The Hospital of Dénia becomes the first European hospital in the integration of Electronic Health Records
The Dénia Hospital is in luck. The center has just successfully validated level 6 in the EMRAM international standards of HIMSS Analytics and thus becomes the first health center in Europe to achieve it. This is an international recognition for the level of integrations in the Electronic Health Record, HCE. It contains all the medical data and clinical tests of the patients of the hospital.
The Dénia Hospital already achieved the highest distinction, the 7 level in the previous EMRAM scale, but last January the standards changed with the aim of raising international levels and aligning with the crucial role that the technology binomial now plays. and information at the service of Health.
This new distinction demonstrates the organization's commitment to digital transformation as a fundamental support for making clinical decisions and improving patient safety.
The Managing Director of the Department of Health of Dénia, Luis Carretero, has expressed his pride in being the first European hospital with the 6 level of HIMSS in this new stage, even more demanding. Carretero added that «cuando decidimos evaluarnos de acuerdo con los nuevos criterios, fuimos conscientes de que los requisitos serían más desafiantes que los de 2012. Compararnos con los nuevos estándares fue una decisión consciente y una paso más para certificar nuestro progreso».
For his part, the Director of Systems and Information Technologies department, Vicent Moncho, has assured that «los nuevos criterios EMRAM se han adaptado al presente y suponen un desafío ya que fuerzan la evolución tecnológica, el cambio cultural y marcan una clara hoja de ruta sobre cómo ha de ser el hospital del futuro. El nuevo reconocimiento es además el resultado de un esfuerzo de nuestros profesionales».
The Dénia Hospital will receive this new distinction within the framework of HIMSS Europe 18, which will be held in Sitges between the next 27 and the 29 in May. The event, organized by HIMSS Europe, has the support of numerous partner organizations and it is expected that he will attend representatives of more than 2.000 leading companies in the sector.