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Midstate Medical Center named Most Wired Hospital in the Nation for the Third Consecutive Year

July 15, 2012

Midstate has been participating in the Most Wired survey for over five years. The survey is administrated in cooperation with the American Hospitals Associations, McKesson Corp., and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives.

What makes a Most Wired Hospital different? Most Wired hospitals show better outcomes in patient satisfaction, risk-adjusted mortality rates and other key quality measures. More Than 1,500 hospitals use information technology (IT) to improve quality, customer service, public health and safety , business processes, and workforce issue. According to the survey results, Most Wired hospitals "leverage the adoption and use of health information technology to improve performance in a number of areas. " They are "focused on expanding and adopting IT that protects patient data and optimizes patient flow and communication."

In addition: Ninety-three percent of Most Wired hospital employ intrusion detection systems to protect patient privacy and security of patient data, in comparison to seventy-seven percent of the total responders;

Seventy-four percent of Most Wired hospital and fifty-seven percent of all surveyed hospitals use automated patient flow systems;

Ninety percent of Most Wired hospitals and seventy three percent of all surveyed use performance improvement scorecards to help reduce inefficiencies;

One hundred percent of Most Wired hospitals check drug interactions and drug allergies when Medications are ordered as a major step in reducing medication errors.

"These accomplishments are especially important because they align with the government's current objectives for "meaningful use" in the field of information technology. By aligning with the meaningful use objectives, we can ensure that MidState is following best practices that ultimately benefit the quality and safe care of our patients," said director of Information Services, Jennifer Comerford.

This accomplishment will be featured in an upcoming issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.

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