventist Hospital achieves EMRAM Stage 7
Emory-Adventist Hospital, a joint venture with Emory Healthcare, has received the acute care Stage 7 award.
The award represents attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems. HIMSS Analytics developed the model in 2005 as a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of EMR systems for hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics Database. There are eight stages (0-7) that measure a hospital’s implementation and utilization of information technology applications. The final stage, Stage 7, represents an advanced patient record environment.
The validation process to confirm a hospital has reached Stage 7 includes a site visit by an executive from HIMSS Analytics and former or current chief information officers and a current or former chief medical information officer to ensure an unbiased evaluation of the Stage 7 environments.
The Smyrna, Ga., hospital will be recognized at the 2014 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition. As of May 31, 115 U.S. hospitals, or 2.1 percent, of the more than 5,400 U.S. hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics Database, have received the HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Award.
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