Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is the first pediatric hospital in the United States to achieve a Stage 7 Award from HIMSS Analytics for achieving a virtually paperless patient record environment and the most comprehensive use of electronic medical records (EMRs).
Only 0.5 percent of more than 5,000 hospitals in the United States have achieved Stage 7. HIMSS Analytics scores hospitals based on their progress in completing eight stages, from zero to seven, of EMR adoption, and its studies have shown correlations between the use of advanced technology and higher quality of patient care. Children’s Hospital will be recognized as a Stage 7 hospital at the HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition next month in Atlanta.
Children’s Hospital began its transition to an EMR in 2002 when it became one of the first hospitals in the nation to implement computerized provider order entry (CPOE), a system that reduces the risk of medication and other errors. Since implementing CPOE, Children’s has reduced medication errors by 60 percent.
The HIMSS award represents attainment of the highest level on the EMR Adoption ModelSM, which was developed in 2005 as a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of EMRs for hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics™ Database. As the most advanced facilities, 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 vast database of clinical information to drive improved care delivery, 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.
Source: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, December 23, 2009
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