The document outlines HIMSS's role as a global organization focused on improving health care through the use of technology and data. It emphasizes the significant correlation between advanced EMR capabilities and improved patient outcomes, highlighting a structured model for healthcare providers to enhance care quality. HIMSS collaborates with various stakeholders to address common global health issues and promote better care delivery through data-driven approaches.

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Quality Health Care: Technology
And Data Drive Improvements
H. Stephen Lieber
President & CEO
HIMSS

2. HIMSS Introduction
• Who is HIMSS
– Global-focused, not for profit organisation of professionals,
clinicians, companies, policy makers and other
stakeholders sharing the vision of better health through IT
• How do we work
– As a dominant voice, convener and thought leader of
health transformation through IT
• Who is HIMSS
– 300.000+ engaged professionals, 65.000+ members, ~400
staff in Europe, Asia, Middle East and North America
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3. We work with:
• Governments and Ministries
• Policy makers and strategists
• Care providers
• Suppliers and Vendors
• Professional communities
• Clinical experts & IT professionals
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4. What drives our mission
• Hundreds of thousands die in hospitals each year as the result
of medical errors
– Tens of thousands die from medication errors alone
• Hundreds of thousands die each year without access to
appropriate health care
• In the EU, missed healthcare opportunities have a €70 billion
cost to European society
• These measures can be improved and IT is a major driver for
that improvement
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5. Common Issues for Global Health
• Reducing hospital admissions, mortality
• Reducing hospital acquired infections
• Reducing “never” events
• Reducing length of stay
• Ageing population with multiple complications
• Expanding community based care delivery
• Improving patient safety
• Improving efficiency and productivity
• Justifying the investment in technology5

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High Correlation:
Advanced EMR
Capabilities and
Quality

7. EMRAM: Model to Drive
IT-Influenced Better Care
• Research shows relationship between higher levels
of IT adoption and patient outcomes, safety
• EMRAM established globally-recognised pathway for
IT adoption
• Baseline study will identify gaps, inform strategy
development
• Standardised measuring tool of improvement
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9. • Apollo Hospitals Aynambakkam
• Apollo Hospitals Chennai
• Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills
• Apollo Speciality Hospital, Nandanam
India
• Max Super Speciality Hospital, East Wing, Saket
• Max Super Speciality Hospital, West Wing, Saket

10. Hospital Mortality
QUESTION:
What is the association between EMR capabilities and hospital mortality?
• Paired HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM) scores with
Healthgrades’ hospital quality/mortality data.
In General… the more advanced the hospital’s EMR capabilities… the more
likely the hospital is to have better risk-adjusted mortality rates when
treating conditions like Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Stroke, several types of
GI surgeries, Pneumonia, Sepsis and Respiratory failure.
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11. US Hospitals with an "A" Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
by EMRAM Stage
0.0% 5.9%
12.8% 14.3%
20.1% 21.8%
30.8%
62.6%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
100.0%
Stage 0 Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 Stage 7
AllhospitalswithineachEMRAMStage
Tipping Point

12. 1.62%
2.84%
2.25% 2.35%
3.53%
4.06% 3.91%
-1.52%
-0.58%
0.77% 1.79%
1.47%
2.55%
2.20%
4.91%
-2.00%
-1.00%
0.00%
1.00%
2.00%
3.00%
4.00%
5.00%
6.00%
0
(2008 N = 392;
2011 N=225)
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(2008 N = 354;
2011 N=171)
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(2008 N = 850;
2011 N=400)
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(2008 N = 1060;
2011 N=1303)
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(2008 N = 88;
2011 N=369)
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(2008 N = 55;
2011 N=202)
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(2008 N = 48;
2011 N=144)
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(2008 N = 0;
2011 N=13)
MeanOperatingMargin
EMRAM Stage
In 2008 In 2011
… HIT can achieve ROI !
Operating Margin by EMRAM Stage
Quelle: HIMSS Analytics US Database

13. Who’s Using This
 Denmark – annual data collection from all Danish hospitals to monitor status quo & provide
input to new national ehealth strategy to achieve nationwide fully integrated care
 Finland – with the HIMSS continuity of care model, HIMSS will support Finland in their new
organizational transition, providing a strategy for regional integrated care
 UK – data collection from all hospitals; gap analysis & assessment
 Spain – annual data collection from 6 Spanish regions, gap analysis and investment strategy
recommendations; CPHIMS education/certification for healthcare professionals
 Turkey – annual data collection of 850 public hospitals to monitor investments, provide gap
analysis & investment recommendations. New! Standards development &
training/certification of Healthcare professionals
 Iceland – data collection, gap analysis, investment recommendation
 European Commission: co-organize largest annual European joint HIT event eHealth week
presenting future roadmap for eHealth in Europe13

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IT Drives Care Delivery
Transformation

15. IT Allows Focus on Patient Not
Episode
• Better care outcomes at lower consumption of
resources
• Break down silos across care providers to achieve:
– A dynamic interconnected community wide focus:
• Health Information Exchange
• Coordinated patient care
• Patient engagement
• Advanced analytics
•HIMSS has developed global model to provide
comparative framework, gap analysis, and
directional guidance
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16. Continuity of Care Maturity
Copyright © HIMSS
Analytics

17. Continuity of Care Maturation
Model
Model Overview
• Improve care coordination over diverse care settings
• Engages 3 key stakeholder groups
• Leverages an 7 stage maturity model, like EMR Adoption
• 4 key focus areas theme for each stage, across entire
model
• Aspirational model drives value based care approach
• Simple assessment survey
• Action oriented, strategically focused deliverables

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Data and Analytics:
Going Beyond IT
Systems

19. Analytics Value
Curve
Descriptive Analytics
Diagnostic Analytics
Predictive Analytics
Prescriptive Analytics
Hindsight Insight Foresight
What happened?
Why did it happen?
What will happen?
Can we make
things happen?
Less Difficult
More Difficult

20. Why a maturity model
• Learn from others experiences
• Provides a roadmap
• Helps convey a vision of target state
• Encourages everyone to work collectively
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21. Key Focus Areas Across All Stages
• Data Content growth
– Basic data to advanced data
– Aligned with clinical, financial, and operational analytics activities
• Analytics competency growth
– Start simple and work to master specific competencies
– Enhance performance tracking / clinical decision support
– Appropriate analytics maturation for individual parts of the
organization
• Infrastructure growth
– Flexible approaches to accommodate a wide variety of situations
– Vendor neutral
– Timely data, centrally accessible
• Data Governance growth
– Quality data and resource management
– Executive suite and strategic alignment

23. Building Blocks to Quality
• Sophisticated IT Adoption
• Continuity of Care
• Data and Analytics
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Thank you
H. Stephen Lieber
slieber@himss.org
www.himss.org