The American Hospital Association's magazine, Hospitals & Health Networks, has recognized hospitals and health systems across the country for their exemplary use of health IT.
Not all of the hospitals on the list are large facilities with hundreds of beds. A total of 54 hospitals on the list have 25 beds or fewer.[1]
- Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital (Lincoln, Ill.): 25 beds
- Chadron (Neb.) Community Hospital and Health Services: 25 beds
- Columbia Memorial Hospital (Astoria, Ore.): 25 beds
- Coulee Medical Center (Grand Coulee, Wash.): 25 beds
- Crawford Memorial Hospital (Robinson, Ill.): 25 beds
- Gritman Medical Center (Moscow, Idaho): 25 beds
- Hammond Henry Hospital (Geneseo, Ill): 23 beds
- Henry County Health Center (Mount Pleasant, Iowa.): 25 beds
- Indiana University Health Blackford Community Hospital (Hartford City, Ind.): 15 beds
- Kalkaska (Mich.) Memorial Health Center: 8 beds
- Kittson Memorial Healthcare Center (Hallock, Minn.): 15 beds
- Lafayette (La.) General Surgical Hospital: 10 beds
- Lake Chelan Community Hospital (Chelan, Wash.): 25 beds
- Lincoln Hospital & North Basin Medical Clinics (Davenport, Wash.): 25 beds
- Mahnomen (Minn.) Health Center: 10 beds
- Mason General Hospital (Shelton, Wash.): 25 beds
- MedCentral Shelby (Ohio) Hospital: 25 beds
- Mid-Valley Hospital (Omak, Wash.): 25 beds
- Nemaha County Hospital (Auburn, Neb.): 20 beds
- New London (N.H.) Hospital: 20 beds
- Newport (Wash.) Hospital and Health Services: 25 beds
- Odessa (Wash.) Memorial Healthcare Center: 25 beds
- Osceola (Wis.) Medical Center: 18 beds
- Othello (Wash.) Community Hospital: 25 beds
- Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital (Frankfort, Mich.): 8 beds
- Perham (Minn.) Health: 25 beds
- Pullman (Wash.) Regional Hospital: 25 beds
- RiverView Health (Crookston, Minn.): 25 beds
- Rochelle (Ill.) Community Hospital: 16 beds
- Sanford Bagley (Minn.) Medical Center: 8 beds
- Sanford Canby (Minn.) Medical Center: 25 beds
- Sanford Canton (S.D.)-Inwood Medical Center: 16 beds
- Sanford Chamberlain (S.D.) Medical Center: 25 beds
- Sanford Clear Lake (S.D.) Medical Center: 20 beds
- Sanford Jackson (Minn.) Medical Center: 20 beds
- Sanford Luverne (Minn.) Medical Center: 25 beds
- Sanford Rock Rapids (Iowa) Medical Center: 16 beds
- Sanford Sheldon (Iowa) Medical Center: 25 beds
- Sanford Thief River Falls (Minn.) Medical Center: 25 beds
- Sanford Tracy (Minn.) Medical Center: 25 beds
- Sanford Vermillion (S.D.) Medical Center: 25 beds
- Sanford Webster (S.D.) Medical Center: 25 beds
- Sanford Westbrook (Minn.) Medical Center: 8 beds
- Sebasticook Valley Hospital (Pittsfield, Maine): 25 beds
- Spooner (Wis.) Health System: 25 beds
- St. Elizabeth Hospital (Enumclaw, Wash.): 25 beds
- St. Martin Hospital (Breaux Bridge, La.): 25 beds
- Sunnyside (Wash.) Community Hospital: 25 beds
- Syringa Hospital & Clinics (Grangeville, Idaho): 15 beds
- Tri-State Memorial Hospital (Clarkston, Wash.): 25 beds
- Union Hospital Clinton (Ind.): 25 beds
- Valley West Hospital (Sandwich, Ill.): 25 beds
- Washington County Hospital & Nursing Home (Chatom, Ala.): 25 beds
- West Shore Medical Center (Manistee, Mich.): 25 beds
- Whitman Hospital and Medical Center (Colfax, Wash.): 25 beds
The list is based on the 2014 Most Wired Survey, a national assessment of providers' IT capabilities. The providers recognized as this year's Most Wired are those that have not only implemented and maximized benefits from foundational technologies like electronic health records and computerized physician order entry, but have begun to explore business intelligence, population health and patient engagement solutions.
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[1] Does not include "Most Improved" or "Small and Rural"