Our Latest Stage 6 Customer: Ephraim McDowell Health
With MEDITECH's EHR, the organization is focused on reducing costs as well as improving patient outcomes.

Congratulations to Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center (Danville, KY) and Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital (Stanford, KY), both of which recently received Stage 6 EMR Adoption Recognition status from HIMSS Analytics.

Located in central Kentucky, the two hospitals reached Stage 6 with MEDITECH's Advanced Clinical System. With the help of Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) and clinical decision support rules, both facilities maintain closed loop medication administration—using bar code scanning to ensure patients always receive the correct medication.

"These advancements with EHRs are linked to better patient care outcomes, as well as reduction of health care costs and waste," says Becky Blevins, information services project manager at Ephraim McDowell Health. She notes that Ephraim McDowell's advanced technology system also enables caregivers to access and track quality of care data, as well as use the information to address future industry transformations and mandates.

"For our patients, information technologies bring a continued focus on improving care delivery, which helps to ensure quality and value throughout our organization," she says. "This Stage 6 recognition represents the impressive participation and collaboration of our dedicated team of nurses, pharmacists, physicians, and I.T. staff, to achieve total clinical and technological integration."