Here are five things to know:
1. MU Health won the award for its technology that is helping create better patient outcomes.
2. The Davies Award is given to organizations that use electronic health records to better quality of care.
3. MU Health showed its commitment to technology by using it to better communication as well as inputting data received from medical devices into patients’ electronic medical records.
4. MU Health offers an online portal, allowing patients to view physician notes and test results.
5. The health center is the first academic medical center to accomplish the federal Stage 2 “meaningful use” standards for it technological uses.
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