Newswise — The Methodist Hospital System is one of the nation's most wired systems, according to the 2007 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study. Methodist has ranked in eight of the nine years since this survey began.
The nation's 100 Most Wired hospitals and health systems use information technology to address key areas such as quality, public health and safety, customer service, business processes and workforce issues.
"We're honored to be recognized as one of the nation's most wired. We've made strong commitments to using information technology to help improve quality of care at Methodist, such as implementing a system-wide, integrated electronic medical record," said Matt Fink, vice president of information technology at Methodist.
The study, published in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, ranked Methodist among the nation's top hospitals that use information technology to improve patient flow, track medical records, create systems for disaster recovery and apply analytical tools that focus on clinical technology.
The Most Wired Survey is conducted annually by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, which uses the results to name the 100 Most Wired hospitals and health systems.
For more information about The Methodist Hospital System, visit http://www.methodisthealth.com
About The Methodist Hospital System
The Methodist Hospital System in Houston is one of the nation's largest private, non-profit general hospitals comprised of a major academic medical center, three community hospitals, a physician organization and a research institute. Methodist is primarily affiliated with Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Presbyterian. Methodist also is affiliated with the University of Houston.
Methodist is ranked among the country's top centers in 14 specialties in U.S News & World Report's 2007 America's Best Hospitals issue. The hospital ranked in more specialties than any other hospital in Texas. Methodist is also 9th on FORTUNE's "100 Best Companies to Work For" in 2007.
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