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The purpose of Hospitals & Health Networks’ Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study is to promote the effective use of information technology in achieving clinical and operational excellence.
Hospital & Health Networks’ Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study is a unique program surveying hospitals and health systems on their use of information technology to achieve goals related to the following areas:
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patient safety and quality;
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customer service;
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business process improvement;
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workforce management; and,
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disaster readiness.
The 100 Most Wired organizations are hospitals and health systems that scored the highest on the survey questions. Each survey is scored using a methodology emphasizing the use of information technology. Individual scores are not made public, and organizations are not ranked. The survey is made possible through a partnership among H&HN, AHA, McKesson and CHIME.
The 25 Most Improved are organizations whose score improved the most from the previous year. Hospitals that score in the 100 Most Wired do not qualify for this award. The Most Improved awards are a joint project of CareTech Solutions with H&HN, AHA, McKesson and CHIME.
The 25 Most Wireless are those organizations scoring highest on survey questions focused on wireless applications. It is possible for organizations to appear on both the 100 Most Wired and 25 Most Wireless lists. The Most Wireless awards are a joint project of Intel with H&HN, AHA, McKesson and CHIME.
Rural hospitals, those located outside a metropolitan statistical area designated by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget as a geographically defined, integrated social and economic unit with a large population nucleus, and hospitals with 100 or fewer beds qualify for this category. Hospitals named to the 100 Most Wired list cannot also be named Most Wired-Small and Rural. The Most Wired-Small and Rural awards are made possible through a partnership among H&HN, AHA, McKesson and CHIME.