Baptist Memorial Health Care has been recognized by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, an organization focused on better health through information technology, for reaching "Stage 6" status on its Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model.
All 14 Baptist Memorial hospitals and 120 Baptist Medical Group clinics are using Epic, Baptist’s electronic health record system which was rolled out in phases beginning in January,2014, and has been branded as Baptist OneCare. Baptist joins just 26 Tennessee hospitals, 15 Mississippi hospitals, and 12 Arkansas hospitals in reaching Stage 6, the second highest level possible.
Among other accomplishments, achieving this status means Baptist:
- Has almost fully automated/paperless medical records when implementing its information technology applications across most of the inpatient care settings
- Is either starting to evaluate data for care delivery process improvements or has already documented significant improvements in this area
- Is well positioned to provide data to key stakeholders, such as payers, the government, physicians, consumers, and employers, to support electronic health record environments and health information exchanges