Hospitals & Health Networks, the flagship publication of the American Hospital Association, has released its annual list of the "Most Wired" hospitals.
A complete list of winners can be found here.
"This year's Most Wired organizations exemplify progress through innovation" said Rich Umbdenstock, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, in a news release. "The hospital field can learn from these outstanding organizations ways that IT can help to improve efficiency."
Some practices shared by the winning hospitals include:
- Use of an electronic disease registry (71 percent)
- Electronic medication order entry by physicians (69 percent)
- Sharing of patient discharge data with affiliated hospitals (66 percent)
- Providing a patient portal or web-based solution for patient-generated data (41 percent)
- Use of controlled experiments or scenario planning to make better decisions (32 percent)
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