Press Releases

December 19, 2011
HIMSS Analytics Honors Florida Hospital Flagler with Stage 7 Award
The HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Award honors hospitals that operate in a paperless environment and represent best practices in implementation of the EMR

November 22, 2011
HIMSS Analytics Honors Deaconess Health System with Stage 7 Award
The HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Award honors hospitals that operate in a paperless environment and represent best practices in implementation of the EMR

November 8, 2011
HIMSS Analytics: Roles of Chief Medical Information and Nursing Officers Evolve to Support New Technologies
HIMSS Analytics research, sponsored by Capsule Tech, Inc., examines medical device integration, roles of CMIO and CNO and their assumptions on IT and EMR adoption

November 1, 2011
HIMSS Analytics Report Confirms Increase in Hospitals Expected to Achieve Meaningful Use
Academic medical centers have a greater likelihood to meet Stage 1 meaningful use criterias

October 27, 2011
German hospital reaches Stage 7 on the HIMSS Analytics EMRAM scale
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf first in Europe to achieve HIMSS Analytics' top-rating for paperless, digital workflows

September 8, 2011
HIMSS Analytics Honors Nemours with Stage 7 Award
The HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Award honors hospitals that operate in a paperless environment and represent best practices in implementation of the EMR.

September 6, 2011
UC San Diego Health System Honored with HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Award
The HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Award honors hospitals that operate in a paperless environment and represent best practices in implementation of the EMR.

September 1, 2011
HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model Now Part of US News Most Connected Hospitals
The 118 Most Connected Hospitals listed by US News and World Report received Stage 6 and 7 recognition per the HIMSS Analytics EMRAM scale.

July 26, 2011
HIMSS Analytics Report Uncovers Hospitals Top IT Priorities
Essentials of the US Hospital IT Market – 6th Edition provides a current overview and future projections of the US hospital IT market

June 15, 2011
HIMSS Analytics Honors Tucson Medical Center with Stage 7 Award
The HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Award honors hospitals that operate in a paperless environment and represent best practices in implementation of the EMR.

April 18, 2011
HIMSS Statement Death of HIMSS Staff Member – Marc Holland from HIMSS President and CEO H. Stephen Lieber, CAE
CHICAGO (April 18, 2011) - HIMSS Vice President Market Research Marc Holland died unexpectedly on Saturday, April 16, 2011, after a brief illness.

February 22, 2011
HIMSS Analytics Releases New Data
Arlington, VA - (February 22, 2011) - New data from HIMSS Analytics indicates that 44 percent of hospital respondents fall within the “Likely” or “Most Likely” categories for meeting Stage 1 of meaningful use.

December 16, 2010
HIMSS Analytics Announces New Vice President, Market Research
CHICAGO (December 16, 2010) - HIMSS Analytics announces that Marc Holland will be joining the organization as Vice President, Market Research, effective Dec. 20. In this role, Mr. Holland will manage three areas: Data Collection and Quality, Product Management and Market Research.

December 7, 2010
HIMSS Analytics Honors Children's Hospital Boston with Stage 7 Award
CHICAGO (December 7, 2010) - HIMSS Analytics announced Children's Hospital Boston received its Stage 7 Award. The hospital will be recognized at the 2011 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition on Feb. 20-24, 2011 in Orlando, Fla. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the EMR Adoption Model^SM(EMRAM), which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems. As of November 2010, HIMSS Analytics had recognized 52 hospitals, or 1 percent of the more than 5,000 hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics Database, with its Stage 7 Award.

November 22, 2010
HIMSS Analytics Names First South Korean Stage 7 Hospital
CHICAGO (November 22, 2010) - HIMSS Analytics announced Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH) has reached Stage 7 on the EMR Adoption Model^SM or EMRAM scale. It is the first hospital outside of North America to achieve the Stage 7 designation, and the only hospital in Asia to do so.

November 11, 2010
HIMSS Analytics: Hospitals Ready to Meet Some Components of Meaningful Use
CHICAGO (November 15, 2010) – As healthcare organizations strive to meet the requirements of meaningful use, preliminary data from HIMSS Analytics indicate that the 687 hospitals responding to the survey have the ability to meet both core and menu requirements for  Stage 1 of meaningful use. 

June 10, 2010
Clinical Analytics: Can Organizations Maximize Clinical Data?
CHICAGO (June 10, 2010) – HIMSS Analytics research study investigates the use of clinical analytics, including the issues and challenges that healthcare provider organizations and payers are facing as they strive to meet the meaningful use requirements.

June 2, 2010
Mapping Hospital Readiness for Meaningful Use
CHICAGO (June 2, 2010) – With hospitals expected to meet in 2011 the first phase of deadlines for Meaningful Use specified in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, HIMSS Analytics has added new questions to its annual Survey on Meaningful Use. The questions include those developed by the Health Story Project on the inclusion of structured document standards that must be in place so that narrative data converts to a structured format and can be imported in to the EMR.

May 17, 2010
Track ARRA Spending Priorities with HIMSS Analytics Market Intelligence
CHICAGO (May 17, 2010) – With American Recovery and Reinvestment Act regulations more defined and qualified hospitals due to receive funding as early as 2011, understanding and tracking marketplace expenditures is vital. The 5th edition of Essentials of the US Hospital IT Market from HIMSS Analytics captures data from the HIMSS AnalyticsTM Database of more than 5,200 hospitals and 32,000 medical facilities in the United States.

April 21, 2010
HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO OVERLOOK CRITICAL GAPS IN DATA SECURITY, ACCORDING TO NEW BI–ANNUAL REPORT
NASHVILLE, TENN. (April 21, 2010) – As the healthcare industry prepares for a major shift to electronic health records (EHRs) over the next several years, a new bi-annual report provides data that shows that providers are still having difficulty adequately securing patient data in a rapidly changing landscape. The 2010 HIMSS Analytics Report: Security of Patient Data indicates that healthcare organizations are actively taking steps to ensure that patient data is secure. However, these efforts appear to be more reactive than proactive, as hospitals dedicate more resources toward breach response vs. breach prevention through risk management activities. The report, which surveys healthcare organizations nationwide, was commissioned by Kroll Fraud Solutions, a leading provider of data protection and identity theft response services.

March 23, 2010
Study Conducted by HIMSS Analytics Finds Widespread Use of e-Commerce Among U.S. Hospitals
LOUISVILLE, Colo., and CHICAGO (March 23, 2010) – The purpose of this research was to understand the extent to which hospitals are automating various aspects of the purchasing process and the percent of medical and surgical purchasing that is handled electronically, both in terms of dollars and purchase orders. This paper summarizes the results of the research, outlining the current state of the industry, the barriers hospitals believe limit increased use of electronic transactions, and where hospitals believe supply chain automation delivers the greatest value.

March 1, 2010
The Advisory Board Company and HIMSS Analytics to Collaborate to Solve Health Care IT Challenges
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 1, 2010) – The Advisory Board Company and HIMSS Analytics™ LLC are collaborating to provide a new level of business-oriented information technology (IT) research to health care executives and IT leaders. Through this affiliation, data from the HIMSS Analytics™ Database will be provided to The Advisory Board Company as the foundation for new and expanded services and projects.

February 24, 2010
HIMSS Analytics Honors Sentara® Healthcare with Stage 7 Award
CHICAGO (February 24, 2010) - HIMSS Analytics announced Sentara Healthcare of Norfolk, Va. received its Stage 7 Award. The hospital will be recognized at the 2010 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in February 2010 in Atlanta, Ga. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the EMR Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM). The hospital is a national leader in heart and kidney care, stroke care, infection prevention and was the first in the nation to pioneer and develop the eICU®, a remote monitoring system for intensive care.

January 22, 2010
HIMSS Analytics Honors Three Hospitals with Stage 7 Award
These Stage 7 hospitals will be recognized at the 2010 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in February 2010 in Atlanta, Ga. HIMSS Analytics developed the EMR Adoption Model in 2005 as a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record systems for hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics™ Database. Tracking their progress in completing eight stages (0-7), hospitals can review the implementation and utilization of information technology applications with the intent of reaching Stage 7, which represents an advanced patient record environment.

December 18, 2009
HIMSS Analytics Honors Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC with Stage 7 Award
CHICAGO (December 18, 2009) - HIMSS Analytics announced Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC as the first children’s hospital to receive its Stage 7 Award. The hospital will be recognized at the 2010 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in February 2010 in Atlanta, Ga. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the EMR Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM). The hospital is renowned for its outstanding clinical services, research programs and medical education.

November 17, 2009
New HIMSS Analytics Survey Reveals Healthcare "Business Associates" Are Unprepared for Data Breach
CHICAGO and BEAVERTON, Ore. — November 17, 2009 — Business associates, those who handle private patient information for healthcare organizations—including everyone from billing, credit bureaus, benefits management, legal services, claims processing, insurance brokers, data processing firms, pharmacy chains, accounting firms, temporary office personnel, and offshore transcription vendors —are largely unprepared to meet the new data breach related obligations included in the HITECH Act.

October 7, 2009
Make Good Decisions for EMR Strategies with Guidelines from HIMSS Analytics CHICAGO (October 7, 2009) – As the nation continues its journey toward adoption of the electronic medical record, hospitals must understand and meet the funding requirements established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  A new HIMSS Analytics white paper, The State of US Hospitals Relative to Achieving Meaningful Use Measurements, offers an overview of market gaps that must addressed to achieve ARRA compliance.  

June 2, 2009
Understand ARRA Spending Allocations with HIMSS Analytics™ Market Intelligence
CHICAGO (June 2, 2009) – With more than $19 billion available for US hospitals and ambulatory clinics to implement the electronic medical record, HIMSS Analytics cuts through the information clutter to clarify which technology applications are expected to receive more funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act with its Essentials of the US Hospital IT Market – 4th Edition. Captured from the HIMSS Analytics Database™, this data covers more than 5,100 hospitals and 32,000 medical facilities in the United States.

April 2, 2009
Most U.S. Hospitals within Two Steps of Having Essential EMR Tools in Place
CHICAGO (April 2, 2009) — With the Medicare and Medicaid incentives for health information technology use announced, almost 70 percent of U.S. hospitals are only two steps or less away from having the health IT applications necessary to deliver the likely objectives of ‘meaningful use’ for the electronic medical record, according to the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM). While only six percent of hospitals report comprehensive adoption of health IT applications often associated with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), EHR criteria (major ancillary department information systems, clinical documentation, computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support), 67 percent need to add only one or two of these applications to have this threshold of EHR functionality available for their clinicians’ use.

March 10, 2009
HIMSS Analytics Honors 15 Hospitals with Stage 7 Award
CHICAGO (March 10, 2009) – HIMSS Analytics will recognize 15 hospitals with its first Stage 7 Award at the HIMSS Annual Conference next month in Chicago. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the EMR Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM). The 15 hospitals are part of two integrated delivery systems:  Kaiser Permanente, based in Oakland, Calif. with 12 hospitals, and NorthShore University HealthSystem, based in Evanston, Ill. with three hospitals.

February 26, 2009
Honored for EMR Sophistication, HIMSS Analytics Announces Stage 6 Hospitals CHICAGO (February 26, 2009) – As the country moves to transform healthcare with the passing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 42 US hospitals recognized as a Stage 6 by HIMSS Analytics serve as  role models in healthcare IT adoption for other healthcare systems just beginning this process. Achieving electronic medical record sophistication, these hospitals have achieved significant advancement in their information technology capabilities as measured by the EMR Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM). 

January 26, 2009
HIMSS Analytics Enhances Data Mining with New Navigation Tools
CHICAGO (January 26, 2009) - HIMSS Analytics announces the release of an enhanced user interface and new features to the HIMSS Analytics Database that offer easier navigation to detailed demographic and information technology (IT) data on healthcare providers.  The expanded criteria for standard database reports gives users greater flexibility when mining data because they can sort by and combine more information, such as facility types, specific geographic locations, and bed ranges.

 

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