application , compliances , security

US EMR Adoption Model

March 23, 2012

Common knowledge that you should know.

Stage 0 All three ancillaries not installed
Stage 1 Ancillaries – Lab, Rad, Pharmacy – All installed
Stage 2 CDR, Controlled Medical Vocabulary, CDS, may have document imaging; HIE capable
Stage 3 Nursing / clinical documentation (flow sheets), CDSS (error checking), PACS available outside Radiology
Stage 4 Clinical Decision Support (clinical protocols)
Stage 5 Closed loop medication administration
Stage 6 Physician documentation (structured templates), full CDSS (variance & compliance), full R-PACS

  • Scalable functionality
  • Ease of use
  • Finger Biometric
  • Select applications
Stage 7 Complete EMR; CCD transactions to share data; Data warehousing; Data continuity with ED, ambulatory, OP