West Side Hospital Named “Most Wired”

Deborah Bayliss | As of Wednesday, September 11, 2013

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System was once again named among the top ‘Most Wired’ healthcare organizations for the seventh time in the last eight years by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine in conjunction with the American Hospital Association, a distinction that recognizes health care organizations that are leaders in implementing health information technologies to support all aspects of business operations.
The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System was once again named among the top ‘Most Wired’ healthcare organizations for the seventh time in the last eight years by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine in conjunction with the American Hospital Association, a distinction that recognizes health care organizations that are leaders in implementing health information technologies to support all aspects of business operations.

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI) once again received recognition for its broad technology implementation in its day-to-day operations and was named among the top ‘Most Wired’ healthcare organizations for the seventh time in the last eight years by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine in conjunction with the American Hospital Association.

“We are honored to once again achieve the prestigious designation of Most Wired,” says Jerry Bauman, dean of the UIC College of Pharmacy and interim vice president of health affairs for UI Hospital. “Our longstanding investment in this portion of our delivery system is a testament to the foresight of our past and present leadership at UI Hospital. Going forward, this effort will be crucial to the training and education of our broad array of health care students, our translational research programs, and the safe and effective care of the patients we serve.”

The ‘Most Wired’ distinction recognizes health care organizations that are leaders in implementing health information technologies to support all aspects of business operations.

“This Most Wired recognition acknowledges that health care information technology has become an integral and inseparable part of the daily work practices of the clinicians and staff at UI Health,” said Audrius Polikaitis, chief information officer at UI Hospital. “Our organization recognized the benefits of such advanced systems many years ago and has continued to make substantial strategic investments in this area, enabling us to improve the health care services delivered to our patients.”

UI Health’s electronic medical records system, first implemented in 1997, links the hospital, outpatient centers, satellite facilities, academic offices and laboratories to medical data on more than 2 million patients and is accessible from computers located throughout the institution and off site.

Located at 1740 W. Taylor Street, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System is made up of several facilities, all of which give access to different levels of care including a 495-bed hospital, outpatient clinic, immediate care clinic, and 11 Mile Square Health Centers including locations in Back of the Yards, Cicero, Englewood, Near West, and South Shore.

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