HIMSS Recognizes 10 Calif. Hospitals as High EHR Users
On Tuesday at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's 2011 conference in Orlando, Fla., HIMSS recognized 11 Kaiser Permanente hospitals as achieving Stage 7 of electronic health record implementation. Stage 7 is the highest level of EHR adoption as graded by HIMSS. Ten California facilities and one Oregon facility received the distinction.
- "Kaiser Permanente Scores Big at HIMSS Conference, Nets 11 Top Tech Awards" (Rauber, San Francisco Business Times, 2/23).