RICHMOND HILL, ONT. – In November, Mackenzie Health announced that it had become the first acute-care hospital in Canada to achieve Stage 7 on the HIMSS EMRAM scale. Stage 7 is the highest rung on a ladder that measures end-user adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) functions.

And while several Canadian hospitals have made it to Stage 6, it’s a big jump to Stage 7. “To get to seven, it’s a completely different story,” asserted Richard Tam, Executive Vice President & Chief Administration Officer at Mackenzie Health.

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