The seven stages of the EMR Adoption Model range from having no EMR installed at all — Stage 0 — to no longer needing paper charts to deliver and manage patient care due to use of clinical data warehouses and clinical information transactions via health IT solutions — Stage 7.
The 55 Stage 7 hospitals include Boston Children’s Hospital, Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, Citizens Memorial Healthcare in Bolivar, Mo., Kaiser Permanente based in Oakland, Calif., Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., NorthShore University HealthSystem based in Evanston, Ill., and Sentara Healthcare based in Norfolk, Va.
Read the list of HIMSS Analytics’ Stage 7 hospitals.
Read other coverage about HIMSS Analytics:
– HIMSS Analytics Measures EMR, Medical Device Integration
– Hospitals Achieve HIMSS Analytics Stage 6 in EMR Adoption
– HIMSS: 22% of Hospitals Can Meet at Least 10 of 14 Core Measurements of Stage 1 Meaningful Use
