Most Connected Hospitals 2012-13

These 156 hospitals met twin standards of solid medicine and early adoption of information technology.

July 16, 2012 RSS Feed Print
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The 156 hospitals listed below have met three challenging standards that put them in the vanguard of centers leading medicine into the era of electronic medical records (EMRs).

Each is distinguished by having captured a national ranking in 2012-13 U.S. News Best Hospitals and/or Best Children’s Hospitals or by having earned the designation of “high-performing” in one or more medical specialties. And each hospital, or one or more of its major units--such as a children’s hospital within the larger institution--is a leader in moving to electronic medical records.

The determination of which hospitals are leaders in EMR use was based on two criteria: By July 10, a hospital had to have met U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requirements for achieving “meaningful use” of an EMR system suitable for e-prescribing, exchanging medical records, supplying medical data to patients, and providing data for monitoring clinical quality. A hospital also had to meet strict criteria for EMR use set by HIMSS Analytics, a division of the not-for-profit Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society that analyzes use of health information technology.

HIMSS Analytics scores hospitals’ EMR adoption on a scale from Stage 0 (none) to Stage 7 (full use across the hospital). Only hospitals at Stages 6 or 7 as of July 10 were eligible to appear on the Most Connected Hospitals list. (See How U.S. News Selected the Most Connected Hospitals.)

Hospital Ranked Adult Specialties Ranked Pediatric Specialties High-Performing Specialties
Stage 7 Hospitals
Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

16

10

 –
University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics

Madison, WI

7

7

5

Stanford Hospital & Clinics

Stanford, CA

10

 –

5

Ohio State University Hospital

Columbus, OH

 

10

 

3

Children's Hospital Boston

Boston, MA

 –

10

 –
Children's Medical Center Dallas

Dallas, TX

 –

10

 –
Nemours-Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, DE

9

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

 –

9

UC San Diego Medical Center

San Diego, CA

 4

 

10

Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center

Phoenix, AZ

 

4

– 

8

NorthShore Evanston Hospital

Evanston, IL

 

2

 –

9

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

Norfolk, VA

 

2

 –

9

Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

1

 –

9

James Cancer Center and Solove Research Institute

Columbus, OH

1

 –
Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center

Woodland Hills, CA

 –  –

9

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

Glendale, AZ

 – – 

8

Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center

Fontana, CA

 –  –

8

North Colorado Medical Center

Greeley, CO

 –  –

8

Banner Desert Medical Center

Mesa, AZ

 –  –

7

Banner Estrella Medical Center

Phoenix, AZ

 –  –

7

Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center

Anaheim, CA

 –  –

7

Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center

Vallejo, CA

 –  –

6

Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital

Virginia Beach, VA

 – – 

3

Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center

Clackamas, OR

 – – 

2

Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center

Sun City West, AZ

 –  –

1

Banner Gateway Medical Center

Gilbert, AZ

 –  –

1

Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center

Riverside, CA

 – – 

1

Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center

San Jose, CA

 –

1

Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center

Walnut Creek, CA

 –

1

Sentara Leigh Hospital

Norfolk, VA

 – – 

1

Stage 6 Hospitals
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

11

10

2

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Iowa City, IA

9

10

5

Mount Sinai Medical Center

New York, NY

11

6

3

Yale-New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT

10

7

3

University of Minnesota Medical Center

Minneapolis, MN

11

6

1
UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, PA

14

 –

 1

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, IL

11

2

2

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, MA

13

– 

1

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Chicago, IL

12

1

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, OH

 10

Tampa General Hospital

Tampa, FL

9

3

Children's Hospital of Michigan

Detroit, MI

 –

8

– 
Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, OR

1

6

 11

Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Minneapolis, MN

7

 –

5

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Winston-Salem, NC

7

 –

5

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

4

2

9

Carolinas Medical Center

Charlotte, NC

 –

 6

6

Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY

 1

4

12

University of California, Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, CA

1

4

11

Emory University Hospital

Atlanta, GA

5

 –

9

Advocate Christ Medical Center

Oak Lawn, IL

2

2

10

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Milwaukee, WI

4

 –

8

Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

4

 –

2

Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center

Houston, TX

 

1

2

11

South Shore Hospital

South Weymouth, MA

3

– 

8

Baystate Medical Center

Springfield, MA

 

2

 –

10

Harper University Hospital

Detroit, MI

 

2

 –

9

Fletcher Allen Health Care

Burlington, VT

 –

2

4

Carle Foundation Hospital

Urbana, IL

1

 –

11

United Hospital of St. Paul

St. Paul, MN

1

 –

9

University of Virginia Medical Center

Charlottesville, VA

1

 –

9

Miami Valley Hospital

Dayton, OH

1

– 

8

University of Missouri Health Care

Columbia, MO

 

1

– 

8

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Buffalo, NY

1

 –

4

Albert Einstein Medical Center

Philadelphia, PA

1

TIRR Memorial Hermann

Houston, TX

1

 –
Emory University Hospital Midtown

Atlanta, GA

 – – 

12

West Virginia University Hospitals

Morgantown, WV

 –  –

12

Memorial University Medical Center

Savannah, GA

 –  –

11

Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Chicago, IL

 –  –

10

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Park Ridge, IL

 –  –

10

Jersey Shore University Medical Center

Neptune, NJ

–   –

10

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

Downers Grove, IL

 –  –

9

Durham Regional Hospital

Durham, NC

–   –

9

Fairview Southdale Hospital

Edina, MN

 –  –

9

Mercy Hospital

Coon Rapids, MN

–   –

9

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital

Spokane, WA

 – – 

9

Sinai-Grace Hospital

Detroit, MI

 –  –

9

Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital

Richmond, VA

 –  –

8

DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital

Detroit, MI

 –  –

8

Howard County General Hospital

Columbia, MD

 – – 

8

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Baltimore, MD

 –  –

8

St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center

Boise, ID

 –

8

Swedish Covenant Hospital

Chicago, IL

–  – 

8

Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital

Commerce Township, MI

 –  –

7

Lankenau Hospital

Wynnewood, PA

 –  –

7

Miriam Hospital

Providence, RI

 –  –

7

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital

Roanoke, VA

–   –

6

Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy

Charlotte, NC

–   –

6

Mission Hospital

Mission Viejo, CA

–   –

6

Providence Portland Medical Center

Portland, OR

–   –

6

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital

Fort Worth, TX

–   –

6

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital

Dallas, TX

–   –

6

Adventist Hinsdale Hospital

Hilsdale, IL

 – – 

5

Ball Memorial Hospital

Muncie, IN

 –  –

5

Fairview Ridges Hospital

Burnsville, MN

 –  –

5

Indiana University Health North Hospital

Carmel, IN

 –  –

5

Maine Medical Center

Portland, ME

–  – 

5

Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital

Houston, TX

 –  –

5

Memorial Regional Medical Center

Mechanicsville, VA

 –  –

5

Paoli Hospital

Paoli, PA

 –  –

5

Unity Hospital

Fridley, MN

–   –

5

University Hospital

San Antonio, TX

 –  –

5

Valley Hospital

Ridgewood, NJ

–   –

5

St. Agnes Hospital

Baltimore, MD

–   –

4

St. Mary's Health Care

Grand Rapids, MI

 –  –

4

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital

Plano, TX

 – – 

4

UPMC Passavant

Pittsburgh, PA

 –  –

4

Indiana Health Arnett Hospital

Lafayette, IN

 –  –

3

Bryn Mawr Hospital

Bryn Mawr, PA

 –  –

3

Clarian West Medical Center

Avon, IN

–   –

3

Good Samaritan Hospital and Health Center

Dayton, OH

 –  –

3

Hennepin County Medical Center

Minneapolis, MN

 –  –

3

Northern Westchester Hospital

Mount Kisco, NY

–   –

3

Orange Regional Medical Center

Goshen, NY

 –  –

3

OSF St. Francis Medical Center

Peoria, IL

 –  –

3

Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, RI

–   –

3

Riverside Regional Medical Center

Newport News, VA

–   –

3

UPMC St. Margaret

Pittsburgh, PA

–  – 

3

Desert Valley Hospital

Victorville, CA

 –  –

2

Doctors Hospital at Renaissance

Edinburg, TX

–   –

2

Eastern Maine Medical Center

Bangor, ME

 –  –

2

Frederick Memorial Hospital

Frederick, MD

 –  –

2

Hays Medical Center

Hays, KS

 –  –

2

Mercy Medical Center-Sioux City

Sioux City, IA

 – – 

2

Naples Community Hospital

Naples, FL

 –  –

2

Potomac Hospital

Woodbridge, VA

 –  –

2

Riverview Medical Center

Red Bank, NJ

–   –

2

St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital

Jackson, MS

 –  –

2

St. Jude Medical Center

Fullerton, CA

 –  –

2

St. Mary's Hospital

Madison, WI

 –  –

2

Tacoma General Hospital

Tacoma, WA

 –  –

2

St. Jude Medical Center

Fullerton, CA

 –  –

2

St. Mary's Hospital

Madison, WI

 –  –

2

Tacoma General Hospital

Tacoma, WA

 –  –

2

Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital

Arlington, TX

–   –

2

UPMC Mercy

Pittsburgh, PA

 –  –

2

White Plains Hospital Center

White Plains, NY

–   –

2

Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital

La Grange, IL

 –  –

1

Advocate Condell Medical Center

Libertyville, IL

–   –

1

Anne Arundel Medical Center

Annapolis, MD

 –  –

1

Centinela Hospital Medical Center

Inglewood, CA

 –  –

1

Clear Lake Regional Medical Center

Webster, TX

 – – 

1

Florida Hospital Heartland

Sebring, FL

 –  –

1

Good Samaritan Medical Center

Brockton, MA

 –  –

1

Heartland Regional Medical Center

St. Joseph, MO

–   –

1

Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital

Katy, TX

 –  –

1

Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center

Houston, TX

 –  –

1

MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital

Puyallup, WA

 –  –

1

Newport Hospital

Newport, RI

–   –

1

Norwalk Hospital

Norwalk, CT

 –  –

1

Ocean Medical Center

Brick Township, NJ

–   –

1

OSF St. Joseph Medical Center

Bloomington, IL

–   –

1

Our Lady of Lake Regional Medical Center

Baton Rouge, LA

 –  –

1

Peninsula Regional Medical Center

Salisbury, MD

 – – 

1

PinnacleHealth Hospitals

Harrisburg, PA

 –  –

1

Providence Alaska Medical Center

Anchorage, AK

 –  –

1

Salem Hospital

Salem, OR

–   –

1

Phelps Memorial Hospital Center

Sleepy Hollow, NY

–   –

1

SSM St. Joseph Hospital West

Lake St. Louis

–   –

1

 

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