INFRAM: A Pathway to Infrastructure Maturity
HIMSS Analytics new maturity model, the Infrastructure Adoption Model or INFRAM, measures the technical infrastructure used within in a health system and identifies recommended benchmarks for organizations to reach before they go live with EMR systems.
Innovating for Improved Opioid Outcomes: HIMSS Stage 7 Success Story
Understanding their accountability when it came to safer prescribing practices for opioid-addicted patients, Geisinger took a holistic approach to ensuring their patients' needs are managed.
Leveraging Information Technology to Improve Vaccination Rates in America’s Communities
The CDC shares how they, in partnership with the NCIRD, are taking steps to leverage EHRs to improve vaccination rates.
National Institutes of Health Improves Clinical Decision-Making with Blood Volume Tracking Tools: Stage 7 Success Story
“The success of managing our EHR comes from having an engaged community of healthcare practitioners as well as technical staff ... we have been able to make clinician workflows more efficient while allowing them to provide quality patient care."
Opioid Safety Scores in EMR Improve Patient Outcomes
HIMSS Analytics is proud to recognize Sparrow Health System for its revalidation as a Stage 7 healthcare system, as tracked by the EMRAM/O-EMRAM.
Revamping Best Practices for Improved Results with the EMRAM
Learn how University of California Davis Health leveraged the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model to achieve significant decreases in the hospital-onset of infection rates for C. diff.
Streamlining Care Delivery with Specialty Registries
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, a Davies Award recipient and a HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 healthcare system, shares its journey to improving quality metrics processes by focusing on data delivery.
UNC Health Care System First to Validate at EMRAM Stage 7 with New Criteria
HIMSS Analytics recognizes UNC Health Care for their status as a Stage 7 healthcare system as tracked by the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM)℠. UNC is the first organization to validate Stage 7 under the new EMRAM criteria.
How One Hospital Reduced Pediatric Emergency Transfers
In this Stage 7 success story, we explore how Arkansas Children's Hospital observed a sustained decreased in pediatric emergency transfers through the implementation of a new Watcher program.
Process Improvement in Stroke Patient Care
By combining technology, process improvement and clinical decision support tools, the Metro Health stroke care team is now able to prepare for patients before they arrive in the ED, improving communication and patient outcomes.
St. Stephen’s Hospital: From EMR Implementation to Digital Integration
2019 Davies Award winner St. Stephen’s Hospital of Hervey Bay, Australia is also the first HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 validated hospital in Australia. Read about how they innovated for improvement.
Streamlining Transitional Care Management Workflows
In this Stage 7 success story, we explore how Jefferson Health worked to improve transitional care management in a complex medical environment to keep patients well throughout their inpatient to outpatient journey.