Inside CHIME: Making the Most of Most Wired – Share Your Thoughts on Future Directions

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8.3.17
By Gretchen Tegethoff, FCHIME, CHCIO, VP, CHIME Technologies, Inc.

In late July, CHIME announced our acquisition of the annual “HealthCare’s Most Wired” hospitals study from the American Hospital Association. Most of our members are familiar with Most Wired’s survey and its annual recognition program. We are delighted to add Most Wired as a resource for you.

We know it can be better, and we want to hear your ideas on how that can be done. We already have begun looking at opportunities to update and improve on the process Most Wired applies to track and chronicle how hospitals use healthcare IT. But no one has greater insights on what it takes to build and maintain a quality IT program than our members. With your input, we can make sure that Most Wired captures the most relevant metrics and that it evolves in parallel with changes in the industry and health systems.

The Most Wired winners’ list has increased recognition of the value you and your IT teams bring to your institutions and to healthcare. This is important, because a well-functioning IT department can be invisible to users, working in the background as a facilitator. Most Wired will allow our community to continue the tradition of recognizing quality, and with your guidance ensure that the it reflects the best in healthcare IT.

Most Wired also will let us track and analyze the use of healthcare IT over time, valuable information that will help you be more effective and efficient in your job. Besides helping to identify current trends and project future directions, the data will help our community identify best practices that support high-quality, cost-effective care.

The acquisition of Most Wired is one more way that we can serve you and provide you with the knowledge and tools to be outstanding healthcare leaders. We have great plans for Most Wired, and you will hear more about them in the future. In the meantime, please let us know how you see this resource working for you. You can submit your ideas to [email protected].

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