HMC's National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR) has received Healthcare Information and Management Systems Accreditation.
Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) two hospitals have received Healthcare Information and Management Systems Accreditation for the use of advanced Information Technology to improve patient care.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics has recently announced that the Heart Hospital and the National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR), have achieved the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM) Stage six distinction, an international benchmark for the use of advanced IT to improve patient care. This is the first HIMSS Stage six achievement in Qatar.
“The HIMSS Analytics Stage six accreditation demonstrates that electronic physician documentation has been installed throughout the entire hospital with structured documentation templates – allowing physicians to ‘point-and-click’ from a standardised selection of options that facilitate future reporting and data analysis. We have a clinical decision support system, and closed loop medication administration, which contributes towards the delivery of safer and more effective patient care,” said Professor William McKenna, Medical Director and CEO of the Heart Hospital.
This first HIMSS Analytics Stage six achievement in Qatar reflects years of hard work and dedication to improving patient care and business processes, made possible by HMC’s system wide adoption of Cerner Millennium’s® electronic health record (EHR).
“Working with Cerner, the team has embraced the technology of the clinical information system which enhances patient safety and improves the efficiency of care delivery. We also thank our patients and their families for their willingness to work with us during the pre-and post-implementation phases of our new advanced healthcare systems,” said Professor Alexander Knuth, Medical Director and CEO of the NCCCR.
HIMSS Analytics developed the EMRAM as a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record systems for hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics™ Database.
There are eight stages (0 – 7) that measure a hospital's implementation and utilisation of information technology applications. Hospitals can track and review their progress in completing each stage as they proceed towards the ultimate goal of reaching Stage 7 which represents an advanced electronic patient record environment that delivers safety and efficiency improvements.
