Our Clinical Informatics History

MetroHealth has a rich history in Clinical Informatics. The documents below provide insight on our past achievements.

• 20 Year History of MetroHealth and the Epic corporation
• 15 Case Studies from MetroHealth using electronic health records to transform care
  HIMSS Davies Award
• 20th Anniversary MetroHealth-Epic Key Milestones and Achievements

Recognition and Achievements:

First public healthcare system to install Epic electronic health record (1999)

Epic Physician Mentorship Program involvement – Founded (2019)

Founded by David Bar-Shain, MD, The Epic PAC Mentorship Program is a cross-institution, cross-generational opportunity that pairs physician informaticists in early-to-mid-career with a colleague in mid-to-late-career to share wisdom, expand horizons, develop ideas, nurture talent, renew enthusiasm, coach for career advancement, and grow the next generation of Epic PAC physician leaders and mentors. In its 4 years of existence, more than 240 unique individuals have been mentored by a more experienced colleague.

HISTORY:

• The program was sparked during a peer-to-peer session given at XGM 2019: Mentoring For Career & Promotion: Leveraging Your Work In Epic
• In our pilot year (2019-2020), we had 120+ participants and stood up 61 mentorship pairs.
• Since inception, more than 200 unique mentees have been matched to a mentor.

PACademy Award Winners by the Physicians Advisory Council of the Epic Corporation (less than 20 ever awarded)

• David Bar-Shain, MD
• Peter Greco, MD

CHIME (College of Healthcare Information Management Executives) HealthCare's "Most Wired" Award (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

This program recognizes healthcare organizations that use innovative and disruptive technologies to advance health and care in all settings. The goal is to identify best practices and promote the strategic use of healthcare IT to elevate the health and care of communities around the world. In 2019, this award was split between the different levels of care (Ambulatory, Acute, and Long Term Care).

• CHIME Digital Health "Most Wired" Ambulatory Certified
• Level 7 (2019)
• Level 8 (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Level 9 (2024)
• CHIME Digital Health "Most Wired" Acute Care Certified
• Level 7 (2019)
• Level 8 (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Level 9 (2024)

HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model EMRAM and O-EMRAM Stage 7 Status (2014, revalidated in: 2017, 2020, 2023)

This model measures the adoption and utilization of electronic medical record (EMR) functions.

• HIMSS = Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• EMRAM = Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model
• O-EMRAM = Outpatient Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model

HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award (2015)

The HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence recognizes outstanding achievement by organizations who have utilized health information technology, process improvement, and organizational culture to substantially improve clinical outcomes as well as drive operational and financial value.

KLAS Arch Collaborative Survey (2018, 2021, 2024)

EHR implementation rated by physician end users was in the 95th percentile of all EHR implementations in the US in 2018.

EHR implementation rated by physician end users was in the 97th percentile of all EHR implementations in the US in 2021.

EHR implementation rated by physician end users was in the 100th percentile of all EHR implementations in the US in 2024.