Report Card:

Information Technology Adoption to Make Care Safer

Partners HealthCare is a national leader in implementing technologies that make hospitals and physician practices safer, more efficient, and more connected. As of June, 2011, we have achieved optimal levels of adoption and performance on several of these measures, including use of Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) and safe medication administration in inpatient facilities, and implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHR) by our primary and specialty care physicians in ambulatory settings.

We will continue to display the metrics but no new data will be added. This doesn't mean that our work is done, however, we continue to monitor our progress, share best practices, and evaluate advances in the technology to maintain implementation in all our hospitals.

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Report Card	Our Current Performance	Reference Point	How We’re Doing
Putting Computerized Order Entry into Practice at Partners Hospitals	100% Data through September 30, 2010	48% 48% of physicians reported using all or partial EMR/EHR systems in their office-based practices.
Adopting Electronic Health Records in Primary Care Physician Offices	100% Data through September 30, 2010	48% 48% of physicians reported using all or partial EMR/EHR systems in their office-based practices.
Adopting Electronic Health Records in Specialty Physician Offices	99% Data through September 30, 2010	48% 48% of physicians reported using all or partial EMR/EHR systems in their office-based practices.
Prescribing Medications by Computer	See Hospital Detail		Our Partners goal is to use electronic prescribing in virtually all encounters. We are making steady progress towards that goal.
Patient Portal Adoption in Primary Care Physician Offices	87% Data Period:July - Sept 2012	87% Average of Partners Primary Care RSOs with Patient Portal Capability
Patient Portal Adoption in Specialty Physician Offices	65% July - Sept 2012	65% Average of Partners Specialty Care RSOs with Patient Portal Capability