HIMSS22 APAC Spotlights Stage 6 and 7 Validations and Award Winners

The HIMSS22 Asia-Pacific Health Conference & Exhibition reunited the healthcare community in Bali, Indonesia, in September 2022. The event’s mission was to accelerate the digital transformation of healthcare in the Asia-Pacific region and celebrate extraordinary organizations and their achievements.

HIMSS honors organizations and individuals for their outstanding innovation, achievement and leadership in implementing health information technology to improve patient care and safety.

At the conference ceremony, HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf and Chief Scientific Officer Anne Snowdon presented the awards to healthcare systems that achieved Stage 6 and 7 of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM).

The HIMSS suite of digital health maturity models provide prescriptive frameworks for healthcare organizations to assess their current digital maturity status, then propose an investment and vendor-neutral roadmap toward a digital deployment success. HIMSS offers seven maturity models and one Digital Health Indicator in the suite of digital health tools for all care delivery environments.

HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model

The Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) measures the maturity of EMR adoption across five focus areas to strengthen organizational performance and health outcomes across patient populations.

The internationally applicable EMRAM incorporates methodology and algorithms to score a whole hospital, including inpatient, outpatient and day-case services. EMRAM assesses hospitals on their digital maturity, then provide a detailed road map to digital transformation and high value, outcome-focused results.

Congratulations to the following organization that achieved EMRAM Stage 6 validation in 2022.

• Pondok Indah Hospital Group

HIMSS Outpatient Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model

The HIMSS Outpatient Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (O-EMRAM) is used to assess EMR implementation for outpatient facilities of hospitals and health systems throughout the world. It guides the data-driven advancement of facilities through EMR technology.

Congratulations to the following organization that achieved Stage 6 validation in 2022.

• Apollo Hospital

HIMSS Digital Imaging Adoption Model

The Digital Imaging Adoption Model (DIAM) assesses a health system’s IT-supported digital imaging processes to identify and guide the right digital imaging strategy for improved patient health outcomes.

Congratulations to the following organization that achieved Stage 6 validation in 2022.

• Apollo Hospital

HIMSS Infrastructure Adoption Model

The Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM) assesses and maps the technology infrastructure capabilities required to reach clinical and operational goals while meeting international benchmarks and standards.

Congratulations to the following organization that achieved Stage 6 validation in 2022.

• Apollo Hospital

Congratulations to the following organization that achieved Stage 7 validation in 2022.

• Samsung Medical Center

Awards were also presented for the categories of Best Paper Submission, Digital Excellence in Healthcare, Best Health IT Solution, Special Health IT Solution, HIMSS Digital Innovation Showcase and Most Popular Exhibitor Awards at the APAC Awards Dinner.

Best Paper Submission Award:

• Adjunct Assistant Professor and Director Ng Yih Yng, Digital and Smart Health Office, Ng Teng Fong Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Singapore, for the paper “A Hospital Without Walls – Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s Strategy to Transform Healthcare”

Digital Excellence in Healthcare Award:

• Head of IT Infrastructure Binary Part Lee Jean-Hyoung, Samsung Medical Center, South Korea

Best Health IT Solution Award:

• The Phoenix Partnership for the solution, “Systmone, Brigid, Airmid”

Special Health IT Solution Award:

• Sysmex Asia Pacific for the solution, “Digital & Data Solution for New Zealand’s COVID-19 Testing Workflow”

HIMSS Digital Innovation Showcase Award:

• Chief Operating Officer Jignesh Bhuta, Smartfuture Pte Ltd, Singapore

Best Popular Exhibitor Award:

• Klikdokter, Indonesia