Six healthcare organizations have been named as finalist for the 2010 HIMSS Davies Ambulatory Care and HIMSS Davies Public Health Awards of Excellence, recognizing their use of electronic health records.
The HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence, which originated in 1994, identifies organizations use of healthcare IT in four categories: Public Health, Organizational, Ambulatory and Community Health Organizations.
Officials said finalists in the HIMSS Davies Organizational and Community Health Award categories will be announced in late June. Winners of all four awards will be determined after site visits and final committee votes, with the winners announced in mid-September, they said.
The four HIMSS Davies Ambulatory Care Award finalists receiving site visits are:
1. Family Practice Associates, Wilmington, Del.
2. Grove Medical Associates, Worcester, Mass.
3. The Diabetes Center, Ocean Springs, Miss.
4. Miramont Family Medicine, Fort Collins, Colo.
Members of the HIMSS Davies Ambulatory Care Award Committee will visit the four finalist sites where they will tour the facility, talk with staff and assess how the electronic health record operates in a real-world setting.
The HIMSS Davies Public Health finalists are:
1. Wisconsin Division of Public Health (DPH),Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR)
2. Florida Department of Health, Florida SHOTS (State Health Online Tracking System), statewide immunization registry
