At VickinoDay, AADH President Dr Robin Vicken Ohannessian, MD MPH PhD, presented the HIMSS EMRAM framework and explained how AADH carried out the first EMRAM assessment in Armenia in 2025, together with Erebuni Medical Center.
What is HIMSS EMRAM?
The HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) is an international framework that measures how far a hospital has gone in using electronic medical records and digital tools to support safe, high-quality care. It gives hospitals a clear roadmap from paper-based processes to fully digital care.
Where Armenia stands
Hospital information system (HIS) maturity is still low in Armenia, and there is a lot of work to be done. A key next step is a national HIS maturity audit, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, to understand the current situation and guide the digital transformation of healthcare.
Key points
- First HIMSS EMRAM assessment in Armenia: Erebuni Medical Center, 2025
- HIS maturity in Armenian hospitals is still low
- Next step: a national HIS maturity audit with the Ministry of Health
Presenting the Master of Digital Health
At the same event, Lusine Shahverdyan, MPharm, MDH, the first graduate of the program, MDH Program Manager at Russian-Armenian University and AADH Board Member, presented the Master of Digital Health (MDH). She introduced the double-degree program delivered by Russian-Armenian University and the Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Germany, and invited healthcare and IT professionals to join the next cohort.
Originally shared on our LinkedIn.