3.2. Healthcare Information and Management Systems (HIMMS)
The digital hospital is subject to a certification process. The Health Information System and Management Systems (HIMMS) is the organization that determines the features and criteria for the hospitals who wants to pursue this certification. The institutions who are granted for this certificate should comply with HIMMS EMRAM standards.21
HIMMS uses Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) in accreditation and leveling of hospitals. The EMRAM model deals with the electronic medical record processes of hospitals, from the most basic level to a paperless medical record process. In this model, the leveling is done between 0 and 7. Hospitals that progress up to the 6th and 7th levels are entitled to receive a certificate. The audits and continuity of the documents given are subject to regular control. There are various criteria to be met for each level of digitalization.