Akron Children’s Hospital was named a recipient of the Davies Award of Excellence, presented by the nonprofit Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics. Our hospital also achieved the highest possible ranking from HIMSS for our use of the electronic health record (EHR) throughout the organization. The Davies Award of Excellence recognizes quality improvements […]
Akron Children’s recognized as a national leader in health IT
In 2010 Akron Children’s began its journey away from paper medical records to Epic, our electronic medical record system. Eight years later, we rank in the top 6% of hospitals nationally that have fully attained paperless EMR implementation. HIMSS Analytics, a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, recently informed the hospital […]