Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset has been named one of the nation’s “Most Wired” hospitals in a recent survey, overseen by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). Other RWJBarnabas Health facilities named to the 2019 Most Wired Hospitals list include: Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, Community Medical Center in Toms River, RWJUH Hamilton, Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, Jersey City Medical Center in Jersey City, RWJUH Rahway and the RWJBarnabas Health Medical Groups.
The mission of the CHIME “Healthcare’s Most Wired” program is to elevate the health and care of communities around the world by encouraging the optimal use of information technology. The program does this by conducting an annual survey to identify, recognize, and certify the adoption, implementation, and use of information technology by healthcare provider organizations. The results are intended to improve patient safety and outcomes by driving change in the healthcare IT industry.
This year, CHIME’s “Healthcare’s Most Wired” program incorporated certification levels to allow organizations to better benchmark their level of adoption and outcomes achieved. RWJUH Somerset received Quality Award certification for adopting technologies and strategies that aid in achieving meaningful clinical and efficiency outcomes.
“We are honored to again receive this prestigious designation for so many of our facilities,” said Robert G. Irwin, Chief Information Officer for RWJBarnabas Health. “RWJBarnabas Health is improving the efficiency of care delivery through advances in technology and IT systems across a multitude of platforms, with the goal of realizing meaningful outcomes, improving quality of care, improving patient experience, reducing costs and increasing patient access to healthcare services.”
Hospitals and health systems at the forefront of using healthcare IT to improve the delivery of care have maximized the benefits of foundational technologies and are embracing new technologies that support population management and value-based care. The most successful organizations not only adopt technology but apply it strategically to achieve great outcomes, according to an analysis of CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired survey results.
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