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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (July 22, 2010) – The hospital again has been named one of America’s 100 Most Wired hospitals, the third consecutive year to receive the prestigious technology award.
Produced by the Hospitals & Health Networks magazine (hhnmag.com), the list honors health care facilities that do the best job using information technology to help physicians, nurses and others to improve patient outcomes. This year 99 hospitals were named to the list from more than 550 that entered the competition.
With three straight wins, Information Technology Services Director Mike Nix acknowledged some might think the award has become routine. “Not true!” he said. “It’s still a very big deal for us.”
He pointed out that no other hospital in Kansas, only three in Missouri and just one other hospital in the metro were named Most Wired this year. The award reflects the hard work by the entire hospital IT department.
Factors in our hospital’s climb into the Most Wired ranks include automation in patient rooms, the O2 rollout and standardization of data between sites from the main campus.
The IT group has continued to grow, adding sites with The University of Kansas Cancer Center operations and Mid-America Cardiology, as well as new applications such as multidisciplinary care plans, Cardiant and physician documentation.