Children’s Hospital Boston reaches Stage 7

HIMSS Analytics Honors Children’s Hospital Boston with Stage 7 Award

The HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Award honors hospitals that operate in a paperless environment and represent best practices in implementation of the EMR

CHICAGO (December 7, 2011) - HIMSS Analytics announced Children’s Hospital Boston received its Stage 7 Award. The hospital will be recognized at the 2011 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition on Feb. 20-24, 2011 in Orlando, Fla. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the EMR Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM), which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems. As of November 2010, HIMSS Analytics had recognized 52 hospitals, or 1 percent of the more than 5,000 hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics Database, with its Stage 7 Award.

HIMSS Analytics developed the EMR Adoption Model in 2005 as a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record systems for hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics™ Database. Tracking their progress in completing eight stages (0-7), hospitals can review the implementation and utilization of information technology applications with the intent of reaching Stage 7, which represents an advanced patient record environment. The validation process that confirms a hospital has reached Stage 7 includes a site visit conducted by an executive from HIMSS Analytics and former or current CIOs to ensure an unbiased evaluation of the Stage 7 environments.

"We're thrilled to be recognized as a Stage 7 institution - it represents the collaborative work and investment of our entire organization towards achieving a more integrated, safer and more efficient way of delivering care to our patients, using information technology. And though we have achieved quite a bit already, we are committed to continuing to improve our systems and processes to further improve clinical outcomes, and to provide increasingly safer and more patient-centered care," said Daniel Nigrin, MD, MS, Senior VP for Information Services & Chief Information Officer, Children's Hospital Boston.

“We congratulate Children’s Hospital Boston on achieving the Stage 7 recognition,” says John P. Hoyt, FACHE, FHIMSS, Executive Vice President, Organizational Services, for HIMSS. “Other healthcare organizations can study and emulate these EMR applications to improve patient safety and clinical outcomes because the accomplishments of Stage 7 hospitals serve as important indicators of high quality patient care with the interoperable electronic medical record in place.”

Visit the HIMSS Analytics Web site for more information on the Stage 7 award.

Go to www.himssconference.org for more information on HIMSS11.

About Children’s Hospital Boston

Children's Hospital Boston is one of the nation's premier pediatric medical centers. Founded in 1869 as a 20-bed hospital for children, today it is a 392-bed comprehensive center for pediatric and adolescent health care grounded in the values of excellence in patient care and sensitivity to the complex needs and diversity of children and families. Children's is the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, the largest provider of health care to the children of Massachusetts, and home to the world's leading pediatric research enterprise.

About HIMSS Analytics

HIMSS Analytics is a wholly owned not-for-profit subsidiary of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. The company collects and analyzes healthcare data related to IT processes and environments, products, IS department composition and costs, IS department management metrics, healthcare trends and purchase-related decisions. HIMSS Analytics delivers high quality data and analytical expertise to healthcare delivery organizations, healthcare IT companies, state governments, financial companies, pharmaceutical companies, and consulting firms. Visit www.himssanalytics.org/ for more information.