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For the eighth year, Hospitals & Health Networks has named the 100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems. The list, which appeared in the magazine's July issue, was based on the Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study, which asked hospitals to report on how they use information technology to address five key areas: safety and quality, customer service, business processes, workforce, and public health and safety.

The results were based on the 541 completed surveys representing 1,217 U.S. hospitals (roughly 21 percent of the nation's total hospitals). Responses represented projects implemented as of March 1, 2006.

Compared with other organizations, the Most Wired hospitals:

· Conduct more pre-and post-implementation evaluations of IT projects.

· Maintain a larger proportion of their medical records in paperless format.

· Provide digital imaging to more clinical disciplines in a wider ranger of settings.

· Employ a broader set of telemedicine services.

· Deploy more IT educational resources for staff.

The results are the basis of several awards:

· Most Wired: The 100 organizations scoring highest on the survey

· Most Wireless: The 25 organizations scoring highest on the survey questions focused on wireless applications

· Most Improved: The 25 organizations not appearing on the Most Wired list whose score improved the most from 2004 to 2005

· Most Wired–Small and Rural: The 25 small and rural organizations not appearing on the Most Wired list that scored highest on the survey



The 2006 survey was made possible through a partnership among Accenture, AHA, CHIME, H&HN and McKesson. For more information or to view the original article, please visit Hospitals & Health Networks online at www.hhnmag.com



Southeast Honorees

Alabama

Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham: Most Improved

St. Vincent's Hospital, Birmingham: Most Wired

UAB Health System, Birmingham: Most Wired



Arkansas

UAMS Medical Center, Little Rock: Most Wired



Florida

Baptist Health South Florida, Coral Gables: Most Wired

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa: Most Wired

Health First Inc., Rockledge: Most Wired



Georgia

DeKalb Medical Center, Decatur: Most Improved and Most Wireless

Memorial Health, Savannah: Most Wired and Most Wireless

Piedmont Fayette Hospital, Fayetteville: Most Wired–Small and Rural

Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta: Most Wired

Piedmont Mountainside Hospital, Jasper: Most Improved



Louisiana

Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans: Most Wired and Most Wireless

Opelousas General Health System, Opelousas: Most Wired–Small and Rural



Mississippi

North Mississippi Health Services, Tupelo: Most Wired and Most Wireless



North Carolina

Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte: Most Wired

Duke University Health System, Durham: Most Wired

FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Pinehurst: Most Improved

Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia: Most Improved

University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, Greenville: Most Wired



South Carolina

Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort: Most Wired–Small and Rural

Georgetown Hospital System, Georgetown: Most Wired–Small and Rural

Greenville Hospital System, Greenville: Most Wired and Most Wireless

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, Spartanburg: Most Wired



Tennessee

Covenant Health, Knoxville: Most Wired

Laughlin Memorial Hospital, Greeneville: Most Wired–Small and Rural

Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville: Most Wired

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