LCMC Health announced that two of its hospitals – University Medical Center New Orleans and Children’s Hospital New Orleans – have achieved Stage 7 on the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM). This is the highest validation from HIMSS Analytics, a leading global healthcare IT consulting organization.
“Receiving EMRAM Stage 7 is important to us as it is recognition of LCMC Health and its hospitals’ commitment to creating a culture of wellness through better care, better health, better value, and better experience, not just through the implementation of advanced technology, but most importantly, through its use for our patients,” said Sherri Mills, LCMC Health chief nursing informatics officer. “Our patients get the care that is best for them and their families because we know that shared beliefs and positive outlooks are what drive our exceptional care – and is supported through the use of a highly integrated electronic medical records solution.”
The Stage 7 validation level is tribute to demonstrating safe, high quality patient care, through combined efforts between IT and operational leaders in the inpatient med surg, critical care, and NICU departments as well as the ED, medical imaging, laboratory and blood bank, pharmacy, and HIM/medical records. The benefits of a near paperless environment and utilizing a comprehensive EMR include improved clinical quality, patient safety, and operational efficiencies, specifically the inefficiency of paper-based processes, immediate access to patient data, a reduction in medical errors and unnecessary tests, and the empowerment of patients by making their health information more accessible.
LCMC Health and its hospitals will be recognized at the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in April 2023 in Chicago, Il.