{"id":24995,"date":"2011-09-29T20:48:45","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T00:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=24995"},"modified":"2011-09-29T20:48:45","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T00:48:45","slug":"carson-112","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/carson-112\/","title":{"rendered":"Carson City Hospital named 2011 Most Wired"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Top 25 Most Wired-Small and Rural hospitals
\nCarson City Hospital (CCH) has been recognized as one of the nation’s Top 25 Most Wired-Small and Rural hospitals, according to the results of the 2011 Most Wired survey released in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine. This is the ninth time in total and the fifth consecutive year CCH has received this award.
\n“Carson City Hospital, along with the rest of the nation’s Most Wired hospitals, are making progress toward greater health information technology adoption,” said CCH Chief Information Officer Rich Terry. “We are focused on improving patient care by adopting computerized methods of tracking patient care and data collection, such as electronic medical records (EMRs).”
\nAmong the key findings this year in the Most Wired survey:
\n\u00b7 Sixty-seven percent of Most Wired hospitals ordered medications electronically in comparison to 46 percent of the total responders.
\n\u00b7 Fifty-eight percent of all organizations reported that they have implemented computerized standing orders based on treatment protocols that have been scientifically proven to be effective; in the Most Wired group, 86 percent have implemented such standing orders.
\n\u00b7 A greater reliance on digital records puts pressure on Chief Information Officers (CIOs) to ensure that data can be restored quickly in the event that systems go down. Eighty-two percent of the Most Wired hospitals and 57 percent of all surveyed hospitals can restore clinical data within 24 hours after a power loss.
\n\u00b7 Most Wired hospitals are leading in the use of encryption on movable devices to safeguard information. All Most Wired hospitals encrypt data for laptops and 76 percent encrypt smart phones, in comparison to 85 percent of total responders that use encryption on laptops and 57 percent on smart phones.
\n“Greater adoption of IT can bring important new tools to our efforts to improve the safety and quality of care in hospitals, and better coordinate care across settings,” says Rich Umbdenstock, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association (AHA). “To promote further use of information technology, we are aggressively working to remove regulatory barriers, and provide clarity in areas such as the meaningful use criteria.”
\n“Most hospitals look beyond short-term drivers of meaningful use and view technology as part of a powerful toolkit to support their long-term goals for clinical quality improvement and preparation for reform,” said Patrick Blake, executive vice president and group president, McKesson Technology Solutions, a sponsor of the survey. “Using all aspects of an electronic health record, including CPOE, is becoming the expected standard of care in many communities. As a result, we continue to see growth in those areas.”
\nStrides are also being made in the integration of the electronic health records with digital clinical imaging, according to survey results. Progress in the areas of digital dictation, structured reporting, and voice recognition with picture archiving and communication systems is also being made. Under these systems, clinicians receive faster diagnostic results that can improve aspects of patient care.
\nThe July H&HN cover story detailing results is available at www.hhnmag.com<\/a>. For more information about Carson City Hospital, please call 989-584-3131 or visit www.carsoncityhospital.com<\/a>.
\n*The 2011 Most Wired Survey is conducted in cooperation with McKesson Corporation, HIT Exchange, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), and the American Hospital Association.
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\nCarson City Hospital’s Information Systems Department is responsible for the hospital receiving the 2011 Most Wired-Small and Rural Hospital award. Pictured are, left to right, Gary Nielsen, Sheri Waldron, Josh Nelson, Judy Evitts, Susan Hilgendorf, Jesse Moore, Chief Information Officer Rich Terry, Ben Terry, Givemore Ruziva, and Josh Sorrell. Pictured front and center is Network Administrator John Brown.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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