Ideal is proud to be the most experienced and active HIMSS Digital Health Technology Partner in the UK, certified in more maturity models and able to apply these global benchmarks to our digital maturity consultancy.
We combine HIMSS expertise with in-depth subject matter knowledge; our experienced teams of HIMSS-certified consultants are experts in the disciplines relevant to each maturity model.
We use the HIMSS digital maturity models to gain insights that focus digital transformation on optimising governance and clinical services, improving performance and financial sustainability, and aligning with wider strategic goals.
What Ideal provides
Current state maturity & gap assessment
- Review policies, procedures/workflow and technical aspects of the digital systems
- Support for HIMSS assessment completion, report on findings, gap analysis, and organisation of actual HIMSS Stage score when required.
- High level recommendations for change to achieve greater maturity
Business change strategy & roadmap
- Detail the capability & adoption changes required to close gaps
- Develop a roadmap to deliver the necessary changes to achieve greater maturity
- Support formal HIMSS Analytics validation, when assessed to be at Stage 6 or above
HIMSS maturity models supported by Ideal
EMR Adoption Model
✔Acute Secondary Care
✔Community/MH Care (partial)
Infrastructure Adoption Model
✔Acute Secondary Care ✔Community/MH Care ✔Ambulance ✔Primary Care ✔Social Care ✔Integrated Care System
Outpatient EMR Adoption Model
✔Acute Secondary Care
✔Community/MH Care
Analytics Maturity Adoption Model
✔Acute Secondary Care ✔Community/MH Care ✔Ambulance ✔Primary Care ✔Social Care ✔Integrated Care System
Continuity of Care Maturity Model
✔Acute Secondary Care ✔Community/MH Care ✔Ambulance ✔Primary Care ✔Social Care ✔Integrated Care System
HIMSS Health Informatics Training Partner
As a HIMSS Health Informatics Training Partner in the UK, Ideal provides a HIMSS ‘Certified Associate in Healthcare Information and Management Systems’ (CAHIMS) certification course, and ‘Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems’ (CPHIMS) training.