Inside CHIME: Missed the Latest News on Most Wired? You Can Catch Up Here

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3.14.18
By Michelle Patterson, Director, Membership & Professional Development

Those of you who joined us at the CHIME booth at HIMSS18 in Las Vegas on March 7 or who logged in for Coffee with CHIME on our Facebook page heard the latest about HealthCare’s Most Wired survey. But if you missed the live presentation, here is a recap.

Drexel DeFord, a former CIO and past chair at CHIME, joined me in a discussion about the Most Wired survey, which this year is being conducted by CHIME. DeFord has been working with the CHIME team to revise the survey and make it easier and more useful for CIOs and their healthcare organizations. As was announced on March 5 at the CHIME HIMSS CIO Forum in Las Vegas, CHIME will open the survey by the end of March and keep it open for at least two months.

The survey has not been dramatically changed this year but we did make some important revisions. CHIME streamlined the survey and categorized questions in a way that will allow participants to more easily distribute and delegate sections within their organization. We removed questions that reflect common practice – those activities that everyone does already – and redesigned others to better capture outcomes rather than the ability to achieve those outcomes. This will allow you to show that you not only own a tool but that you use it effectively. We also added audit controls that will let us validate responses.

Other changes include the naming of a Board of Governors with no active CIOs as members to eliminate any perception of a conflict of interest. We realigned the survey’s timing to mirror health organizations’ data-gathering and reporting schedules and added features to facilitate participation by organizations outside the U.S.  

We have reconceived the report that every participant will receive to serve as a benchmarking tool. We also will provide every participant with a high-level overview of the industry to help them assess their standing and identify opportunities for improvement. These resources will help participants make strategic decisions and align their practices with the industry’s leaders.

The Most Wired program has served as a prominent measure of technology excellence in healthcare, honoring health systems for their outstanding healthcare IT programs. We will continue that tradition by announcing the results and celebrating winners’ accomplishments at the 2018 CHIME Fall CIO Forum in San Diego. We know it takes a team to meet these high standards, which is why CEOs and other staff members will be invited to participate in the night festivities and concert on Nov. 1. We will hold the awards ceremony Nov. 2; the full forum runs from Oct. 30-Nov. 2.    

This is the first year that CHIME will oversee the survey and recognition program after acquiring HealthCare’s Most Wired from the American Hospital Association last July. We encourage everyone to participate and join us in making Most Wired a powerful tool that informs best practices around the world.

When the survey is open for responses, all CHIME members and past survey participants will be notified. The American Hospital Association also will promote the survey to their contacts.

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