WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Four Novant Health medical centers have received the prestigious HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 EMRAM Award. The recognized facilities are:
- Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
- Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center
- Novant Health Charlotte Orthopedic Hospital
- Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
This recognition represents Novant Health’s achievement of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM), which means the hospitals are using electronic medical record technology to its fullest potential to provide access and care to our patients. Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center was recognized with this honor in 2017.
"Having four more Novant Health facilities receive the HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 EMRAM Award is a great achievement for our organization,” said Dr. A.J. Patefield, Novant Health chief medical information officer. “This recognition reflects the partnership between Novant Health’s physician partners, nurses, pharmacists, information technology services, clinical informatics, clinical improvement, clinical operations and revenue cycle departments. We are committed to utilizing our electronic medical record system to its fullest capability, which can identify patients quickly and accurately and coordinate care across multiple specialists, which ultimately improves care quality and patient safety.”
HIMSS Analytics developed the EMRAM as a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record systems for hospitals in its database. There are eight stages (0-7) that measure a hospital’s implementation and utilization of information technology applications. The final stage, Stage 7, represents an advanced patient record environment. Just 6.4 percent of hospitals in the U.S. have achieved Stage 7.
In order to achieve Stage 7 designation, a hospital must demonstrate that it is no longer using paper charts to deliver and manage patient care and that it has a mixture of discrete data, document images and medical images within its EMR environment. Healthcare providers should also be able to use data within the EMR to analyze clinical patterns to improve quality of care, patient safety and care delivery efficiency. Clinical information should also be readily shared via standardized electronic transactions with all entities that are authorized to treat the patient, or a health information exchange (i.e., other nonassociated hospitals, outpatient clinics, sub-acute environments, employers, payors and patients in a data sharing environment). Lastly, the hospital must show proof of data continuity for all hospital services (e.g., inpatient, outpatient, ED and with any owned or managed outpatient clinics).
Through the successful implementation, adoption and optimization of their electronic medical record, these four Novant Health medical centers are delivering on its promise to provide world-class technology that supports high-quality, affordable and convenient care.
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