HIMSS bestows Stage 7 Award to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
The Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), is the first children’s hospital to receive the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics Stage 7 Award, according to the society. The hospital will be recognized at the 2010 HIMSS annual conference & exhibition in February 2010 in Atlanta.
HIMSS said that the award represents attainment of the highest level on HIMSS’ EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM).
The Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC offers advanced technology throughout the hospital system with its EMR operating in a fully digital environment, according to the Chicago-based society. The facility’s clinical workflow design supports the elimination of paper charts across its campus, which opened this May. According to HIMSS, the hospital has integrated efforts to provide clinicians with all needed information to see the patient’s continuum of care in a single view.
HIMSS Analytics developed the EMRAM in 2005 as a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of EMR systems for hospitals in the HIMSS Analytic Database. Tracking their progress in completing eight stages (0-7), hospitals can review the implementation and utilization of IT applications with the intent of reaching Stage 7, which represents an advanced EMR environment.
According to HIMSS, Stage 7 hospitals:
HIMSS said that the award represents attainment of the highest level on HIMSS’ EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM).
The Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC offers advanced technology throughout the hospital system with its EMR operating in a fully digital environment, according to the Chicago-based society. The facility’s clinical workflow design supports the elimination of paper charts across its campus, which opened this May. According to HIMSS, the hospital has integrated efforts to provide clinicians with all needed information to see the patient’s continuum of care in a single view.
HIMSS Analytics developed the EMRAM in 2005 as a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of EMR systems for hospitals in the HIMSS Analytic Database. Tracking their progress in completing eight stages (0-7), hospitals can review the implementation and utilization of IT applications with the intent of reaching Stage 7, which represents an advanced EMR environment.
According to HIMSS, Stage 7 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 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.