Table 1.

Description of stages for the EMR Adoption Model [40])

Stage 7	Medical record fully electronic; CDO able to contribute to EHR as byproduct of EMR
Stage 6	Physician documentation (structured templates), full CDSS (variance & compliance), full R-PACS
Stage 5	Closed loop medication administration
Stage 4	CPOE, CDSS (clinical protocols)
Stage 3	Clinical documentation (flow sheets), CDSS (error checking), PACS available outside radiology
Stage 2	CDR, CMV, CDSS inference engine, may have document imaging
Stage 1	Ancillaries – lab, radiology, pharmacy – all installed