By Rosanne Moore<\/p>\n
Texas Children\u2019s has achieved HIMSS Stage 7 designation for Inpatient and Ambulatory across the system, which demonstrates the organization\u2019s successful implementation of health care information technology to address quality initiatives and improve the delivery of patient care, efficiency and safety. In 2019, only 7 percent of hospitals in the U.S. achieved Stage 7 designation.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur hospital is among a small, elite group of health care organizations in the nation that have been awarded Stage 7 designation for inpatient and outpatient facilities,\u201d said Myra Davis, senior vice president of Information Services. \u201cThis collaborative milestone is a culmination of nearly a decade of implemented technological solutions and data gathering to advance patient outcomes and further differentiate Texas Children\u2019s from other hospitals that provide care for children and women.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reviewers from HIMSS Analytics visited Texas Children\u2019s Medical Center Campus on December 16 and 17 to validate the organization\u2019s achievement of Stage 7 in our inpatient and outpatient facilities, including Texas Children\u2019s Pediatrics on Kirby Drive. Staff answered questions about the hospital\u2019s use of technology to support patient care including processes for clinical information documentation, tools for quality metrics and analytics, and the handling of paper documents.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was wonderful to hear reviewers acknowledge our Quality and IS collaboration as being \u2018best in class\u2019, among other notable mentions,\u201d said Texas Children’s Chief Medical Information Officer Dr. Carla Giannoni. This has been a goal that we, as an organization, have been actively focused on achieving.\u201d<\/p>\n
HIMSS reviewers noted several key IS achievements that contributed to our Stage 7 designation:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Optimizing clinical workflows – This has improved the quality of care across the system whether in the emergency center or at a primary care practice. Epic\u2019s electronic mobile application suite allows providers to e-prescribe medications and improves the safe and secure transmission for patient health information among providers.<\/p>\n
\u2022 System integrations \u2013 Integration of the PACS link in Epic for imaging review and lab results has provided our providers with a holistic view to determine a more personalized plan of care. A system integration that was implemented is MyDining, a new room service feature that offers healthier menu options for patients during their hospital stay.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Electronic health record (EHR) enhancements \u2013 Examples of enhancing the EHR include decision support in the form of Best Practice Alerts that automatically notify staff of certain conditions such as the risk of Sepsis or the need for an influenza immunization.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe maturity of health information technology and data analysis are key to advancing outcomes and experience for our patients and providers,\u201d said Julie McGuire, director of Enterprise Systems for Information Services. \u201cWe are so grateful to have completed this last step in our Stage 7 journey. We were able to achieve this designation through the collaborative support from our dedicated partners.\u201d<\/p>\n
The tireless leadership of the planning team members from several departments that contributed to Texas Children\u2019s obtaining Stage 7 designation included Quality, Radiology, Pharmacy, Texas Children’s Pediatrics\/Texas Children’s Urgent Care, Health Information Management, Nursing Clinical Informatics, Chief Medical Information Officer and Associate Medical Information Officers, Mission Control, subspecialty services (Pediatrics, Surgery and Women\u2019s Services), Pathology, Emergency Management and all employees and staff who hosted the site visits in their respective areas.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur goal is to optimize the digital tools that surround the providers so we can radically improve our performance and deliver better care,\u201d said Texas Children’s Chief Quality Officer Dr. Eric Williams. \u201cWe are proud of the Stage 7 designation, but we are more proud of how our digital transformation has improved patient care.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Rosanne Moore Texas Children\u2019s has achieved HIMSS Stage 7 designation for Inpatient and Ambulatory across the system, which demonstrates the organization\u2019s successful implementation of health care information technology to address quality initiatives and improve the delivery of patient care, efficiency and safety. In 2019, only 7 percent of hospitals in the U.S. achieved Stage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":12315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n