A High Dose of Tech
"Some grocery stores have better technology than our hospitals and clinics." Tommy Thompson, secretary of health and human services
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Ill*
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, Ohio*
Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, Dallas*
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas*
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston*
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston*
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh*
Clarian Health Partners (IU and Methodist Hospitals), Indianapolis
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, N.H.
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, N.J.
Hamot Medical Center, Erie, Pa.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia*
Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Va.*
Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pa.*
Magee-Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh*
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston*
McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass.*
Methodist Hospital, Houston
National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, D.C.*
New England Baptist Hospital, Boston*
North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem*
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans
Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus*
Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, Colo.
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, Va.*
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston*
Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston
Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore*
University Hospital of Arkansas, Little Rock
University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, Salt Lake City
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison
Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.*
Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.
*In a healthcare system named on the "100 most-wired" list
Scott Greenway--USN&WR
What to Like About Wired Hospitals
A big reason hospitals wire up is to reduce prescription mistakes and other medical errors. But patients benefit in other ways, too, according to Hospitals & Health Networks' yearly surveys.
Wireless prescriptions
The percentage of hospitals where almost all doctors prescribe using wireless devices is rising, and nearly 22 percent of "most wired" hospitals prescribe that way.
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[Chart labels: 2002, 2003, 2004; 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 pct.]
Matching drug to patient
Hospitals that use information technology to match most medications and doses with patients are increasing: Almost 35 percent of "most wired" hospitals do so.
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[Chart labels: 2002, 2003, 2004; 0, 4, 8, 12, 16 pct.]
Online scheduling
At a growing number of hospitals, outpatients can book future appointments by logging on to a hospital website. Almost 54 percent of "most wired" hospitals allow it.
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[Chart labels: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004; 0, 5, 15, 25 pct.]
Scott Greenway--USN&WR
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