Nation's Most Wired Hospitals Improve Efficiency with Health Information Technology
SAN DIEGO — Sharp HealthCare has been recognized as one of the nation's "Most Wired", according to the results of the 2012 Most Wired Survey released in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
The nation's Most Wired hospitals are leveraging the adoption and use of health information technology (IT) to improve performance in a number of areas, according to Health Care's Most Wired 2012 Survey released today. As a field, hospitals are focused on expanding and adopting IT that protects patient data, and optimizes patient flow and communications.
Sharp HealthCare will be acknowledged at the Health Forum and the American Hospital Association's Leadership Summit being held July 19-21 at the San Francisco Marriott in San Francisco.
About the Most Wired Survey
The 2012 Most Wired Survey is conducted in cooperation with McKesson Corporation, the College Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the American Hospital Association. Health Care's Most Wired Survey, conducted between Jan. 15 and March 15, asked hospitals and health systems nationwide to answer questions regarding their IT initiatives. Respondents completed 662 surveys, representing 1,570 hospitals, or roughly 27 percent of all U.S. hospitals.