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Mount Sinai Medical Center announced this past week that it has reached Stage 7 on the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model.
WHY IT MATTERS
With the validation, the Miami-based independent, not-for-profit teaching hospital has shown full optimization of its electronic health record system, putting technology to work enabling "safer, faster and more coordinated patient care," it says.
Among the health system's achievements, it can enable a "complete, real-time picture" of patients' health, whether they're in the hospital, seeing a specialist or recovering at home.
Its EHR system and ancillary technologies are helping reduce delays, avoid repeated tests and enable more accurate clinical decision-making.
To attain EMRAM Stage 7, Mount Sinai has notched several recent achievements, it says, such as enabling patients to access their health data through Epic's MyChart and other patient engagement tools, and innovating its remote patient monitoring and outreach.
At the hospital, priorities have included new efforts to boost efficiency for physicians and nurses – developing new tools and tech for clinical decision support, reducing alert fatigue, developing more evidence-based order sets and promoting AI-enabled workflows.
"This milestone represents years of strong collaboration between our clinical and technology teams," said Tom Gillette, chief information officer at Mount Sinai, in a statement. "Our priority has been designing digital systems that truly support the clinical workflow, improving clarity, reducing administrative burden, and giving clinicians better insight into each patient's needs."
THE LARGER TREND
Mount Sinai Medical Center is the largest independent, private, not-for-profit teaching hospital in South Florida. Its Centers of Excellence combine IT, research and academics to promote more innovative and comprehensive care across specialties such as cardiology, neuroscience, oncology, urology and orthopedics.
The HIMSS EMRAM model is used worldwide to assess how effectively hospitals use digital tools and systems to enhance and improve care delivery, patient outcomes, provider experience, data security and general performance enterprise-wide.
ON THE RECORD
"Achieving Stage 7 reflects our commitment to clinical excellence and continuous improvement," said Mount Sinai Medical Center President and CEO Gino R. Santorio in a statement. "Investing in digital innovation is ultimately about improving patient safety and the experience of care. It ensures our clinicians have the right information at the right time to support the highest-quality decisions."
Mike Miliard is executive editor of Healthcare IT News
Email the writer: mmiliard@himss.org
Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.
