Representatives from several Federal Agencies including Food and Drug Administration, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology spent nearly two hours taking a first-hand look at the implementation of health information technology and electronic health records system at The George Washington University Hospital, which is nearest to the White House.
The visit was hosted by three entities, the hospital, The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Federal Health Community in conjunction with National Health Information Technology Week.
One of the mission goals of The George Washington University Hospital is to implement advanced medical technology to provide world class service to patients. CHIME has a membership that includes more than 1,400 Chief Information Officers and over 70 healthcare IT vendors and professional services firms. The HIMSS Federal Health Community is a networking platform and community that works to foster cross-agency information sharing through monthly educational teleconferences focused on federal health IT initiatives.
The Federal agency visitors witnessed demonstrations of GW Hospital’s Emergency Department information systems, Radiology PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System), order management and nursing documentation systems, as well as physician documentation and workflow. Insights into their operation were provided by clinicians who shared how the systems helped them in patient care and by IT analysts who explained how the systems worked.
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