In this era of quality and patient-focused healthcare, digital technology represents the future of hospital financial management to help healthcare financial officers and their revenue cycle staff impact the bottom line.  This same technology simplifies financial transactions for everyone involved in paying a medical bill – from the patient to the payers. They are looking for better ways to use the limited resources that they have.

HIMSS Analytics announced that Moanalua Medical Center, a Kaiser Permanente hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, has received its Stage 7 Award. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model? (EMRAM), which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems.

The value of health information technology can be best highlighted by looking at its use, and resulting outcomes, in real-life situations.  Consider the following three examples from new case studies in the Stories of Success! program from HIMSS and co-sponsors American Society for Quality (ASQ), National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF).