HIMSS to Launch Maturity Model Around Community Care

At its upcoming conference in Chicago, HIMSS will introduce a model to measure the maturity of digital care delivery across all community-based environments, such as primary care, virtual care and telehealth, maternal and child wellness, and mental health.

HIMSS said the Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model provides a strategic roadmap to build a person-centric health ecosystem for digitally connected, safer care for the entire life span. C-COMM is a modernized rendition of the Outpatient Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, which measured digital maturity of outpatient clinics. 

“The majority of the world’s population seek their health services outside the traditional hospital setting,” said Toni Laracuente, HIMSS senior vice president, global head of analytics, in a statement. “C-COMM is an important addition to the HIMSS Analytics suite of digital transformation maturity models, and a critical success factor for health systems to provide consumer friendly, convenient, digitally connected access to healthcare services, with improved patient engagement and experience, at home or in our communities.” 

“C-COMM also significantly improves health equity for vulnerable populations and supports the HIMSS vision, to realize the full potential of every human, everywhere,” Laracuente added  

C-COMM leverages data and digital transformation of community care for all non-acute care delivery environments via the digitally connected health ecosystem. It focuses on wellness, illness prevention, and the use of technology to help manage chronic disease at home and keeping patients out of the hospital.

C-COMM joins the HIMSS suite of Analytics Maturity Models, which provide strategic frameworks for healthcare organizations to build their digital health connectivity, capability and capacity.