Recent News: Unity Health Center, First Hospital in Oklahoma to Achieve Stage 6 on HIMSS Scale

SHAWNEE, OK, April, 2010 -- Unity Health Center has achieved Stage 6 on the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Adoption Model scale. Unity is the first and only hospital in Oklahoma to accomplish Stage 6 certification. The average stage for Oklahoma hospitals is Stage 2. The achievement is the latest in a series of accomplishments underscoring Unity’s focus on improving patient-care safety and quality.

“Our Stage 6 journey was a hospital-wide initiative which began in 2005,” states Kena Jones, Vice President of Technology and Pharmacy, Unity Health Center.  “We are constantly evolving and working continuously to improve and deliver quality, safe and compassionate patient care services to those we serve.  We recognized early on that leveraging technology and automation as part of the improvement process makes patient care more efficient, safer and more productive.”

Unity Health Center has a successful track record of delivering clinical and financial technology that helps improve outcomes, having implemented solid solutions over the years to document care, streamline processes and improve workflow. This designation is a key quality indicator that benefits patients of Unity Health Center. For the patient and all customers, it means a continued focus on improving care delivery to ensure quality and value.

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