15 Jun 2011
FOUR Singapore hospitals received an international award yesterday for using technology to improve patient care.
Tan Tock Seng Hospital, National University Hospital, Singapore General Hospital and KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital were awarded the prize by Himss Analytics.
The global health-care IT-data firm grades hospitals on their progress towards a “paperless environment”, where users rely completely on computers.
The company defines eight stages of IT adoption, starting from stage zero. The four public hospitals received the award for achieving stage six, just a grade short of a completely paperless environment.
In the United States, only 3.5 per cent of the more than 5,000 hospitals tracked by Himss Analytics have received this grade.
The only hospital in Asia to achieve stage seven is in South Korea.
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