July 13, 2017 – Englewood Hospital and Medical Center has been named to the Most Wired list for the fourth consecutive year (2014 – 2017) according to results of the Annual Health Care’s Most Wired® survey released earlier this week by the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Health Forum.
The Most Wired® survey examines how organizations are using IT to improve performance for value-based health care in the areas of infrastructure, business and administrative management; quality and safety; and clinical integration. Hospitals named to the Most Wired list are recognized for transforming care delivery with knowledge gained from data and analytics, investing in analytics to support new delivery models and effective decision-making as well as training clinicians on how to use analytics to improve quality, provide access and control costs. Being named to this list places Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in an elite category of institutions that are effectively using technology to the meet the needs of the very dynamic healthcare industry.
“Hospitals in the New York metropolitan area are among the best places to receive advanced level diagnosis and treatment. At Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, our clinical and IT teams are able to deploy and use the newest technologies to provide care more quickly, more accurately and with better outcomes,” says Warren Geller, president and CEO of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. “We are proud to receive the Most Wired designation and will continue to look for new and innovative ways to use technology to improve healthcare for our patients and their families.”
“The Most Wired hospitals are using every available technology option to create more ways to reach their patients in order to provide access to care,” said AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack. “They are transforming care delivery, investing in new delivery models in order to improve quality, provide access and control costs.”
Detailed results of the survey and study can be found in the July issue of H&HN. For a full list of winners, visit www.hhnmag.com.