HIMSS Enterprise and Ambulatory Davies Award
Submission Process
The Nicholas E. Davies Award recognizes excellence in health information technology, specifically excellence in utilization of the EHR to successfully improve quality of care and patient safety. A successful submission helps the readers understand the value of the EHR in informing patient care and improving outcomes, including challenges faced and solutions created that can be replicated by other organizations.
There are no application forms to complete. However, the entire application will be comprised of submitting a letter of intent and five case studies for the HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award and four case studies for the HIMSS Ambulatory Davies Award.
Who can apply
HIMSS Ambulatory Davies Award: Independent Ambulatory practices, community health organizations and enterprise clinics.
HIMSS Enterprise (formerly Organizational) Davies Award: Hospitals and health organizations must have achieved Stage 6 or Stage 7 on the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model and key meaningful use milestones.
HIMSS Public Health Davies Award update: The Public Health Davies award will be re-evaluated in the spring of 2012.
All submissions must come from the care delivery setting.
Steps 1..2..3..4: How to apply for the HIMSS Enterprise & Ambulatory Davies Award in 4 steps
Step 1: Intent to Apply
An intent to apply notification is expected from all potential applicants at a minimum 30-days prior to application submission. An intent to apply notification includes:
- HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award applicants:
- the name of your organization;
- what facilities you plan to submit for the HIMSS Davies Award application for consideration;
- primary and secondary points of contact;
- EMRAM score provided from HIMSS Analytics, not self-scored, and
- year you received Stage 6 or 7 recognition.
- Please submit information by e-mail.
- HIMSS Ambulatory Davies Award Applicants:
- the name of your organization;
- what facilities you plan to submit for the Davies Award application for consideration:
- primary and secondary points of contact;
- pre-requisites table completed (see Appendix 1,2,3 in the Davies Ambulatory “How to Apply” pdf); and
- type of Davies practice for which you are applying.
Step 2a: Core Case Study
Tell us your story! The Davies Award Committee is seeking your EHR “stories.” Using the case study submission template as a guide, tell your story weaving metrics/data that demonstrate your outcomes to help others “take away” how they can apply this in their own organizations.
Davies Enterprise Case Study form
Davies Ambulatory Case Study form
HIMSS Enterprise and Ambulatory Davies Award Applicants are required to complete the following two case studies [see Table 1 in HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award and HIMSS Ambulatory Davies Award “How to Apply” pdf]:
- a hard dollars return on investment (ROI) five-page case study, to include status of participation in meaningful use, with one-page Appendix (supportive metrics); and
- a clinical value five-page case study, with one-page Appendix (supportive metrics).
Step 2b: Menu Case Studies
- HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award
- Davies Enterprise Case Study form
- Enterprise Applicants are required to select three elective case study topics of their choosing among the 20 options listed in Table 2 of the Davies Enterprise “How to Apply” pdf .
- HIMSS Ambulatory Davies Award
- Davies Ambulatory Case Study form
- Applicants are required to select two case study topics of their choosing among the 20 options listed in HIMSS Ambulatory Davies Award “How to Apply”, Table 2.
- HIMSS Enterprise and Ambulatory Davies Award Menu Case Studies Details
- Each case study cannot exceed five pages in length and can include an additional one-page Appendix (supportive metrics).
- These menu case studies are to be submitted at the same time as the two core case studies as described in Step 2a above.
Step 3: Site Visit
- HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award Site Visits
- Based on independent review by the HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award Committee volunteer members, “finalist” candidates are selected by a peer-reviewed process within 30 days after application submission.
- Providers selected for a site visit will be designated “finalists.”
- The final award determination is made by vote of the entire Committee after the
site visit, and will be recognized as “winners.” - An HIMSS Analytics EMRAM Stage 6 finalist will receive specific instructions for an in-person site visit.
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- HIMSS Ambulatory Davies Award Site Visit
- Based on independent review by the HIMSS Ambulatory Davies Award Committee’s volunteer members, “finalist” candidates are selected within 30 days after application submission.
- Finalists are those who the Committee advances to a site visit after both independent scoring and Committee discussion and vote to a site visit.
- Those who are voted forward after the site visit will be recognized as “winners.”
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Step 4: Submission of Final Case Studies to HIMSS Website and Educational Offerings
HIMSS Davies Award winners may be asked to emphasize exemplary aspects of their approaches or accomplishments in the final submission of their case studies.
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For more information, contact Jonathan French, Director, Healthcare Information Systems or call 703-562-8822
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