2008 HIMSS Davies Awards: Nation's Outstanding Healthcare Organizations ...(ies Organizational Award Committee and H...),Health

Date:10/10/2008

ies Organizational Award Committee and HIMSS congratulate the leadership and employees of Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC) in winning this year's Davies award," said Brian Jacobs, MD, chair of the HIMSS Davies Award Organizational Committee and chief medical information officer (CMIO), executive director, Center for Pediatric Informatics, at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. "EMMC represents a shining example of how to implement and utilize the electronic health record along with other technologies in enhancing the delivery of high quality, evidence-based healthcare."

• Eastern Maine Medical Center - EMMC serves communities in central, eastern and northern Maine. An EHR system was implemented as part of EMMC's Patient First Initiatives Program, a tri-fold approach to delivering high quality patient care by transforming care delivery, adopting a patient-focused culture and implementing a technology plan to support the care delivery process. EMMC's use of data derived from its healthcare IT systems is a shining example of how to drive performance improvement, quality and improve care in response to state and national reporting requirements.

Ambulatory: Three medical practices received the HIMSS Ambulatory Davies Award of Excellence demonstrating the value and benefits of the EHR in serving the patient care needs of these diverse patient populations.

"The winners of the 2008 Davies Ambulatory Care Award are exemplary examples of practices that have used technology to improve their patient's care," said Nancy Babbitt, FACMPE, chair of the HIMSS Davies Ambulatory Committee, and administrator, Roswell Pediatric Center, P.C., in the Atlanta area. "Our committee was inspired by the ingenuity of this year's winners that used their 'technology tools' to provide superior service i
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