Stage

Cumulative capabilities

Stage 7

Complete EMR; CCD transactions to share data; Data warehousing; Data continuity with ED, ambulatory, OP

Stage 6

Physician documentation (structured templates), full CDSS (variance & compliance), full R-PACS

Stage 5

Closed loop medication administration

Stage 4

CPOE, Clinical Decision Support (clinical protocols)

Stage 3

Nursing/clinical documentation (flow sheets), CDSS (error checking), PACS available outside Radiology

Stage 2

CDR, Controlled Medical Vocabulary, CDS, may have Document Imaging; HIE capable

Stage 1

Ancillaries―Lab, Rad, Pharmacy―All Installed

Stage 0

All Three Ancillaries Not Installed