The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society names finalists in community health organization and organizational categories for HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence
Hospitals and community health organizations continue to recognize the benefits of technology by implementing health IT to improve patient care, safety, and efficiency, including three finalists for the 2010 HIMSS Davies Organizational and HIMSS Davies Community Health Organization Awards of Excellence.
The HIMSS Davies Community Health Organization finalist receiving a site visit is Open Door Family Medical Center, Inc. in Ossining, NY. Open Door’s patient base of almost 35,000 consists primarily of the working poor: low-income working families and vulnerable populations such as Latino immigrants, women and children who are never turned away from care.
Two HIMSS Davies Organizational Award finalists will receive site visits. Sentara Healthcare in Norfolk, Va. has six hospitals, more than 100 physician practices and more than 340 physicians live on its eCare electronic health record system.
As one of the nation’s largest health systems devoted to pediatric patient care, teaching and research, Nemours provides clinical care in four states – Delaware, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It includes the 200-bed Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, which is set on a 300-acre campus near Wilmington, Del.
For each award category, a review committee of former Award winners and other subject matter experts evaluates all application submissions. The committee members then vote to determine finalists for a site visit with the staff of the finalists to tour the facility and see the electronic health record workflow in action by various providers as described in their written application.
Now in its 16th year, the HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence recognizes healthcare organizations across the country that go beyond the standard of care with health IT, explained David Collins, HIMSS Director, Healthcare Information Systems.
“The winners of the Davies Award understand that implementing health IT is a strategic decision to improve patient care and outcomes. These award finalists have put the patient first with the use of technology as a valuable tool for their staffs throughout the organization, describing value in their written application.”
In all HIMSS Davies Award categories, the application serves as a tool for an applicant to assess and document EHR progress based on four key areas: management, functionality, technology and value, with greatest weight given to value achieved. Winners will be invited to present at the 2011 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in Orlando, Fla. and to serve on their respective HIMSS Davies Award Committee.
For more information on the Davies Awards visit http://www.himss.org/davies/index.asp.
About HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence
The HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence recognizes excellence in the implementation and use of health information technology, specifically electronic health records (EHRs), for healthcare organizations, private practices, public health systems, and community health organizations. Created by CPRI-HOST in 1994, the first three recipients of the Davies Organizational Award were recognized in 1995. In 2002, CPRI-HOST merged with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), and now, HIMSS manages the award program. The Award honors Dr. Nicholas E. Davies, an Atlanta-based practicing physician, president-elect of the American College of Physicians, and a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Improving the Patient Record, who died in 1991 in a plane crash. For more information visit www.himss.org/davies.
SOURCE: HIMSS
