“Hospitals are empowering patients with information and providing tools to doctors and nurses to improve quality,” says Alden Solovy, executive editor of Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, which has named the 100 Most Wired hospitals and health systems annually for five years.

The survey was conducted by Hospitals & Health Networks, in cooperation with McKesson Corporation and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). It measures the nation’s hospitals on their use of Internet technologies for safety and quality, customer service, disaster readiness, business processes and workforce issues.      

“Hospitals are investing in IT to help them achieve their strategic objectives, especially in the areas of quality, safety and efficiency,” says Barry P. Chaiken, M.D., vice president, medical affairs, for the Information Solutions division of McKesson. “There’s a strong and growing recognition of the value that comes from having the right information at the point of care. That value takes the form of greater care team efficiency, less variability and fewer errors, and ultimately improved health outcomes.”

Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, conducts the Most Wired survey annually. McKesson Information Solutions is a division of McKesson Corporation, the leading provider of supply, information and care management products and services designed to reduce costs and improve quality across health care. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society provides leadership for the management of technology, information and change.

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