Davies - In the News

The Paperless Trail to Health IT Intro Paragraph: It is a commonly held belief that health IT systems offer little reward for their high price. However, many organisations are reaping huge benefits from implementing digital record-keeping systems, says David Collins of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
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Changing pO2licy: The Elements for Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes
The result of a year-long investigation, a new report, entitled Changing pO2licy: The Elements for Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes, from The George Washington University, School of Public Health and Health Services supported by the RCHN Community Health Foundation and the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc. finds that more than 1 million children with asthma remain uninsured and at risk for inadequate care. Karen Redlener, New York Children's Health Network, 2008 Davies CHO Recipient, was an advisor to the project and participated in a panel discussion of the recently released study on March 4th.
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HIMSS10 - Health IT Making A Difference In Patient Care
As leaders in health IT and management systems, HIMSS members have helped improve the delivery of healthcare. See what a difference the electronic medical record has made in the delivery of quality patient care. Watch the video (7:10).

MultiCare Health System launches solution for improved interoperability
San Jose, CA (January 27, 2010) Source: Healthcare IT News – Certify Data Systems, Inc. announced today that MultiCare Health System has expanded its deployment of Certify’s interoperability solution for health information exchange systemwide to its four acute care hospitals and affiliated physicians. Read more >>

Obama Announces Grants to Community Healthcare Organizations
Washington, D.C. (December 9, 2009) – The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is pleased with today’s announcement by President Obama that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will administer nearly $600 million in awards to support construction and healthcare IT projects in Community Health Centers around the country. Read more >>

Maine hospital goes with the flow, deploys new RTLS October 08, 2009
BANGOR, ME – Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, has deployed real-time patient flow and patient volume management solutions in order to support a increase in scheduled and walk-in patient visits. Read more >>

Secretary Sebelius:
Health IT helped ensure patients get better care
The Columbia Basin Health Association (CBHA) was one of the first community health centers in the United States to fully transition to an electronic health record (EHR) system from paper-based charts. Since implementation, CBHA has consistently ranked above the 95th percentile nationally in total medical and dental team productivity, as reported in the Bureau of Primary Health Care Uniform Data System. Read more >>

The following two episodes of HIMSS' Physician Community Podcast Series recently mentioned the Davies awards:
Episode #13: The "Meaningful EHR": Insight from the HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence
Episode #10: Achieving EHR Excellence, Deriving Value: HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence
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2007 Davies Ambulatory Care Award recipient, Village Partners in Plano, Texas is making news in the delivery of outpatient care. They are the feature article in the Texas Academy of Family Physicians Journal this quarter. Read more>>

Maine Readies for November Launch of Health Data Exchange

Brian Jacobs, MD, the chief medical information officer at Children's National Medical Center, describes why the HIMSS Davies Award encourages innovation.

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Announcements

Davies Return On Investment fact sheet series: Learn more

2011 Davies Application period will open in mid-January 2011.

Learn More About Davies Presentations at HIMSS10

Recognizing Best of the Best in Health IT – 2009 National Davies Awards Announced Learn more

Two Organizations Honored with 2009 Davies Public Health Award of Excellence. Learn more

View the new video featuring Eastern Maine Medical Center's journey to becoming a Davies recipient.
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Davies Organizational Award & HIMSS Analytics EMRAM Stage 7 Award – Compare Contrast
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2009 Davies Awards criteria now available. Learn more

Honoring excellence in the implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) announces the recipients of the 2008 Davies Awards in the Organizational, Ambulatory and Community Health Organization categories. Read more

James Morrow, MD Applying for the Davies Award provided a framework to methodically document the processes involved in successfully implementing an EHR. Winning this prestigious award has validated all of Urban Health Plan’s hard work in caring for and improving the health of our patients.