trend of digital hospitals Driving patient’s safety and quality of care through it
1. TREND OF DIGITAL HOSPITALS
DRIVING PATIENT‟S SAFETY AND
QUALITY OF CARE THROUGH IT
STEVEN YEO
GENERAL MANAGER,
HIMSS ANALYTICS ASIA PACIFIC & MIDDLE EAST
6th September 2013
2. CONTENT
• Asia Pacific EMRAM Trend
• Key challenges for hospitals in adopting EMR
• Values
• Summary
7. EMR ADOPTION IN THE U.S. MARKET TRENDED
2006 – 2012 (% OF U.S. HOSPITALS)
Tracking EMR adoption assists in the creation of policies and strategies that
drive EMR adoption and improve patient care
Source: HIMSS Analytics ® Database
13. CONTENT
• Asia Pacific EMRAM Trend
• Key challenges for hospitals in adopting EMR
• Values
• Summary
14. CHALLENGES FOR ADOPTION IN HEALTHCARE
ORGANIZATIONS
• Lack of financial resources
• Lack of basic IT infrastructure
• Use of open-source technology in developing countries
• Lack of professional healthcare IT Staff
• Lack of incentives for private hospitals to adopt EMR E.g. Raffles
Hospital
• Nursing documentation not considered a priority
• Unable to justify the Returns of Investments (ROIs)
• Managing competing priorities to meet organisational budget and
goals
15. KEY ISSUES IN ACHIEVING STAGE 6 & 7
• Nursing functions not a priority; unable to move past Stage
2 of the EMRAM
• No pre-packaged unit dose medications for closed loop
medication administration
16. CONTENT
• Asia Pacific EMRAM Trend
• Key challenges for hospitals in adopting EMR
• Values
• Summary
18. CONTENT
• Asia Pacific EMRAM Trend
• Key challenges for hospitals in adopting EMR
• Values
• Summary
19. IN SUMMARY
• Government and hospitals are investing in IT to deliver
better patient care – safety, quality and access.
• HIMSS Analytics EMRAM (EMR Adoption Model)
provide a good framework for government to baseline
and track hospital‟s IT capability.
» Creation of policy and strategy
» Drive EMR adoption and patient care
• Hospitals can learn from other hospitals that had
successfully achieved the stages and getting the ROI.
• Management needs to have clear strategy for building
its EMR environment to meet its corporate objectives
with its investment and outcome.
20. IN SUMMARY
• Government and hospitals are investing in IT to
deliver better patient care – safety, quality and
access.
• HIMSS Analytics EMRAM (EMR Adoption Model)
provide a good framework for government to
baseline and track hospital‟s IT capability.
» Creation of policy and strategy
» Drive EMR adoption and patient care
• Vendor needs to continue to invest in R&D on
capabilities in their solutions to meet customer‟s
needs.
Steven Yeo
syeo@himss.org
Tel : +65-98485259
Notes de l'éditeur
Note the EMRAM algorithm differs across different regions to reflect HIT implementation of that particular region.
Note the EMRAM algorithm differs across different regions to reflect HIT implementation of that particular region.