Hospitals & Health Networks, a publication of the American Hospital Association's Health Forum division, has published its annual list of the "most wired" hospitals, according to an eWeek report.
The survey, which tracks hospitals' development by the degree of EMR implementation, lists 99 most wired hospitals, 25 most improved, 25 most wireless and 25 most wired small and rural hospital.
The survey showed that hospitals still face significant obstacles to full EMR adoption. The study changed its criteria this year to make it more difficult for institutions to make the cut, requiring infrastructure, business and administrative management, clinical quality and safety and care continuum. The usual list of 100 hospitals was trimmed to 99 because only 7.7 percent of surveyed hospitals met the new standards.
Of the 99 hospitals that made the list, 57 percent placed medication orders electronically, up from 49 percent a year ago. 55 percent of most wired hospitals used bar coding or radio frequency identification to match prescription orders at bedside, up from 49 percent last year.
Read the eWeek report on the list of most wired hospitals.
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The survey, which tracks hospitals' development by the degree of EMR implementation, lists 99 most wired hospitals, 25 most improved, 25 most wireless and 25 most wired small and rural hospital.
The survey showed that hospitals still face significant obstacles to full EMR adoption. The study changed its criteria this year to make it more difficult for institutions to make the cut, requiring infrastructure, business and administrative management, clinical quality and safety and care continuum. The usual list of 100 hospitals was trimmed to 99 because only 7.7 percent of surveyed hospitals met the new standards.
Of the 99 hospitals that made the list, 57 percent placed medication orders electronically, up from 49 percent a year ago. 55 percent of most wired hospitals used bar coding or radio frequency identification to match prescription orders at bedside, up from 49 percent last year.
Read the eWeek report on the list of most wired hospitals.
Read more on recent healthcare IT news:
-CMS Training Sessions Goes Over Administrative Requests for EHR Users
-5 Tips on Preparing to Meet Meaningful Use Regulations