At this time, there are only 414 US hospitals that are stage 3-6 of the EMR Adoption Model. This
shows the tremendous amount of work and investment that must be done by US hospitals to
implement clinical systems to enable their participation in EHR initiatives. More importantly,
further implementation of higher stage EMR applications will enable the reduction or elimination
of medical errors, while providing the digital environment . The higher stages of the model
represent the facilitation of not only improved patient care, but also improvements in efficiency
and effectiveness with which patient care services are delivered by clinicians.