The Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking study, conducted annually by Hospitals and Health Networks, has named the "100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems" for 2009. The survey measured the use of information technology at 1,314 hospitals for quality, customer service, public health and safety, business processes and workforce issues. The magazine also released lists of the "25 Most Improved," the "25 Most Wireless" and the "25 Most Wired - Small and Rural" hospitals.
The winning hospitals are listed by state below.
Alaska
Most Improved : Central Peninsula General Hospital
Alabama
Small & Rural : Cullman Regional Medical Center
Most Improved: Springhill Medical Center
Most Improved: Washington County Hospital and Nursing Home
Arkansas
Most Wired: UAMS Medical Center
California
Most Wired: Naval Hospital
Most Improved: Rady Children's Hospital and Health Center
Most Wired: Sharp Healthcare
Most Wireless/Most Wired: University of California San Diego Medical Center
Most Wired: Veterans Affairs Central California Health Care System
Colorado
Most Wired: Denver Health Medical Center
Most Wired: Poudre Valley Health System
Connecticut
Most Wireless/Most Wired: Greenwich Hospital
Most Wireless/Most Wired: Hartford Hospital
Most Improved: Norwalk Hospital
Most Wireless/Most Wired: Yale New Haven Health System
Wasington D.C.
Most Wired: Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Florida
Most Wired:Baptist Health South Florida
Most Wired: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Most Wired: Health First, Inc.
Georgia
Most Wired: Memorial Health
Most Wired: Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Most Wired: Piedmont Hospital
Small & Rural: Piedmont Mountainside Hospital
Most Improved: South Georgia Medical Center
Idaho
Most Wireless/Most Wired: Kootenai Medical Center
Most Improved: Steele Memorial Medical Center
Illinois
Most Wired: Advocate Health Care
Most Wireless/Most Wired: Central DuPage Hospital
Most Improved: Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital
Most Wired: Loyola University Health System
Most Improved: McDonough District Hospital
Most Wireless/Most Wired: NorthShore University HealthSystem
Most Wireless/Most Wired: Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Most Wireless/Most Wired: Rush University Medical Center
Small & Rural: Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Most Wired: University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago
Indiana
Most Wireless/Most Wired: Clarian Health
Most Wired: Community Health Network
Small & Rural: Marion General Hospital
Small & Rural: Reid Hospital and Health Care Services
Most Wired: Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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Iowa
Most Wired: Genesis Health System
Most Wired: Henry County Health Center
Small & Rural: Jefferson County Health Center
Most Improved: Marengo Memorial Hospital
Kansas
Most Wired: University of Kansas Hospital
Kentucky
Most Wired: Colonel Florence A. Blanchfield Army Community Hospital
Louisiana
Most Wireless/Most Wired: Ochsner Health System
Maine
Most Wired: Eastern Maine Medical Center
Most Improved: Franklin Memorial Hospital
Maryland
Most Wired: MedStar Health
Massachusetts
Most Wireless/Most Wired: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Most Wired: Children's Hospital Boston
Most Wireless: Health Alliance Hospitals
Most Wired: Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
Michigan
Most Wired: Battle Creek Health System
Small & Rural: Carson City Hospital
Most Wired/Most Wireless: Crittenton Hospital Medical Center
Most Wireless/Most Wired: Detroit Medical Center
Most Wired: Memorial Healthcare
Small & Rural: Northern Michigan Regional Hospital
Small & Rural: Otsego Memorial Hospital
Most Improved: Spectrum Health United Memorial
Minnesota
Most Wired: Fairview Health Services
Most Wired: Park Nicollet Health Services
Small & Rural: Winona Health
Mississippi
Most Wired/Most Wireless: North Mississippi Health Services, Inc.
Missouri
Small & Rural: Bothwell Regional Health Center
Most Wired: Citizens Memorial Hospital
Most Wired: Saint Luke's Health System
Small & Rural: Skaggs Community Health Center
Montana
Most Wired: Billings Clinic
Nebraska
Most Wired: Children's Hospital & Medical Center
Most Improved: Community Hospital
Small & Rural: Nemaha County Hospital
Small & Rural: Regional West Medical Center
New Hampshire
Most Wired: Concord Hospital
Small & Rural: Exeter Hospital
New Jersey
Most Wired: AtlantiCare
Most Wireless: Cooper Health System
Most Wired: Hunterdon Medical Center
Most Wireless/Most Wired: Meridian Health
Most Wired: Valley Hospital
New Mexico
Most Wired: University of New Mexico Hospitals
New York
Most Wired: Continuum Health Partners
Most Improved: Lakeside Memorial Hospital
Most Wired: Maimonides Medical Center
Most Wired/Most Wireless: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Most Wired: Montefiore Health System
Most Improved: Stony Brook University Hospital
Most Wired: VA IT Northeast Region 4
North Carolina
Most Wired: Carolinas HealthCare System
Most Wired: Duke University Health System
Most Wired: Mission Health System and Hospital
North Dakota
Most Wired: MeritCare Health System
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Ohio
Small & Rural: Adena Health System
Most Wired: Akron General Health System
Most Improved: Catholic Healthcare Partners
Most Improved: Christ Hospita
Most Improved: Lake Hospital System
Most Wired: MedCentral Shelby Hospital
Most Wired: MedCentral Shelby Hospital
Most Improved: Memorial Hospital of Union County
Most Wired: Mercy Health Partners - Southwest Ohio
Most Wired: OhioHealth
Most Wired: ProMedica Health System
Most Wired/ Most Wireless: TriHealth Inc.
Oklahoma
Small & Rural: Duncan Regional Hospital
Most Improved: Norman Regional Health System
Small & Rural: Unity Health Center
Pennsylvania
Most Wired: Crozer Keystone Health System
Most Wired: Geisinger Health System
Most Wired/Most Wireless: Lehigh Valley Health Network
Small & Rural: Robert Packer Hospital
Most Wired: UPMC
Most Wired: Williamsport Hospital and Medical Center
South Carolina
Most Wired: Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Most Wired/Most Wireless: Greenville Hospital System
Most Wired:Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
South Dakota
Most Wired / Most Wireless: Avera Health
Tennessee
Most Wired: Covenant Health
Most Wired: University of Tennessee Medical Center
Most Wired: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Texas
Most Wired: Children's Medical Center of Dallas
Most Improved: Knapp Medical Center
Most Wired: Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
Most Wired: Texas Health Resources
Most Wired: The Methodist Hospital
Utah
Most Wired: Intermountain Healthcare, Inc.
Vermont
Small & Rural: Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Virginia
Carilion Clinic:Most Wired
Centra Health:Most Wired
Most Wireless: Inova Health System
Most Wired: Martha Jefferson Hospital
Most Improved: Riverside Health System
Most Wired: Sentara Healthcare
Small & Rural: Shenandoah Memorial Hospital
Most Improved: Twin County Regional Hospital
Washington
Most Wired: Madigan Army Medical Center
Small & Rural : Inland North Health Services (Washington, Idaho))
Most Wired: MultiCare Health System
Most Wired: Inland North Health Services (Washington, Idaho))
Most Wired: Sacred Heart Medical Center
West Virginia
Most Improved: West Virginia University Hospitals
Most Improved: Wheeling Hospital
Wisconsin
Most Wired: Aurora Health Care
Small & Rural: Holy Family Memorial Medical Center
Most Wired: Saint Clare's Hospital
Small & Rural: Spooner Health System
Most Wired: ThedaCare, Inc.
Small & Rural: Watertown Memorial Hospital
