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PHOENIX – Seventeen Banner Health facilities have achievedStage 7, the final stage in the adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) as acknowledged by HIMSS Analytics, a wholly owned nonprofitsubsidiary of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society . HIMSS Analytics monitors and recognizes levels of EMR adoption and meaningful use in hospitals in the United States, Canada and other countries. The Stage 7 recognition by HIMSS Analytics is a compelling exampleof Banner Health's emergence as a national leader in health care.Banner Health's 17 Stage 7 hospitals are among only 82 hospitals inthe nation at this top level of EMR use. Banner is also recognizedby Thomson Reuters as a Top Five Large Health System in the nationand as a Top Leadership Team/Large System by HealthLeadersmagazine. "While achieving HIMSS Stage 7 for 17 of Banner's 23 hospitalsis an important organizational achievement, the most importantbeneficiaries are our patients," said Banner Health'sExecutive Vice President/Chief Medical Officer John Hensing, M.D."Our meaningful use of enhanced electronic medical records isintegrated into our patient care processes and even targeted tohelp our clinicians proactively recognize and treat specific anddangerous disorders such as sepsis and delirium," he added. Banner Health facilities that have achieved Stage 7 status include: Banner Baywood Medical Center (Mesa, Ariz.) Banner Boswell Medical Center (Sun City, Ariz.) Banner Desert Medical Center (Mesa, Ariz.) Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center (Sun City, Ariz.) Banner Estrella Medical Center (Phoenix) Banner Gateway Medical Center (Gilbert, Ariz.) Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center (Phoenix) Banner Heart Hospital (Mesa, Ariz.) Banner Ironwood Medical Center (San Tan Valley, Ariz.) Banner Thunderbird Medical Center (Glendale, Ariz.) East Morgan County Hospital (Brush, Colo.) McKee Medical Center (Loveland, Colo.) North Colorado Medical Center (Greeley, Colo.) Page Hospital (Page, Ariz.) Platte County Memorial Hospital (Wheatland, Wyo.) Community Hospital (Torrington, Wyo.) Washakie Medical Center (Worland, Wyo.) In order to obtain the final stage in the EMR adoption, hospitalsmust be paperless and be able to share clinical information withother health care facilities, networks, clinics, employers, payersand patients. At this stage, health care organizations also canstore and analyze data to use to improve clinical outcomes andpatient experience. HIMSS Analytics surveyors conducted an on-site review of Banner'sEMR technologies at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center located inPhoenix. Since nearly all Banner facilities have the same level ofEMR adoption and usage, surveyors were able to judge facilitycapabilities across the system based on their findings at BannerGood Samaritan Medical Center. Four more Banner Health facilities will achieve Stage 7 this summeronce they have implemented using bar-coding technology for patientidentification and medications administration. The remainingfacilities will achieve Stage 7 in 2013. About Banner Health Headquartered in Phoenix, Banner Health is one of the largest,nonprofit health care systems in the country. The system owns orleases 23 acute-care hospitals, Banner Health Network, BannerMedical Group, long-term care centers, outpatient surgery centersand an array of other services including family clinics, home careand hospice services, and a nursing registry. Banner Health is inseven states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska,Nevada and Wyoming. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as China Biological Safety Cabinet , China Corrosive Storage Cabinet for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Biological Safety Cabinet.
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