HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence
The HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence showcases healthcare organizations that demonstrate globally innovative, thoughtful applications of information and technology to drive and redefine evidence-based best practices so that others can learn, adapt and improve population health and patient outcomes.
Davies Award Case Studies
Discover how healthcare organizations have achieved the HIMSS Davies Award and learn why their contributions are significant to health information and technology. Explore Davies recipient case studies and other case studies in our resource center.
Applying for the Davies Award
Eligible Organizations
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Hospitals*
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Independent ambulatory practices
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Community health organizations
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Enterprise clinics
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State or local public health organizations
*Includes integrated care delivery networks, academic medical centers
Required Industry Milestones
- Achieved sustainable improvement to clinical care outcomes and population health through the utilization of information and technology-enabled workflows, care standardization and analytics to drive quality improvement.
- Hospital and health system applicants: Accomplished Stage 7 validation on one of the HIMSS Maturity Models and can demonstrate significant improvements or sustained top performance on key clinical quality measures and outcomes enabled through information and technology.
- Untethered ambulatory and community health center applicants:Â Received a minimum Stage 4 validation on the HIMSS Community Care Outcomes Model and can demonstrate significant improvements or sustained top performance on key clinical quality measures and outcomes enabled through information and technology.
- Public health applicants: Measured your organization’s digital health capaibilities using the HIMSS Digital Health Indicator and can demonstrate significant improvements in public health related functionality benefiting the jurisdiction you serve enabled through information and technology
The 2025 Davies Award submission period opens February, 15, 2025. Case studies must be submitted no later than June 15, 2025. Finalists will be selected to receive a virtual site visit to validate the case studies. To receive the Davies Award case study template and learn more about how to submit, please email us.
2024 Davies Award Case Studies
October 2, 2024
Samsung Medical Center Earns 2024 Davies Award, First-Ever in the Republic of Korea
Samsung Medical Center, which has achieved four HIMSS Stage 7 maturity model validations, has been recognized as a 2024 HIMSS Davies Award recipient. Samsung Medical Center is the first hospital to be recognized with the Davies Award in the Republic of Korea since the award’s inception in 1994. “We are deeply honored to be recognized as a Davies Award recipient,” said Dr. Poong-Lyul Rhee, Chief Data and Digital Officer of Samsung Medical Center. “Our three innovative cases aim to improve patient outcomes and reduce the workload of medical staff, ultimately enhancing the culture in the healthcare industry. These cases demonstrate the power of digital transformation through cutting-edge technologies such as AI and robotics.”
November 5, 2024
Corewell Health Earns Davies Award for Using Clinical Informatics to Improve Care
Corewell Health has been recognized as a recipient of a 2024 HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence. Corewell Health, based in Grand Rapids and Southfield, is the first health system in Michigan to receive the Davies Award since 2018Â C.aring for patients across the state of Michigan, Corewell Health submitted evidence-based case studies demonstrating applications of clinical informatics to improve the care and wellness for their underserved and chronic disease patient populations.
September 25, 2024
Ochsner Health Earns Second Davies Award, Using Tech to Drive Better Care
For the second time, Ochsner Health has been awarded the prestigious HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence. This award showcases healthcare organizations that demonstrate globally innovative, thoughtful applications of information and technology to drive and redefine evidence-based best practices so that others can learn, adapt and improve population health and patient outcomes.
October 1, 2024
Taichung Veterans General Hospital Earns 2024 Davies Award for Using AI to Improve Care, Safety and Reduce Pain
Taichung Veterans General Hospital (TCVGH), has been recognized as a 2024 HIMSS Davies Award recipient. TCVGH is only the third hospital in Asia and the second in Taiwan to be recognized with the Davies Award since the Award’s inception in 1994. Based Taichung, Taiwan, TCVGH submitted evidence-based case studies demonstrating applications of artificial intelligence to improve care outcomes for patients struggling with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a chronic autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in the joints and ligaments of the spine.
