The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives has designated 46 hospitals as Level 9 status from its 2019 HealthCare's Most Wired program.
CHIME's Most Wired list aims to recognize healthcare organizations that have adopted and leveraged information technology to improve patient safety and outcomes in the industry.
Hospitals included in the Most Wired program are certified as Levels 1-10, with Levels 9 and 10 representing healthcare technology leaders that "often leverage these technologies in innovative ways and have encouraged deep adoption across their entire organization," according to CHIME.
Here are the 46 hospitals that achieved Level 9 Most Wired recognition from CHIME in 2019. The hospitals that are now Level 10 eligible are noted with an asterisk.
1. Avera Health (Sioux Falls, S.D).*
2. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles).*
3. UCHealth (Aurora, Colo.).*
4. Aleda E. Lutz Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Saginaw, Mich.).
5. Altru Health System (Grand Forks, N.D.).
6. Anne Arundel Medical Center (Annapolis, Md.).
7. Baptist Health South Florida (Coral Gables, Fla.).
8. Bon Secours Mercy Health (Cincinnati).
9. Children's Health (Dallas).
10. Cook Children's Medical Center (Fort Worth, Texas).
11. Essentia Health (Duluth, Minn.).
12. Geisinger Health System (Danville, Pa.).
13. Henry Ford Health System (Detroit,).
14. Jackson Health System (Miami).
15. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (Baltimore).
16. Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore).
17. Lehigh Valley Hospital (Allentown, Pa.).
18. Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford (Palo Alto, Calif.).
19. Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.).
20. Memorial Healthcare System (Hollywood, Fla.).
21. Mercy (Chesterfield, Mo.).
22. Mercy Medical Center (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
23. Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus (Lakewood, N.J.).
24. Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch (N.J.) Campus.
25. Mt. San Rafael Hospital (Trinidad, Colo.).
26. Nicklaus Children's Hospital (Miami).
27. Novant Health (Charlotte, N.C.).
28. NYU Langone Health System (New York City).
29. Parkview Health (Fort Wayne, Ind.).
30. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (New Brunswick, N.J.).
31. Rush Oak Park (Ill.) Hospital.
32. Rush University Medical Center (Chicago).
33. Saint Barnabas Medical Center (Livingston, N.J.).
34. Sibley Memorial Hospital (Washington, D.C.).
35. Spectrum Health (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
36. St. Joseph's Health (Syracuse, N.Y.).
37. St. Luke's University Health Network (Bethlehem, Pa.).
38. Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital.
39. Truman Medical Centers (Kansas City, Mo.).
40. UCLA Health (Los Angeles).
41. University of California Davis Medical Center.
42. University of Missouri Health Care (Columbia, Mo.).
43. UPMC (Pittsburgh).
44. Valley Hospital (Ridgewood, N.J.).
45. Virtua Health (Marlton, N.J.).
46. West Virginia University Health System (Morgantown).
To view the full roster of 2019 HealthCare's Most Wired Levels 7-10 recipients, click here.