Our Lady of the Angels Health RecognizeD for EMRAM Stage 6 Validation by HIMSS
April 14, 2025
Bogalusa, LA – Our Lady of the Angels Health is pleased to announce that they have recently achieved the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) Stage 6 validation. This is an assessment designed to measure clinical outcomes, patient engagement and clinician use of EMR technology for acute care hospitals and their affiliated ambulatory care settings.
“We are proud to achieve HIMSS EMRAM Stage 6 validation, which reflects our commitment to leveraging advanced EMR technology to enhance patient care,” said Chuck Spicer, Our Lady of the Angels Health and Our Lady of the Lake Health president. “This recognition reinforces our ongoing efforts to improve clinical efficiency, strengthen data-driven decision-making, and ultimately deliver better health outcomes for the communities we serve.”
The Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) is an eight stage (0-7) model. Maturity models assess how healthcare organizations implement and use information and technology, and an EMRAM Stage 6 validation is a key indicator that an organization has matured in their capabilities by reaching one of the top rankings of the maturity model framework.
“Digital health transformation helps our health system leverage the right data to improve our strategies and save patients’ lives, said Will Landry, SVP chief information officer. “This latest EMRAM validation achievement lends to that essential purpose through improving patient safety and satisfaction, supporting our clinicians, and securing enterprise data.”
About Our Lady of the Angels Health
Our Lady of the Angels Health in Bogalusa, Louisiana, has a team of more than 500 employees committed to building a healthier community through excellence in patient care and community education. With a full-service acute care hospital, more than a dozen primary and specialty clinics, extended primary care and pediatric hours, and a team of more than 300 credentialed providers, Our Lady of the Angels provides comprehensive Catholic healthcare services for the people of Washington Parish and the surrounding areas. Our Lady of the Angels is a teaching site for graduate medical education, in partnership with LSU Health—operating the only rurally located rural family medicine residency program in Louisiana and one of only 55 in the nation. Our Lady of the Angels is part of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System and is driven by its mission to serve all of God’s people, especially those most in need. For more information, visit www.oloah.org.
About HIMSS
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is a global health advocate, offering information and technology frameworks that assist healthcare providers in making lasting improvements in efficiency, performance, and care outcomes. With a suite of Maturity Models led by flagship model EMRAM, HIMSS provides prescriptive frameworks to healthcare organizations allowing for global comparability, benchmarking, and strategic clinical and financial improvement.